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Great Piano Concertos - Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms Liszt, Chopin, Prokofiev et al. [10 CDs]

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major, K 503...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Jandó, Jenö; Nebolsin, Eldar; Selby, Kathryn; Thiollier, François-Joël [Piano]; Vladar, Stefan
Conductors: Ligeti, András; Antal, Mátyás; Wordsworth, Barry; Wit, Antoni; Petrenko, Vasily; Stankovsky, Robert; Lehel, György; Hayman, Richard

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 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...

A Musical Journey: Night Music, Vol. 1 / Italy, Switzerland, German, France [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-01-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Work(s); Ludwig van Beethoven: Work(s); Frédéric Chopin: Work(s)

Most of the places visited reflect a spirit of calm and tranquility, although the glimpse of Venice dwells briefly on carnival revelers. Other scenes range...continue...
Run Time: 56 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Chopin: Piano Trio Op. 8; Variations for flute & piano; Rondeau for two pianos / Emily Beynon, flute

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-11-15

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Rondo for 2 Pianos in C major, B 27/Op. 73; Variations on "Non piú mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, for flute & piano in E major, KK Anh.Ia; Waltz for piano in F ...
Performers: Beynon, Emily; Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Philip Moore [Organ/Conductor]
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Ensemble: Kungsbacka Piano Trio

Exploring the byways of Chopin's work reveals gems such as the elegant Rondeau for two pianos, and the Variations for flute and piano on a...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, United Kingdom (02/21/2010-02/23/2010)....continue...

My First Piano Album / Piano music by Mozart for a young audience

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-11-15

Works: Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces (6), Book 5, Op. 54; Vöglein (Little Bird), lyric piece for piano, Op. 43/4; Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; B&eacu...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Chang, Hae-Won; de Hooge, Patrick; Gulda, Rico; Huang, Chu-Fang; Jando, Jeno; Kohn, Christian; Kollar, Zsuzsa; Matthies, Silke-Thora; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Peskanov, Alexander; Rubsam, Wo...

If you listen carefully to this CD, you will get to know one of best the composers in the world. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived 250...continue...

My First Classical Music Album / various artists

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-11-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Spring; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchest...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Devoyon, Pascal [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Nishizaki, Takako; Schuster, Jurgen; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]; Tichy, Georg
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Alsop, Marin; Dvorak, Jaroslav; Drahos, Béla; Rondin, Mats; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Bogár, István; Lenárd, Ondrej; Jean, Kenne...

'Da-da-da-DAAAAH, Da-da-da-DAAAAH': listen to track 7 and see if you recognize that music! It's one of the most famous pieces of classical music ever written....continue...

A Musical Journey: Switzerland / Fryderyk Chopin [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-08-30

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28; Variations Brillantes in B-flat Major, Op. 12

The Places
The Museo Vela is at Ligornetto in the Swiss-Italian canton of Ticino. The galleries have remarkable collections of the works of the Vela family,...continue...
Run Time: 58 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Chopin: Complete Songs / Olga Pasichnyk

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-11-16

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Polish Songs (17), Op. 74; Czary (Charms), song for voice & piano B 51; Dumka (Reverie), song for voice & piano, CT 147 (B. 132); Pauline Viardot: Seize ans (vocal arr. of ...
Performers: Pasichnyk, Natalya; Pasichnyk, Olga

Fryderyk Chopin's name is synonymous with the piano. It is perhaps for this reason that his songs have been so often overlooked. In them the...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Poland (12/21/2009-12/23/2009)....continue...

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2; Variations on "La ci darem"

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-10-26

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Variations for Piano and Orchestra in B flat major on Mozart's "Là ci darem", Op. 2; Andante spianato et Grand polonai...
Performers: Nebolsin, Eldar
Conductors: Wit, Antoni

Using the new Polish National Chopin Edition, acclaimed pianist Eldar Nebolsin and Poland's national orchestra conducted by the renowned Polish conductor Antoni Wit, here present...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland (09/01/2009-09/05/2009)....continue...

