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Great Ballet - Adam, Delibes, Tchaikovsky Glazunov et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Sylvia; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67; Raymonda; Ar...
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Lenárd, Ondrej; Anissimov, Alexander; Anichanov, André; Kuchar, Theodore; Jun, Märkl,; Rahbari, Alexander; Craft, Robert

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

My First Ballet Album / Halasz - Slovak PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; The Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker; Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; Petrushka; Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Sylvia; Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Darius Milhaud: The...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Rahbari, Alexander; Mogrelia, Andrew; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Lenerd, Ondrej; Casadesus, Jean-Claude; Kuchar, Theodore; Anichanov, André; Craft, Robert; Lyndon-Gee, Christop...

A bird dancing, an ox on a roof, flowers doing a waltz, a swan twirling about... what world is this? This is the magical world...continue...

My First Lullaby Album / Halasz - Slovak PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61; Song Without Words for piano no 36 in E major, Op. 67/6; Arnold Bax: Lullaby, for piano; Ig...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Gens, Veronique; Jando, Jeno; Linell, Dorothy; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Rickards, Steven; Steen-Nokleberg, Einar; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]; Veselka, Stefan; Wass, Ashley
Conductors: Breiner, Peter; Bramall, Anthony; Rahbari, Alexander; Clark, Keith; Judd, James; Casadesus, Jean-Claude

For centuries, babies and children all over the world have been rocked to sleep with a song to calm them. Whether parents sing or play,...continue...

Joyful Listening: Music Of Heinrich Schweirzer

1 CD / Gallo / 2011-02-08

Works: Heinrich Schweizer: The Pentatonic, sinfonietta for orchestra; Chinese Youth, for children's chorus (after Sri Chinmoy); World-Harmony-Run, for children's chorus (after Sri Chinmoy); Flower Meadow, f...
Performers: Chow, Marsha; Cooper, Peter; Hofmann, Deborah; Hofmann, Horst; Maeder, Sarah; Tsuda, Michiko
Conductors: Malát, Jiri; Nian, Yang Hong; Schweizer, Daniel; ; Moeckel, Hans; Kirtley, Joe; Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: ; New York Woodwind Quintet

The musical pieces on this CD were chosen for easily appealing melodies favored by people who appreciate so-called classical world music. This is the second...continue...

The Ultimate Lullaby Collection

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-08-31

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano K 332; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Edvard Grieg: Bådnlåt (At the Cradle), lyric pie...
Performers: Capova, Sylvia; Kirvessalo, Maarit; Loman, Judy; Mullerova, Hana; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Shulman, Nora; Steen-Nokleberg, Einar; Valek, Jiri
Conductors: Bramall, Anthony; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Pesek, Libor; Judd, James; Edlinger, Richard; Clark, Keith; Lenárd, Ondrej; Panula, Jorma; Breiner, Peter; Georgiadis, John; Rahbari, Alexander

Beautiful music for bedtime by the world's greatest composers....continue...

Béla Bartók - A Portrait

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-04-24

Works: Béla Bartók: Out of Doors, suite for piano, Sz. 81, BB 89; Mikrokosmos, Sz 107; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Peasant Songs (15) for Piano, Sz 71; Rhapsody fo...
Performers: Berkes, Kalman; Jando, Jeno; Pauk, Gyorgy
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; ; Alsop, Marin; Wit, Antoni; Ligeti, András
Ensemble: ; Vermeer Quartet

Well over half a century after his death, Bela Bartok is held up as one of the twentieth century's great musical modernists, routinely coupled with...continue...

Discover - Music of the 20th Century

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (5) for piano, Op. 23; Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Anton Webern: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 1...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Berman, Boris; Biret, Idil; Heaton, Roger; Hill, Peter; Hirsch, Rebecca; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kormendi, Klara
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Klas, Eri; Yuasa, Takuo; Craft, Robert; Sanderling, Stefan; Bakels, Kees; Lenárd, Ondrej; Mogrelia, Andrew; Slovák, Ladislav; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Bateman, Paul; Sincl...
Ensemble: ; Amici Ensemble

Discover Music of the 20th Century is a comprehensive and easily digestible guide, leading us through the diverse, innovative and controversial music of this era....continue...

Classics Explained - An Introduction to Stravinsky: Rite

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts; Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra

This series explores, in words and music, the major classical works of the concert hall. In an accessible and lively manner, Jeremy Siepmann looks at...continue...

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...

