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Debussy: Four-Hand Piano Music - Petite Suite; Marche écossaise; 6 épigraphes antiques et al. / Jean-Pierre Armengaud; Olivier Chauzu, pianos

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Claude Debussy: Petite suite for Piano 4 hands; Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire; Epigraphes antiques (6); Première suite d'orchestre, for orchestra (or piano, 4 hands), L. ...
Performers: Armengaud, Jean-Pierre; Chauzu, Olivier

The recent discovery (2008) of the Premiere Suite d'orchestrefor piano, four hands, is a large-scale, sonorous work which reveals Debussy's interest in constantly evolving form....continue...
Recording information: Studio 4'33, Pierre Malbos, Ivry-sur-Seine, France (2012-03-12_2012-03-14&2012-)....continue...

Choruses for Male Voices and Orchestra by Sibelius, Debussy, R. Strauss, Bruckner, Wagner et al. / Lund Student Singers

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Jean Sibelius: The Captive Queen (Vapautettu kuningatar), cantata for chorus & orchestra, Op. 48; Claude Debussy: Invocation, cantata for male chorus & orchestra, L. 40; Richard Strauss: Die Tageszei...
Performers: Hellstrom, Daniel; Stenbaek, Mikael
Conductors: Hold-Garrido, Alberto
Ensemble: ; Malmo Opera Orchestra

Drawing on the romantic spirit in music, Schubert's moving setting is of a poem by Goethe which compares a rushing waterfall to the soul of...continue...
Recording information: Luiftkastellet, Malmö, Sweden (06/07/2011-06/10/2011)....continue...

Debussy: 24 Preludes (orchestrated by Peter Breiner) / Jun Markl, Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch.

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: Claude Debussy: Préludes (24) for piano, Books I & II, L.117, 123
Conductors: Jun, Märkl,
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Debussy completed his two books of Préludes in 1910 and 1913 respectively, and they contain some of his most visionary and poetic writing for piano....continue...
Recording information: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK (06/16/2011-06/18/2011)....continue...

Rafael Aguirre: 2010 Winner 'Alhambra' International Guitar Competition

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

Works: Jerónimo Giménez: La Boda de Luis Alonso; Claude Debussy: Estampes; Préludes, Book 2; Paco de Lucía: Guajiras de Lucía, for guitar; Sergio Assad: Spanish Impressions, for g...
Performers: Miñarro, Rafael Aguirre

Rafael Aguirre is acknowledged as one of today's most celebrated virtuoso guitarists, having won first prize at 13 of the world's most prestigious international competitions:...continue...
Recording information: St. John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada (09/07/2011-09/10/2011)....continue...

Olivier Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen; Claude Debussy: En Blanc et Noir / Ralph van Raat & Hakon Austbo, pianos

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

Works: Claude Debussy: En blanc et noir; Olivier Messiaen: Visions de l'amen
Performers: Austbo, Hakon; Raat, Ralph van

Both the works on this recording were written during wartime. Debussy's 1915 En blanc et noir, composed during a late creative burst, is his musical...continue...
Recording information: Haitinkzaal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (07/06/2010-07/08/2010)....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...

Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works / Jun Markl; Orchestre National de Lyon

9 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-02-28

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; La mer; Children's Corner; Pelléas et Mélisande; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Berceuse heroïque; Douze Étud...
Performers: Ceysson, Emmanuel; Doisy, Alexandre; Meyer, Paul; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]
Conductors: Jun, Märkl,
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National de Lyon

This collection contains all Debussy's works for orchestra as well as many orchestral arrangements of his piano music. Together these display a rich panorama of...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France....continue...

A Musical Journey: The South of France / Debussy, Satie, Ravel [DVD]

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

Works: Claude Debussy: Work(s); Erik Satie: Work(s); Maurice Ravel: Work(s)

The tour opens with views of the Camargue, the marshy region near Arles with its wild life. Views of the Côte d'Azur are intercut with...continue...
Run Time: 57 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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Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7 / Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

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

Works: Claude Debussy: Fantaisie for piano & orchestra, L. 73; Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra; Rhapsodie for Saxophone and Orchestra; Danse sacrée et danse profane
Performers: Ceysson, Emmanuel; Doisy, Alexandre; Meyer, Paul; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]
Conductors: Jun, Märkl,
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon

An important marker in Debussy's compositional development, the Fantaisie reflects something of the influence of César Franck's Symphonic Variations yet embodies his own new aesthetic....continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (2010-09-30&2010-10-02&2010-)....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...

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...

Permit Me Voyage: Transcriptions for Trumpet by Debussy, Schumann, Brahms et al. / Craig Morris, Trumpet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-10-25

Works: Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke (3) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2; S...
Performers: Lisitsa, Valentina [Piano]; Morris, Craig

Craig Morris has transcribed four major works for trumpet and piano in this voyage of sonic discovery, reclothing them in new textures and colors. An...continue...
Recording information: Gusman Hall, University of Miami School of Music, FL (12/10/2007-12/12/2007)....continue...

Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-05-31

Works: Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Petite suite for Piano 4 hands; Printemps, symphonic suite for chorus, piano & orchestra, L. 61; En blanc et noir; Symphony, for piano, 4 hands, L. 10
Conductors: Jun, Märkl,

Jun Märkl's exemplary interpretations of Debussy's orchestral music have been praised for their 'subtle and sensitive readings' (Gramophone). 'This is bewitching music-making that should on...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France....continue...

Debussy: Early Works for Piano Duet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-04-26

Works: Claude Debussy: Printemps, symphonic suite for chorus, piano & orchestra, L. 61; Divertissement for piano, 4 hands, L. 36; Intermezzo for cello & orchestra (or piano), L. 27; Symphony, for piano, 4 h...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Adrienne Soos and Ivo Haag Piano Duo

An innovative genius, Claude Debussy is famous for his mature "Impressionist" music. He frequently performed four-hand piano pieces in concert, most of these works either...continue...
Recording information: Radio DRS Zurich, Switzerland (09/09/2009-09/11/2009)....continue...

Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 - La Boîte à Joujoux; Estampes Nos. 1 and 2; Etc.

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-02-22

Works: Claude Debussy: La boîte à joujoux (The Toybox), ballet, L. 128; Epigraphes antiques (6); Pagodes, for piano, L. 100/1; Estampes (3) for Piano; L'isle joyeuse; Le triomphe de Bacchus, suite...
Conductors: Jun, Märkl,

Volume 5 of Naxos's acclaimed series of Debussy's orchestral music presents a potpourri of works that were either left incomplete by the composer or were...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France....continue...

Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

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

Works: Claude Debussy: Le martyre de Saint Sébastien, symphonic fragments (arranged by Caplet); Khamma, ballet, L. 125; Le roi Lear; L'enfant prodigue
Conductors: Jun, Märkl,

The fourth volume in Naxos' highly praised series of Debussy's Orchestral Works presents music drawn from three of his theatrical ventures and from one of...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France....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...

Antonii Baryshevskyi: Piano Recital

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-05-25

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 135/L 224; Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor, K 1/L 366; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Claude Debussy: Images for Piano, Set 2; Daniel Matios: Ori&...
Performers: Baryshevskyi, Antonii [Piano]

The Ukrainian-born pianist Antonii Baryshevskyi is a multi-award winner, including First Prize at the Fourth Enescu International Piano Competition in Bucharest in 1999, the Fourth...continue...
Recording information: Professional Conservatory of Music, Jaén, Spain (10/24/2009)....continue...

Claude Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-03-30

Works: Claude Debussy: Images for Orchestra; Pour le piano; Danse sacrée et danse profane; Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire; La plus que lente
Conductors: Jun, Märkl,

The music of three nations - Britain, Spain and France - inspired Debussy's Images for orchestra, which occupied him from 1905 to 1912. Originally conceived...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (01/2008)....continue...