Easy Listening Piano Classics: Chopin

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-09-28

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Etude for piano no 13 in A flat major, Op. 25/1, CT. 26; Polonaise for piano no 8 in D minor, Op. 71/1, CT. 157; Nocturne ...
Performers: Biret, Idil

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Eldar Nebolsin

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

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra in A major on Polish Airs, Op 13; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in F major, Op. 14 "Krakow...
Performers: Nebolsin, Eldar
Conductors: Wit, Antoni

Chopin's youthful Piano Concerto No. 1 is dominated by the brilliant piano part that the teenage performer-composer wrote to showcase his extraordinary virtuosity. Its ravishing...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland (09/01/2009-09/05/2009)....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...

Idil Biret Archive Edition, Vol. 2: Chopin, Scriabin, Prokofiev

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-02-23

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 13 in A minor, Op. 17/4, CT. 63; Mazurka for piano no 33 in B major, Op. 56/1, CT. 83; Alexander Scriabin: Sonata for Piano no 10, Op. 70; Sergey Proko...
Performers: Biret, Idil

"This is the most successful direct-to-disc piano recording that I have heard. Having an artist as sensitive and accomplished as Idil Biret at the keyboard...continue...
Recording information: RCA recording studios, Studio A, New York (1976)....continue...

Toon Time - Classical Music from Classic Cartoons

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Dmitry Kabalevsky: Comedian Galop; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleepin...

The 'Toon Time' collection includes well-known melodies from everyone's favorite animated shows. From "Flight of the Bumble-Bee" to "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," 'Toon Time' brings the...continue...

Eternal Piano - Satie, Debussy, Beethoven, Chopin, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy); Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 1; Ludwig van Beethoven: Work(s); Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Mo...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Kormendi, Klara; Maso, Jordi; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Scherbakov, Konstantin [Piano]; Sebestyen, Janos; Steen-Nokleberg, Einar
Conductors:
Ensemble: Aurora Duo

Panda Classics - Piano Time, March Time, & Dance Time

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Béla Bartók: For Children, Sz 42; Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words; Song without words, Op. 67/4 (Presto); Bei der Wiege, Op. 47/6; Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Invention no 14 in B...

Cinema Classics

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Eine Kleine Nacht...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Chang, Hae-Won; Gauci, Miriam; Jando, Jeno; Martinucci, Nicola; Ottensamer, Ernst; Ramiro, Yordy
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Rahbari, Alexander; Wildner, Johannes; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ligeti, András; Wit, Antoni; Stankovsky, Robert; Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: ; Vienna Mozart Academy

Classical Meditation

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 6 in A minor, Op. 7/2, CT. 57; Joaquín Rodrigo:...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Biret, Idil; Camden, Anthony; Jando, Jeno; Kevehazi, Jeno; Kiss, Jozsef [Oboe]; Kormendi, Klara; Kovacs, Bela [Clarinet]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Mercz, Nora; Nishizaki, Taka...
Conductors: Oberfrank, Géza; Ward, Nicholas; Drahos, Béla; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Georgiadis, John; Antal, Mátyás
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; London Virtuosi

Gaubert: Complete Works for Flute Vol 3 / Smith, Pinkas

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-03-21

Works: Philippe Gaubert: Esquisses (2) for flute & piano; Orientale, for flute & paino (Esquisses no 2); Gaubert -Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando for flute and piano; Siciliene for flute & piano; Romance for...
Performers: Pinkas, Sally; Smith, Fenwick

Philippe Gaubert was among the most prominent French musicians of the period between the two world wars. He assimilated many of the innovations of Franck,...continue...

Perfect Romance

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-01-17

Works: Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (3) for Piano, S 144; Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Claude Debussy:...

The Very Best of Chopin

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-10-18

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Etude for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16; Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Sonat...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Kliegel, Maria
Conductors: Stankovsky, Robert
Ensemble: ; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

Cinema Classics 2005 - Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan ...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Borowska, Joanna; Eder, Gyorgy; Istropolitana, Capella; Jand?, Jeno; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Mikulas, Peter [Bass Vocals]; Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony; Ramiro, Yordy; Rubs...
Conductors: Humburg, Will; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Wildner, Johannes; Selmeczi, György; Rahbari, Alexander; ; Drahos, Béla
Ensemble: Camerata Transylvania; Capella Istropolitana; Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Failoni Orchestra Budapest; Kodály Quartet ; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Naxos is pleased to present Cinema Classics 2005, which contains classical music made famous in films. This collection features classical music which was used in...continue...
Personnel: Norbert Kraft (guitar); Idil Biret, Francois-Joël Thiollier , Jenö Jandó (piano); Wolfgang Rubsam (organ)....continue...

The Art of the Cello / Bartolomey, Inui, Guca

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Sonata for cello & piano in A major, Op. 104; Franz Joseph Haydn: Keyboard Trio in G major, H. 15/15; Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, B 160/Op...
Performers: Bartolomey, Franz; Guca, Monika; Inui, Madoka

Franz Bartolomey has been principal cellist with the Vienna Philharmonic for more than 30 years. He has been a soloist under Bernstein, Levine, Barenboim, Rattle,...continue...

Discover - Music of the Romantic Era

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Frédéric Ch...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Banowetz, Joseph; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Biret, Idil; Devoyon, Pascal [Piano]; Hill, Peter; Jando, Jeno; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Orgonasova, Luba; Podles, Ewa; Russell, L...
Conductors: Drahos, Béla; Talmi, Yoav; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Bramall, Anthony; ; Morandi, Pier G.; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Wildner, Johannes; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Wit, Antoni; Kosler, Zden...
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Kodál...

The 'Discover Series' opens the door to key areas of classical music. Through a combination of illustrative music tracks and a richly filled booklet, the...continue...

Chill with Chopin

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Nocturne for piano no 8 in D flat major, Op. 27/2, CT. 115; Impromptu for Piano no 2 in F sharp major, B 129/Op. 36; Noctu...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Breiner, Peter; Capova, Sylvia; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Kliegel, Maria; Stankovsky, Robert
Conductors: Breiner, Peter; Stankovsky, Robert
Ensemble: ; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

Personnel: Maria Kliegel (cello); Idil Biret, Sylvia Capova (piano)....continue...

Chopin: Piano Favourites Vol 2 / Idil Biret

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-03-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for Piano in E minor, B 56; Nocturne for piano no 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15/2, CT. 112; Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Prelude for piano no 17 ...
Performers: Biret, Idil

Much of Chopin's later work was for solo piano, composed in forms that he adapted and developed, such as the Nocturne, the Waltz, the Polish...continue...

Music of His Time - Manet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for piano no 2 in A flat major, Op. 34/1, CT. 208; Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213; Waltz for piano no 11 in G flat major, Op. 70/1, CT. ...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Colombara, Carlo; Pace, Patrizia; Rabol, Georges; Scalchi, Gloria; Siragusa, Antonino
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.; Hayman, Richard; Johanos, Donald; Wildner, Johannes; Lockhart, James

Listen, Learn & Grow - Playtime - Imagination

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-08-20

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Hector Berlioz: Rákóczy March, for orchestra (Le damnation de Faust), H. 109; Johann Strauss II: Perpetuu...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Müller, Dario; Tylsar, Bedrich; Tylsar, Zdenek
Conductors: Walter, Alfred; Halász, Michael; Jean, Kenneth; Dittrich, Michael; Edlinger, Richard; Leaper, Adrian; Carpenter, Gary; Mogrelia, Andrew; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bramall, Anth...
Ensemble: Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Czecho-Slovak Sta...

The music of 'Playtime Imagination' was chosen specifically to stimulate the imaginations with melodies and harmonies that are as free and boundless as the world...continue...

Music for Solo Harp - Rosetti, Spohr, Glinka, et al / Hainen

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

Works: Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Concert Etudes (3) for Piano, S 144; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Mikhail Glinka: Nocturne, for harp (or piano) in E flat major, G. vi62; H...
Performers: Hainen, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Hainen has won international recognition as one of today's foremost virtuoso harpists. Currently principal harp of the Philadelphia Orchestra, she has done much to...continue...

Classical Moments - Classical Music to Study to

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-03-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Serse, HWV 40; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto for Oboe no 3 in G minor, HWV 287; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056; Concerto for 2 V...

Classical Moments - Classical Music to Dine to

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-03-01

Works: Johann Strauss II: Wiener Bonbons, Op. 307; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Franz Schubert: "Trout" Quintet; Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158...

A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-02-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC ...

The process of choosing music for a wedding day can certainly be a daunting process. There are so many choices and the questions are endless....continue...

