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The Very Best of Christmas

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-25

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël, H9; F...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Bloss, Michael; Bungard, Jonathan; Davidson, Angus; Evanson, John; Houssart, Robert; Johnston, Raymond; Kertesi, Ingrid; Langridge, Philip; Lewis, J. Reilly; Mukk, József;...
Conductors: Hunt, Donald; ; Mallon, Kevin; Edison, Noel; Scribner, Norman; Rossiter, Grace; Sackett, Andrew; Robinson, Christopher; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Oberfrank, Géza; Krcek, Jaroslav; Schuldt-Jensen,...
Ensemble: Aradia Baroque Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Elora Festival Singers; Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Finchley Children's Music Group; Hungarian Radio Chamber Choir; Leipzig Chamber Orchestra; Moscow Sy...

"Naxos' double-disc compilation, The Very Best of Christmas, presents an agreeable and balanced assortment of holiday favorites, with vocal and choral numbers assigned to the...continue...

Orchestral Works Vol 14 - Glazunov: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-07-01

Works: Nikolai Artsybushev: Variation no 1 on a Russian Folk Song, for string quartet (collective compositon with Blumenfeld, S; Jazeps Vitols: Variations on a Russian Folk Song, (collective compositon with...
Performers: Yablonskaya, Oxana
Conductors: Yablonsky, Dmitry
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Shunning modernism, Glazunov wrote in an attractive romantic idiom well into the twentieth century. His prodigious output includes the famous ballet "The Seasons" as well...continue...