Easy Listening Piano Classics: Debussy, Ravel

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

Works: Claude Debussy: Arabesques (2) for Piano; Préludes, Book 2; Préludes, Book 1; Suite bergamasque; Poèmes (7) de Banville; Estampes (3) for Piano; Children's Corner; Epigraphes antique...
Performers: Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]; Yin, Cheng-Zong

The Ultimate Ballet Album

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-01-27

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Nutcracker, Op. 71; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Masquerade; Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Sylvia; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'...

Debussy: Orchestral Works Vol 2 / Jun Märkl, Lyon National Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-01-27

Works: Marius Constant: Pelleas et Melisande Symphonie (after Debussy); Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Nocturnes; Berceuse heroïque; Études (6) for piano, Book 2, L. 136/7-12
Conductors: Jun, Märkl,

Debussy's orchestral works are much loved for their exquisite orchestrations, poetically nuanced harmonies and almost magical evocations of time and place. He achieved his first...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...

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, La mer, etc / Märkl, Lyon National Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-05-27

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; La mer; Jeux; Children's Corner
Conductors: Jun, Märkl,

Debussy was one of the most important and influential composers of the early twentieth century. This recording features two of Debussy's most harmonically innovative and...continue...

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

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...

Discover - Opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Francesco Cavalli: Calisto; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux,...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Banditelli, Gloria; Barr, Frank; Benackova, Gabriela; Biel, Ann-Christine; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Buchanan, Alison; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cigna, Patrizia; Da...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio; ; Medlam, Charles; Mallon, Kevin; Östman, Arnold; Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Zedda, Alberto; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Davis, Colin; Casadesus, Jean-Claude;...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; London Baroque; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of...continue...

The Very Best of Debussy

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Claude Debussy: Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Estampes (3) for Piano; Sonata for Cello and Piano; Suite ...

Claude Debussy's music combines late nineteenth-century Romanticism with a soundscape that has been called an audible version of an Impressionist painting. This 2-CD set includes...continue...

Perfect Summer Wedding

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

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 16; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose; Claude Debussy: Arab...

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:...

Art and Music - Cezanne - Music of His Time

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

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2; Emmanuel Chabrier: Pièces pittoresques (10), for piano; Henri Duparc: Chanson triste; Le...
Performers: Banfalvi, Bela; Botvay, Karoly; Fehervari, Janos; Groves, Paul; Kormendi, Klara; Lindley, Simon; Prunyi, Ilona; Rabol, Georges; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav; Bramall, Anthony; Georgiadis, John; Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; RTE Sinfonietta; San Diego Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) received almost no recognition until the last years of his life, but is now widely regarded as one of the key figures...continue...

Virtuoso Cello Encores / Maria Kliegel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-15

Works: Gaspar Cassadó: Danse du diable vert; David Popper: Fantasy on Russian Themes for cello & piano; Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 54; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV ...
Performers: Havenith, Raimund; Kliegel, Maria

This collection of virtuoso cello encores ranges widely from Bachs Air on the G String to Shostakovichs Neapolitan Tarantella from his Film score, The Gadfly....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...

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...

Chill with Debussy

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

Works: Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Arabesques (2) for Piano; Children's Corner; Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10; Danse sacrée et danse profane; La plus que lente; Préludes, Book 1;...
Performers: Bodtker, Ellen Sejersted; Cardas, Berit; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

Adagio Chillout

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-07-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Sergey Rachmaninov: Andante semplice [fragment]; Hugo Alfvén: Elegy from Gustav II Adolf; ...
Performers: Alfven, Hugo; Alsop, Marin; Asturias Symphony Orchestra; Beckley, Lisa; Bilbao Symphony Orchestra; Brown, Timothy [Choral Conductor]; BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata, Oxford; Cantorum, Oxford S...
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Ligeti, András; Kamu, , Okko; Summerly, Jeremy; Judd, James; Mena, Juan José; Sakari, Petri; Panula, Jorma; Robinson, Christopher; Rahbari, Alexander; Kuchar, Theodore; Valdes...
Ensemble: ; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Clare College Choir; Concentus Hungaricus; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Iceland Symphony Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Oxford Cam...

Personnel: Jenö Jandó (piano)....continue...

Debussy: Clair de Lune and Other Piano Favorites / Thiollier

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; La plus que lente; Arabesques (2) for Piano; Le petit nègre; Children's Corner; Estampes (3) for Piano; Valse romantique, for piano, L. 71; Tarentelle styrienne;...
Performers: Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]

"Here are the most appealing Debussy piano pieces, played by an outstanding Debussy interpreter. He has recorded all the Debussy piano pieces for Naxos, and...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

Monet: Music Of His Time

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

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1; Emmanuel Chabrier: Prélude Pastorale for orchestra; Edward Elgar: Imperial March, Op....
Performers: Healy, Michael; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav; Bramall, Anthony; Hurst, George; Rahbari, Alexander

Music for Saxophone and Orchestra /Kerkezos, Brabbins, et al

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

Works: Claude Debussy: Rhapsodie for Saxophone and Orchestra; Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche (3), suite for saxophone & orchestra (or piano), Op. 165c; Jacques Ibert: Concertino da camera, for alto saxophone &...
Performers: Kerkezos, Theodore; Wardman, Vicci
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

This collection presents popular twentieth-century works for saxophone and orchestra. The refinement of Glazunov's Concerto is counterbalanced by the nocturnal magic of Debussy's "Rhapsodie", heard...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...

Listen, Learn & Grow - Playtime - Arts & Crafts

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

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Wolfgang A...
Performers: Jablokov, Alexander
Conductors: ; Edlinger, Richard; Halász, Michael; Wordsworth, Barry; Lenárd, Ondrej; Rahbari, Alexander; Hayman, Richard; Georgiadis, John; Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Clarinet Quintet; Budapest Strings; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philharmo...

Arts and Crafts allow children to truly express their creativity. A child needs only a little glue and glitter to come up with nothing short...continue...

Listen, Learn & Grow - Playtime - Fun & Games

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

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Masquerade; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (6) for Orchestra, S 359; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067;...
Performers: Garcia, Gerald; Nagy, Péter; Szokolay, Balázs
Conductors: Bramall, Anthony; Anikhanov, Andrei; Antal, Mátyás; Edlinger, Richard; Breiner, Peter; Lenárd, Ondrej; Mogrelia, Andrew; Nazareth, Daniel; Brion, Keith; Bogár, Istvá...
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Budapest Strauss Symphony Orchestra; Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony O...

All children need active playtime, some exciting and different ways to use their energy. Classical music is the ideal soundtrack to 'Playtime Fun and Games',...continue...

Laureate Series, Cello - Tatjana Vassilieva

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-07-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Suite italienne for Violin and Piano; Benjamin Britten: Sonata for cello & piano in C major, Op. 65; Henri Dutilleux: Strophes (3) sur le nom de Sacher; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Ce...

"Vassilieva was winner of the 2001 Rostropovich Cello Competition in Paris. She is an agile and sensitive player with a lean, athletic style. This program...continue...

Classical Chill

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

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61; Arthur Bliss: Adam Zero, ballet in one scene, Op. 67, F. 1a; E.J. Moeran: Trio for s...
Performers: Alanko, Petri; Anthony, Adele; Bakels, Kees; Bloch, Thomas; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Camerata, Oxford; CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner; Edison, Noel; Edlinger, Richard; Europea...
Conductors: Lintu, Hannu; Lloyd-Jones, David; ; Yuasa, Takuo; Griffiths, Howard; Panula, Jorma; Penny, Andrew; Kamu, , Okko; Bakels, Kees; Robinson, Christopher; Wit, Antoni; Summerly, Jeremy; Edison, Noel; Good...
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice; Elora Festival Singers; English Northern Philharmonia; European Union Baroque Orchestra; Ge...

Naxos jumps onto the downbeat/chillout bandwagon with Classical Chill, a two-disc collection that shoehorns selected pieces from the classical canon into a package that might hook a few young listener...continue...

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 2 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

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

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata, K. 332; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "...
Performers: Mullerova, Hana; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Valek, Jiri; Vladar, Stefan
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Wordsworth, Barry; Warchal, Bohdan; Edlinger, Richard; Kopelman, Jozef; Bramall, Anthony
Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

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 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...