Night Music 6 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6; George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfi...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Luptacik, Josef; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Szekely, Istvan; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Kopelman, Jozef; Halász, Michael; Nemeth, Gyula; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Edlinger, Richard; Dvorak, Jaroslav
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

Night Music 19 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Quintet for guitar & strings in B flat major, G. 447 (arrangement of Piano Quintet, G. 414); Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 8 in D flat major, Op. 27/2, CT. 115; A...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Biret, Idil; Garcia, Gerald; Jando, Jeno; Kanta, Ludovit; Kevehazi, Jeno; Kiss, Jozsef [Oboe]; Mercz, Nora; Nishizaki, Takako; Tokos, Zoltan
Conductors: Krcek, Jaroslav; ; Breiner, Peter; Hayman, Richard; Jean, Kenneth; Antal, Mátyás
Ensemble: ; Kodály Quartet

Night Music 1 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenb...
Performers: Honda, Mariko; Jando, Jeno; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Szekely, Istvan; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]
Conductors: Sobotka, Wolfgang; Warchal, Bohdan; Wordsworth, Barry; Clark, Keith; Lenárd, Ondrej; Edlinger, Richard; ; Nemeth, Gyula
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Kodály Quartet

Night Music 17 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cassation in G major, K 63 "Final-Musik"; Concerto for Piano no 26 in D major, K 537 "Coronation"; Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 36 in A minor, Op. 59/1, CT...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Biret, Idil; Camden, Anthony; Havenith, Raimund; Hock, Bertalan; Holbling, Anna; Holbling, Guido; Jando, Jeno; Kanta, Ludovit; Kliegel, Maria; Mercz, Nora; Pazdera, Jindrich; Ruso, Dan...
Conductors: Nerat, Harald; Drahos, Béla; ; Lehel, György; Georgiadis, John; Krcek, Jaroslav; Antal, Mátyás
Ensemble: ; Accademia Ziliniana; Capella Istropolitana; Kodály Quartet; London Virtuosi; Rossini Ensemble, Budapest; Salzburg Chamber Orchestra; Schubert Ensemble, Budapest

Night Music 14 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 6 in A minor, Op. 7/2, CT. 57; Joaquín Rodrigo:...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Biret, Idil; Camden, Anthony; Istropolitana, Capella; Jando, Jeno; Kevehazi, Jeno; Kiss, Jozsef [Oboe]; Kormendi, Klara; Kovacs, Bela [Clarinet]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Merc...
Conductors: Oberfrank, Géza; Ward, Nicholas; Drahos, Béla; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Georgiadis, John; Antal, Mátyás
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; London Virtuosi

Personnel: Norbert Kraft (guitar); Nóra Mercz (harp); Takako Nishizaki (violin); Janos Balint (flute); Béla Kovács (clarinet); József Kiss , Anthony Camden (oboe); József Va...continue...

Night Music 7 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Vuggesang (Cradle Song), song transcription for piano, Op. 41/1; Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words; George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: German Dances ...
Performers: Honda, Mariko; Jando, Jeno; Kejmar, Miroslav; Nishizaki, Takako; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]; Vladar, Stefan; Zaritzkaya, Irina
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Warchal, Bohdan; Wordsworth, Barry; Clark, Keith; Lenárd, Ondrej; Kopelman, Jozef; Skvor, Peter
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

Night Music 15 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Ottorino Respighi: Fountains...
Performers: Balogh, Joszef [Clarinet]; Biret, Idil; Domonkos, Judit Kis; Havenith, Raimund; Jando, Jeno; Kliegel, Maria; Kosa, Gabor; Nishizaki, Takako; Schilli, Stefan
Conductors: ; Bátiz, Enrique; Morandi, Pier G.; Nagy, Bela; Jean, Kenneth; Antal, Mátyás
Ensemble: ; Amadeus Wind Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Kodály Quartet

Night Music 18 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Francesco Manfredini: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 3; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9/1, CT. 108; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar no 1 in D major...
Performers: Bálint, János; Banowetz, Joseph; Benda, Christian; Biret, Idil; Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Jandó, Jenö; Kiss, József [Oboe]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Mercz, No...
Conductors: Krcek, Jaroslav; Ward, Nicholas; ; Nazareth, Daniel; Antal, Mátyás
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Kodály Quartet

Night Music 10 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Nishizaki, Takako; Sarkoezi, G.; Zaritzkaya, Irina
Conductors: Lenárd, Ondrej; Parkanyi, Tibor; Wordsworth, Barry; Pesek, Libor; Clark, Keith; Dvorak, Jaroslav; ; Ligeti, András; Kopelman, Jozef
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Kodály Quartet

Night Music 11 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Johannes Brahms: Pieces (8) for Piano, Op. 76; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Wolfgang...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Jablokov, Alexander; Jandó, Jenö; Nishizaki, Takako; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]
Conductors: Wildner, Johannes; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Wordsworth, Barry; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Krcek, Jaroslav; Lenárd, Ondrej
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

Night Music 20 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord no 4 in C minor, BWV 1017; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 17 in B major, Op. 62/1, CT. 124; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 ...
Performers: Benda, Christian; Biret, Idil; Chang, Hae-Won; Figura, Frantisek; Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Kevehazi, Jeno; Kiss, Jozsef [Oboe]; Kovacs, Bela [Clarinet]; Linhares, Dagoberto; Pazdera, Jin...
Conductors: Krcek, Jaroslav; ; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Stankovsky, Robert; Wildner, Johannes; Antal, Mátyás
Ensemble: ; Accademia Ziliniana; Camerata Cassovia; Capella Istropolitana; Concentus Hungaricus; Rossini Ensemble, Budapest

Life and Works - Frédéric Chopin

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Chopin, Narration with Musical Excerpts; Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Polonaise for Piano in G minor, B 1; Intro...
Performers: Archer, Karen; Biret, Idil; Jason, Neville

Regarded as one of the most mesmerising performers of his day, Chopin lives on in his waltzes, mazurkas, etudes, preludes, nocturnes, three piano sonatas, two...continue...

Listen, Learn and Grow - Playtime

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-06-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67; Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 i...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Garcia, Gerald; Jablokov, Alexander; Müller, Dario; Nagy, Péter; Szokolay, Balázs; Tylsar, Bedrich; Tylsar, Zdenek
Conductors: ; Edlinger, Richard; Halász, Michael; Wordsworth, Barry; Lenárd, Ondrej; Rahbari, Alexander; Hayman, Richard; Georgiadis, John; Kuchar, Theodore; Walter, Alfred; Jean, Kenneth; Dittrich...
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Clarinet Quintet; Budapest Strauss Symphony Orchestra; Budapest Stri...

A-Z of Classical Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-10-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: De profundis clamavi, offertory in mode 2 (Liber Usualis no 1076; GR 388); Hildegard von Bingen: O virga mediatrix; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; William Byrd: Pavan and ...
Performers: Anthony, Adele; Biret, Idil; Jandó, Jenö; Kejmar, Miroslav; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Nishizaki, Takako; Ottensamer, Ernst; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Bychkov, Semyon; Edlinger, Richard; Krcek, Jaroslav; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Skvor, Petr; Dvorak, Jaroslav; ; Wordsworth, Barry; Grodd, Uwe; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Wildner, Johannes; Mor...
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Budapest; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmoni...

Chopin: Complete Piano Music Vol 15 / Idil Biret, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-06-20

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra in A major on Polish Airs, Op 13; Andante spianato et Grand polonaise brillante in E flat major, Op. 22; Variations for Piano and Orchestra...
Performers: Biret, Idil
Conductors: Stankovsky, Robert
Ensemble: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

Chopin: Complete Piano Music Vol 7 / Idil Biret

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-06-20

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 4; Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Performers: Biret, Idil

Listen, Learn, & Grow - Lullabies

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations (12) for Piano in C major on "Ah vous dirai-je maman", K 265 (300e); Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto ...

The "lullaby," or "Cradle Song," is a quiet composition found in the folk music of cultures around the world. It simulates a rocking motion by...continue...

Chopin: Complete Piano Music Vol 11 / Idil Biret

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-09-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Rondo for Piano in C minor, Op. 1; Rondo for Piano in F major, B 15/Op. 5 "à la Mazur"; Introduction in C minor and Rondo in E flat major for Piano, B 76/Op. 16; Rondo...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Sauer, Martin