Classical Heat

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Alberto Ginastera: Dances from Estancia, dance suite from the ballet, Op. 8a; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde...
Performers: -Lloyd, David; Alsop, Marin; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bramall, Anthony; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dalayman, Katarina; Engeset, Bjarte; Geringas, Da...
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David; Bramall, Anthony; Bátiz, Enrique; Mund, Uwe; Wildner, Johannes; Morandi, Pier G.; Jean, Kenneth; Mogrelia, Andrew; Wit, Antoni; Rahbari, Alexander; Alsop, Marin; Gunzenhauser...
Ensemble: ; Vlach Quartet Prague

Classical Heat collects two discs' worth of fire-related and/or energetic classical music. The first disc, cryptically titled "By the Electric Fire," includes Khachaturian's Sabre Dance, Mars, the Bri...continue...

The Best of Bartok

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-03-01

Works: Béla Bartók: Romanian Folkdances (6) for Piano, Sz 56; Concerto for Violin no 2 in B minor, Sz. 112, BB 117; Allegro barbaro for Piano, Sz 49; Sonata for Violin solo, Sz 117; Concerto for O...
Performers: Berkes, Kalman; Jando, Jeno; Pauk, Gyorgy; Sawa, Kazuki; Xiao, Hong-Mei
Conductors: Wit, Antoni; Rahbari, Alexander; Ligeti, András; Kovács, Janos
Ensemble: ; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

One of the major composers of the early twentieth century and one of the greatest that Hungary has produced, Bela Bartok combined a deep knowledge...continue...

Schweizer: East West Symphony, etc /Zushan, Zurich SO, et al

1 CD / Gallo / 2000-06-01

Works: Heinrich Schweizer: East West Symphony; Historical Symphony Suite; Suite for Flute, Bassoon and Piano after themes by Sri Chinmoy; Swiss Panorama; Five Days in Avignon; Hadlaub-Symphonic Sketches; Sy...
Performers: Alexander, James; Min, Zhang Jin; Molnar, Josef; Ping, Ho Hui; Shao-Jiang, Huang; Van Buskirk, John
Conductors: Zushan, Bian; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Rotter, Jorge; Rahbari, Alexander; Folse, Bart
Ensemble: Berne Symphony Orchestra; China Broadcasting Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Singapore Symphony Orchestra; South Westphalia Philharmonic; Zurich Symphony Orchestra

Music for Saxophone and Orchestra - Debussy, Glazunov, et al

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

Works: Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche (3), suite for saxophone & orchestra (or piano), Op. 165c; Alexander Glazunov: Concerto for Alto Saxophone in E flat major, Op. 109; Claude Debussy: Rhapsodie for Saxophon...
Performers: Rahbari, Sohre
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra

Berceuse - Music of Peace and Calm

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-08-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 16; Shylock, incidental music and suite for tenor & orchestra,...
Performers: Capova, Sylvia
Conductors: ; Clark, Keith; Lenárd, Ondrej; Panula, Jorma; Breiner, Peter; Georgiadis, John; Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana

The closest equivalent to the French title "Berceuse" is lullaby. This carefully chosen program features a beautiful selection of soothing and gentle melodies by composers...continue...

Stravinsky: Firebird, The Rite of Spring / Rahbari, BRT PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-07-24

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra no 2; Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra

Fantasia

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Paul Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier; Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Ludwig van B...
Performers: Bogacz, Josef; Brown, Julia; Brown, Julie; CSR Symphony Orchestra; Eastman Chorale; Jean, Kenneth; Kertesi, Ingrid; Leaper, Adrian; Rahbari, Alexander; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Philharmon...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Halász, Michael; Jean, Kenneth; Rahbari, Alexander; Drahos, Bela; Drahos, Béla; Lenárd, Ondrej; Lenárd, Ondrej; Leaper, Adrian; Kovács, Lászl...
Ensemble: ; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia; Camerata Budapest; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Nicolau...

Discover The Classics Volume 2

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-09

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Gadfly; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Tale of Tsar Saltan; Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Mily Balakirev:...
Performers: Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Kliegel, Maria
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew; Kuchar, Theodore; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bramall, Anthony; Anichanov, André; Golovschin, Igor; Jean, Kenneth; Johanos, Donald; Walter, Alfred; Monnard, Jean Francois; Hal&aac...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Czecho-Slovak State...

The Best of Stravinsky

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-05-20

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella, suite for orchestra; Firebird; Histoire du soldat - Trois danses; Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Sanderling, Stefan; Rahbari, Alexander; Ward, Nicholas
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Northern Chamber 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

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, Card Game, Concerto in D Major

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-02-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Jeu de cartes; Concerto for Violin in D major
Performers: Studt, Richard
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Studt, Richard
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, Jeu de Cartes / Rahbari, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1991-06-24

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Jeu de cartes
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, etc / Alexander Rahbari

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1990-11-06

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra

Stravinsky: Firebird, Petrushka, etc / Rahbari, BRT PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1990-08-03

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite; Pétrouchka; Suite no 2 for small Orchestra; Suite no 1 for small Orchestra
Performers: Groslot, Robert
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra