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Puccini Operas, Vol. 1 - Manon Lescaut; La boheme; Tosca

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca
Performers: Benacka, Stanislav; Carroll, Silvano; Deyck, Lucienne Van; Durco, Jan; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Gauci, Miriam; George, Donald; Gijsegem, Ludwig van; Gonzales, Carmen; Hallon, Ladislav; Kaludov, Kaludi; Lam...
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Humburg, Will
Ensemble: ; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra Brussels; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchesra

Giacomo Puccini is one of the most celebrated and beloved operatic composers that has ever lived. Included in this first installment of Puccini Operas are...continue...

Great Opera - Puccini, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, ope...
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Alperyn, Graciela; Aragall, Giacomo; Benacka, Stanislav; Boschkowa, Nelly; Braga, Rannveig; Carroli, Silvano; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Daniel, Boaz; Dever, Barbara; Dragoni, Maria; D...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Saccani, Rico

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...

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...

Great Romantic Symphonies - Schubert, Brahms, Mendelssohn Berlioz, Mahler et al. [10 CDs]

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

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Robert Schu...
Performers: Szabo, Imrich
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Rahbari, Alexander; Wit, Antoni; Seifried, Reinhard; Talmi, Yoav; Tintner, Georg; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Benzi, Roberto; Kosler, Zdenek

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...

Ultimate Puccini Opera Album

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-12-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Le Villi; Turandot; Edgar, opera; Suor Angelica
Performers: Ariostini, Armando; Bartolini, Lando; Boschkowa, Nelly; Bou, Felipe; Carroli, Silvano; Deguci, Masako; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Esteve, Vicente; Gauci, Miriam; Gonzales, Carmen; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal...
Conductors: Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Halász, Michael; Lenárd, Ondrej

Puccini’s fascination with exotic locations, doomed heroines, high drama and tragic romance are brought to centre stage in this immensely moving selection from his greatest...continue...

Ultimate Verdi Opera Album

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-12-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Nabucco; Il Trovatore; Macbeth; La Forza del Destino; Aïda; Otello; Un Ballo in Maschera; Ernani
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Csonka, Zsuzsa; Dragoni, Maria; Ferrarini, Alida; Frusoni, Maurizio; Gauci, Miriam; Johannson, Kristjan; Krause, Monika; Longhi, Daniela; Lotric, Janez; Mescherikova, Marina; Ramiro, Yor...
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Humburg, Will; Morandi, Pier G.; Saccani, Rico; Wildner, Johannes; Halász, Michael

This highly dramatic album includes the most famous moments from Verdi’s ever-popular operas, in which public splendor and private pathos, true love and tragedy, vie...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...

Opera's Greatest Moments

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Aida, opera; La traviata; Rigoletto; Alfredo Catalani:...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Borowska, Joanna; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Ferrarini, Alida; Gauci, Miriam; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Ionata, Maria Pia; Kohutkova, Adriana; Kwon, Hellen; Lamberti, Giorgio;...
Conductors: Humburg, Will; Wildner, Johannes; Halász, Michael; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Rahbari, Alexander; Leitner, Konrad; Morandi, Pier G.

All the opera you'll ever need! This 2-CD set compiles the world's most famous arias and choruses from the greatest operas of all time....continue...

Wagner: Orchestral Highlights

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

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Rienzi; Götterdämmerung; Die Walküre
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Mund, Uwe; Rahbari, Alexander

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

Discover - Choral Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-08-28

Works: Gregorian Chant: Crux fidelis, inter omnes, hymn (GR 182); Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; John Taverner: Missa "Gloria tibi Trinitas"; Christe Jesu, pastor bone; Thoma...
Performers: Bentch, Timothy; Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Drabowicz, Wojciech; Kubiak, Barbara; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Nowacki, Piotr
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang; Antal, Mátyás; Oberfrank, Géza; Christophers, Harry; Halász, Michael; Drahos, Béla; Spering, Andreas; Rilling, Helmuth; Rahbari, Alexander; Talmi, Yoav; Wi...
Ensemble: ; Alsfeld Vocal Ensemble; I Febiarmonici (Baroque Orchestra); The Sixteen

Discover Choral Music surveys and explains the development of choral music from medieval plainchant to contemporary favorites like John Rutter and Arvo Part, via Renaissance...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 - 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...

Operatic Arias / Hao Jiang Tian

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; I vespri siciliani; Jérusalem; Macbeth; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlos; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Vincenzo Bel...
Performers: Tian, Hao Jiang
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander

A veteran of the world's most prominent opera stages, Hao Jiang Tian has established a particularly close relationship with New York's Metropolitan Opera, where he...continue...

The Very Best of Verdi

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Nabucco; Ernani; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Requiem Mass; La traviata; Ave Maria; Falstaff
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Colombara, Carlo; Dragoni, Maria; Ferrarini, Alida; Filipova, Elena; Frusoni, Maurizio; Gauci, Miriam; Giordani, Marcello; Harper, Thomas; Hernández, César; Johannsson...
Conductors: Morandi, Piergiorgio; Rahbari, Alexander; Dohnányi, Oliver; Halász, Michael; Mercurio, Steven; Humburg, Will; Saccani, Rico
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Festival Chorus; Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; National S...

Giuseppe Verdi was the greatest of the late-nineteenth-century Italian opera composers, carrying the legacy of Rossini forward with more realistic storylines, seemingly playing out the...continue...

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...

KDFC - Islands of Sanity 3 - 100% Natural

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

Performers: Barbagallo, James; Biret, Idil; Donohoe, Peter; Greed, David; Jandó, Jenö; Nagy, Péter; Nishizaki, Takako; Tóth, István; Thiollier, François-Joël; Yablons...
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David; Engeset, Bjarte; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Kamu, Okko; ; Leaper, Adrian; Nazareth, Daniel; Rahbari, Alexander; Amos, David; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bátiz, En...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Northern Philharmonia; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Iceland Symp...

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...

Schumann: Piano Concerto, etc / Jandó

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Introduction and Allegro appassionato for Piano and Orchestra in G major, Op. 92; Introduction and Allegro for Piano and Orchestra in D minor, ...
Performers: Jandó, Jenö
Conductors: Ligeti, András; Rahbari, Alexander; Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: ; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Bratislava

Schumann's perennially beautiful 'Piano Concerto' is one of the great Romantic masterpieces, a supreme blend of youthful exuberance, virtuoso writing for the piano, strikingly fresh...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...

Opera Explained - Puccini: Turandot

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Puccini's "Turandot", narration with musical excerpts
Performers: Ariostini, Armando; Bartolini, Lando; Bou, Felipe; Casolla, Giovanna; Deguci, Masako; Esteve, Vicente; Garcia-Quijada, Jose A.; Gerrikabeitia, Gorka; Heredia, Francisco; Mas, Javier
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander

This installment of the Opera Explained series tackles 'Turandot', one of Puccini's grandest and most sweeping operas. The opera was nearly completed when Puccini died,...continue...

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...

Cinema Classics 2004 - Master and Commander, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Ludwig van B...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Bolshoi Opera Chorus; Consort, Royal Academy; Halasz, Michael [Conductor]; Istropolitana, Capella; Jando, Jeno; Judd, James [Conductor]; Kohutkova, Adriana; Kopelman, Jozef; Kuchar...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Sebotka, Wolfgang; Summerly, Jeremy; Rahbari, Alexander; Kopelman, Jozef; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Judd, James; McGlinn, John; Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Royal Academy Consort

Since the dawn of the Hollywood era, popular film has served as an introduction to classical music for myriad newcomers to the genre. The collection...continue...
Personnel: Jenö Jandó (piano)....continue...

Wagner: Overtures / Rahbari, Malaga PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; König Enzio, overture for orchestra in E minor, WWV 24a; Das Liebesverbot, opera; Die Feen; Columbus Overture for orchestra in E flat major, WWV 37a; Faust Overture
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

This collection of overtures dates mainly from Wagner's early twenties when the composer was learning his craft in provincial opera houses under the influence of...continue...

Opera Explained - An Introduction to Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci", narration with musical examples
Performers: Dvorsky, Miroslav; Gauci, Miriam; Martinucci, Nicola; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Tumagian, Eduard
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander

'Pagliacci' may be the most completely compelling short opera in the repertory and owes much of its impact to a brilliant story based, it is...continue...

Opera Explained - Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

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

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana", narration with musical examples
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Bechi, Gino; Evstatieva, Stefka; Gigli, Beniamino; Marcucci, Maria; Mauro, Anna di; Rasa, Lina Bruna; Tumagian, Eduard
Conductors: Mascagni, Pietro; Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

'Cavalleria Rusticana' is the short opera that has all the elements of a grand opera compressed into a single highly dramatic time span. The story...continue...

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi / Rahbari, Rinaldi, Lisnic, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-02-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Bou, Felipe; Gali, Sara; Garciá-Quijada, José A.; Lisnic, Tatiana; Lopez, Gerardo; Marchi, Claudia; Rinaldi, Alberto; Ruiz, Carlos; Secco, Stefano; Torres, Antonio; Varela, Celestino; Z...
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

"In his taut musical control of the proceedings Rahbari is really excellent. He never lets the orchestra get too loud, keeping good coordination between stage...continue...

The Pearl Fishers and other Famous Operatic Duets

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-08-01

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Do...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Gauci, Miriam; Kaludov, Kaludi; Kohutkova, Adriana; Krause, Monika; Lamberti, Giorgio; Lotric, Janez; Miricioiu, Nelly; Morozov, Igor; Orgonasova, Luba; Previati, Fabio; Ramiro, Yor...
Conductors: Wildner, Johannes; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Hungarian Radio Chorus; Jaak Gregoor Chorus; Slovak Philharmonic Chorus Bratislava; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

This recording brings together some of the best-loved and most popular duets in the French and Italian operatic repertoire. The selection takes in music by...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...

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

Puccini: Turandot / Rahbari, Casolla, Bartolini, Bou, et al

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Ariostini, Armando; Bartolini, Lando; Bou, Felipe; Casolla, Giovanna; Deguci, Masako; Garcia-Quijada, Jose A.; Gerrikabeitia, Gorka; Heredia, Francisco; Lapatza, Begona; Revuelta, Olga
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Escolanía Santa Maria de la Victoria Choir

"This set preserves a staged performance of Puccini's last opera from October 2001 in Madrid. The chorus is from Bilbao and the orchestra from Malaga,...continue...

Life and Works - Johannes Brahms / Jeremy Siepmann

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-01-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1; Sonata for Piano no 3 in F minor, Op...
Performers: Archer, Karen; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Boulton, Nicolas; Britton, Jasper; Claxton, Elaine; Hegyi, Ildiko; Hodson, Steve; Jando, Jeno; Jason, Neville; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kevehazi, Jeno; Kl...
Conductors: ; Wit, Antoni; Rahbari, Alexander; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Constantine, Andrew
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Piano Trio

Brahms is one of the best-loved yet most controversial of all the Romantics. Almost uniquely, his works have never suffered the slightest period of eclipse....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...

Opera Explained - An Introduction to Verdi: La Traviata

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-09-01

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Verdi's "La Traviata," narration with musical examples
Performers: Krause, Monika; Ramiro, Yordy; Tichy, Georg
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

"La Traviata" owes its enduring popularity to a superb story of young love and fatal sacrifice, set to music by Italy's master melodist at the...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...

Classics Explained - An Introduction to Bizet: Carmen

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

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Bizet's "Carmen", narration with musical examples
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Lamberti, Giorgio; Palade, Doina; Titus, Alan
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava

'Carmen' is among the most popular operas for all the obvious reasons: great characters, a gripping story and fabulous music. But what set it on...continue...

Classics Explained - An Introduction to Puccini: Tosca

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

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Puccini's "Tosca", narration with musical examples; An Introduction to Verdi's "Aida", narration with musical examples
Performers: Carroli, Silvano; Lamberti, Giorgio; Miricioiu, Nelly
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander

'Tosca' is Puccini at the peak of his theatrical power. The story of the jealous, impassioned opera singer Floria Tosca and her doomed lovve for...continue...

Classics Explained - An Introduction to Verdi: Rigoletto

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

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Verdi's "Rigoletto", narration with musical examples
Performers: Ferrarini, Alida; Ramiro, Yordy; Tumagian, Eduard
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander

'Rigoletto' is simply wonderful entertainment. It is uncanny to listen to the opening ten minutes or so and recognize a dozen superb tunes. It is...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...

O Mio Babbino Caro -Famous Soprano Arias from Italian Operas

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; La Rondine; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Giuseppe Verd...
Performers: Evstatieva, Stefka; Ferrarini, Alida; Gauci, Miriam; Krause, Monika; Longhi, Daniela; Miricioiu, Nelly; Orgonasova, Luba; Podles, Ewa
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Humburg, Will; Wildner, Johannes; Morandi, Pier G.
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

This collection brings together some of the best-loved and most popular soprano arias in the Italian opera repertoire. The selection takes in music by all...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...

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...

The Best of Opera Vol 5

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo ...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Ferrarini, Alida; Ganassi, Sonia; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Johannsson, Kristjan; Lamberti, Giorgio; Longhi, Daniela; Nielsen, Inga; Orgonasova, Luba
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Rahbari, Alexander; Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Wildner, Johannes; Saccani, Rico

This well-filled disc contains music from some of the grandest operas in the Naxos catalog. This well-recorded collection is both an accessible memoir of and...continue...

A-Z of Opera

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

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aenaeas; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; MEDLEY; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Alceste; Wolfgang A...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Borowska, Joanna; Carolis, Natale de; Dalayman, Katarina; Gauci, Miriam; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Kertesi, Ingrid; Kohutkova, Adriana; Krause, Monika; Kwon, Hellen;...
Conductors: ; Kovács, László; Wildner, Johannes; Östman, Arnold; Leitner, Konrad; Morandi, Pier G.; Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Saccani...
Ensemble: ; Bratislava Children's Choir; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Budapest; Camerata Transylvanica; Capella Istropolitana; Capella Musicale di S. Petronio di Bologna; Czecho...

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...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Highlights) / Rahbari, Gauci, et al

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Gauci, Miriam; Kaludov, Kaludi; Lauwers, Henk; Sardinero, Vicente
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Chorus; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Jaak Gregoor Chorus

In a review of the previously released full-length recording of Puccini's "Manon", CD Review raved "Naxos has distinguished itself over the past few years by...continue...

The Best of Opera Vol 4

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

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute...
Performers: Borowska, Joanna; Dalayman, Katarina; Dragoni, Maria; Gauci, Miriam; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Krause, Monika; La Scola, Vincenzo; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Longhi, Daniela; Mukk, J?zsef [...
Conductors: Wildner, Johannes; Saccani, Rico; Humburg, Will; Selmeczi, György; Rahbari, Alexander; Morandi, Pier G.; Segerstam, Leif; Halász, Michael; Östman, Arnold
Ensemble: ; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Transylvanica; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; National Symphony Orchest...

From rousing orchestral works like the Overture to Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg to acrobatic showpieces like the aria from Rossini's La Cenerentola or Mozart's...continue...