Ravel, Maurice > Jean, Kenneth

Great Classical Masterpieces: Naxos' Bestselling Recordings 1987-2012 / various artists

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Hildegard von Bingen: O pastor animarum; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in A minor, BWV. 1041; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 6...
Performers: Jando, Jeno; Kormendi, Klara; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Nishizaki, Takako; Selby, Kathryn
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Summerly, Jeremy; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Kosler, Zdenek; Bogár, István; Lehel, György; Jean, Kenneth; Wit, Antoni; Ward, Nicholas; Warchal, Bohdan; Sobotka, ...

All of these best-selling titles come from the first 10 years of the label and feature our most successful artists. Some are still recording for...continue...

Music Painters [5 CDs]

7 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Rêves, song for voice & piano; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1; Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebraic Melodies); Conc...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barreaux, Gerard; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Bon, Maarten; Bostridge, Ian; Bruns, Peter; Cabasso, Laurent; Casals, Pablo; Cassard, Philippe; Ch...
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Robertson, David; Equilbey, Laurence; ; Grindenko, Anatoly; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Mihaylov, Zdravko; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Spering, Christoph; Jean, Kenneth; Halász, Michael;...
Ensemble: ; Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars; Duo Campion-Vachon; Ensemble Kasbek; Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five; Rare Fruits Council; Tempo Jazz Men; Végh Quartet

Art and Music - Renoir - Music of his Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-12-12

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène; Charles Gounod: Petite symphonie for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns & 2 bassoons in E flat major; Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, ...
Performers: Bjaerke, Sjur; Bodtker, Ellen Sejersted; Carey, Colm; Grauwels, Marc; Stigliani, Chantal; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]
Conductors: Hayman, Richard; Waterlot, Ulysse; Summerly, Jeremy; Kaltenbach, Jérôme; ; Jean, Kenneth
Ensemble: ; Oxford Schola Cantorum; Vertavo String Quartet

No artist has been more alive to the enjoyment of life's pleasures than Pierre-August Renoir (1841-1919). His paintings reflect a delight in the existence of...continue...

Chill with Ravel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-09-21

Works: Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Ma mère l'oye; Miroirs; Pièce en forme de Habañera; Jeux d'eau; Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn; Quartet for Strings in F major; ...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Mercz, Nora; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]
Conductors: Jean, Kenneth; ; Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kodály Quartet; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals, etc / Lenárd, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-05-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye; Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra
Conductors: Jean, Kenneth
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

Camille Saint-Saens' zoological fantasy "Carnival of the Animals" was written in 1886 to celebrate that year's carnival in Paris. This ebullient fantasy piece paints a...continue...

The Best of Ravel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-05-07

Works: Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major; Miroirs; Ma mère l'oye; Jeux d'eau; Tzigane; Rapsodie espagnole; Le tombeau de Couperin; Concerto...
Performers: Bisengaliev, Marat; Devoyon, Pascal [Piano]; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]
Conductors: Jean, Kenneth; Wildner, Johannes; Wit, Antoni; Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical Music Start-up Kit Vol 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-02-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in B flat major, D 960; Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213; Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words for piano no 47 in ...
Performers: Jando, Jeno; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]
Conductors: ; Steinberg, Pinchas; Leaper, Adrian; Wordsworth, Barry; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Nazareth, Daniel; Wildner, Johannes; Kosler, Zdenek; Rahbari, Alexander; Jean, Kenneth; Symph, Czecho-Slovak Radio; Mog...
Ensemble: ; BRTN Philharmonic Orchesta; CBC Symphony Orchestra; Kodály Quartet

Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, Pavane, etc / Kenneth Jean

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1991-05-14

Works: Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Pavane pour une infante défunte; La valse; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2
Conductors: Jean, Kenneth
Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony

Rhapsody - Hungarian, Spanish, Romanian, Slavonic

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1990-05-28

Works: George Enescu: Roumanian Rhapsodies (2), for orchestra, Op. 11; Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Rhapsody no 3 for orchestra in A flat major, B. 86/3 (Op. 45/3); Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) f...
Conductors: Jean, Kenneth; Kosler, Zdenek; Antal, Mátyás
Ensemble: ; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Ravel: Bolero, Daphnis et Chloé, etc / Kenneth Jean

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1989-03-15

Works: Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Boléro; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1
Conductors: Jean, Kenneth
Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra