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Morton Gould: American Legend - incl. American Ballads; Derivations; Fall River Legend; Jekyll and Hyde Variations [3 CDs]

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-01-29

Works: Morton Gould: American Ballads, for orchestra; Stephen Foster Gallery; American Salute; Fanfare for Freedom for brass ensemble; Saint Lawrence Suite, for 2 trumpets & wind ensemble; Jericho, rhapsody...
Performers: Munoz, William; Porietis, Janis; Zelnick, Stephanie [Clarinet]
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore; Weiss, Scott; Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: ; Nashville Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony of Ukrains; University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

"Somehow, even if not consciously, virtually all of American musicians have been touched by Morton and affected by him...as a composer, as pianist, as arranger...continue...

Great Sacred Masterpieces - Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

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

Works: Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Charles Gou...
Performers: Baylon, Jay; Beckley, Lisa; Carey, Colm; Colombara, Carlo; Faulkner, Julie; Filipova, Elena; Gedge, Nicholas; Genz, Christoph; Hajossyova, Magdalena [Soprano Vocals]; Hernandez, Cesar; Im, Sunhae; Ke...
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Kovács, László; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Oberfrank, Géza; Spering, Andreas; Kosler, Zdenek; Jun, Märkl,; Sch...

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...

Rejoice - A Vision of Christ through Music / Fasolis, Summerley, Pitts, Brown, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-18

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe des morts a 4 voix et symphonie, H 10; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Antony Pitts: Hark, my soul!; Anonymous: De ...
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Balconi, Roberto; Balducci, Antonella; Cecchetti, Mario; Fasolis, Diego; Faulner, Julia; Gilchrist, James; Gonda, Anna; Invernizzi, Roberta; Labusch, Dorothee; Rausch, Ulrich; Thomas, ...
Conductors: ; Fasolis, Diego; Niquet, Hervé; Halász, Michael; Pitts, Antony; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Summerly, Jeremy; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Edison, Noel; Brown, Timothy; Donath, Klaus; Yu...
Ensemble: Amici; Budapest Camerata; Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne; City of London Sinfonia; Clare College Choir; Cologne Cathedral Boys Choir; Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Dresden Chamber Cho...

American Classics - Gould: Fall River Legend, etc

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

Works: Morton Gould: Jekyll and Hyde Variations; Fall River Legend, ballet
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Naxos presents this outstanding performance by the late Kenneth Schermerhorn and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, narrated by James F. Neal. Morton Gould is one of...continue...

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras (Complete)

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

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 1 for 8 Cellos; Bachiana brasileira no 2 for Orchestra; Bachianas Brasileiras no 3, for piano & orchestra, A. 388; Bachianas brasileiras no 4; Bachiana bras...
Performers: Estill, Cynthia; Feghali, Jose; Gratton, Erik; LaMarchina, Anthony; Lamosa, Rosana
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew; Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

This is a brilliant recording of Villa-Lobos most famous composition, performed by the Nashville Symphony under the brilliant leadership of Kenneth Schermerhorn. It is no...continue...

The Story of American Classical Music / Scherer, et al

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

Works: William Henry Fry: Overture to Macbeth; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Symphony no 1; Edward MacDowell: Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 23; Arthur Foote: Quartet for Piano and Strings in C major, O...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Anthony, Adele; Barbagallo, James; Berman, Boris; Currie, Colin; Eldred, Mike; Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Gauvin, Karina; Goff, Scott [Flute]; Lewin, Michael; Morrison, Betsi; Peska...
Conductors: Rowe, Tony; Rosenberg, Richard; Fagen, Arthur; ; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Williams, John McLaughlin; Sinclair, James; Brion, Keith; Judd, James; Spalding, Daniel; Schwarz, Gerard; Serebrier, José;...
Ensemble: ; Da Vinci Quartet; Eaken Piano Trio

Think 'American Classical Music and what names spring to mind? Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein? Joplin, Foster Sousa? These great composers are deservedly famous, but from Colonial...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...

American Classics - Carter: Symphony no 1, etc / Wait, et al

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

Works: Elliott Carter: Holiday Overture; Symphony no 1; Piano Concerto
Performers: Wait, Mark
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Famous for highly demanding scores using extraordinarily sophisticated rhythms, Carter is a prime architect of modernist music in the United States. This is an unprecedented...continue...

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Schermerhorn, Nashville Symphony

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

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Performers: Baylon, Jay; Phillips, Lori; Redmon, Robynne; Taylor, James [Tenor Vocal]; Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Chorus

"The Nashville Symphony under Schermerhorn makes a fine showing against formidable competition going back more than half a century. The chorus sings with strength and...continue...

American Classics - Beach: Gaelic Symphony, Piano Concerto

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-06-01

Works: Amy Beach: Concerto for Piano in C sharp minor, Op. 45; Symphony in E minor ("Gaelic"), Op. 32
Performers: Feinberg, Alan [Piano]
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

"Composed in 1898-99, Amy Beach's ambitious, singularly impressive Piano Concerto is at long last coming in from the cold. Alan Feinberg brings extra charisma to...continue...

American Classics - Explore America Vol 1

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

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Charles Wakefield Cadman: Four American Indian Songs, for voice & piano, Op. 45; John Alden Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator, suit...
Performers: Bolcom, William [Composer]; Buswell, James; Corley, Maria; Currie, Colin; Farley, Carole; Posnak, Paul; Rorem, Ned; Starker, Janos; Taylor, Darryl; Weber, Janice; Zazofsky, Peter
Conductors: Gambil, Paul; Williams, John McLaughlin; Alsop, Marin; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Sinclair, James; Stromberg, William T.; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Brion, Keith
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Kreutzer Quartet; Nashville Chamber Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia Chorus; Royal Artillery Band; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Ukraini...

The American Classics series captures some of the great moments of American music. In this collection, as wide-ranging and diverse as our land, little-known gems...continue...

American Classics - Bernstein: West Side Story/ Schermerhorn

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-10-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
Performers: Chozen, Joanna; Cooke, Marianne; Dean, Robert; Eldred, Mike; Morrison, Betsi; Prentice, Michelle; San Giovanni, Michael
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

"The release of super-budget-price recordings of musicals is rare enough to warrant a welcome. This one of 'West Side Story', not from Broadway but from...continue...

American Classics - Chadwick: Thalia, Melpomene, etc

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

Works: George Whitefield Chadwick: Euterpe, overture for orchestra, L. 2/14; Angel of Death, symphonic poem for orchestra, L. 2/23; Aphrodite, symphonic fantasy for orchestra, L. 2/21; Melpomene, overture f...
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

"This is a splendid orchestra - indeed, I might even despair of setting it alongside my home team, the Detroit Symphony under Jarvi. The string...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...

Villa-Lobos: Chôros no 8 & 9 / Schermerhorn, Hong Kong PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-10-01

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôros no 8, for 2 pianos & orchestra, A. 208; Chôros no 9, for orchestra, A. 232
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

The "Choro" is a popular urban type of music used by street serenaders in Rio de Janeiro. Villa-Lobos took this simple style and in his...continue...

Night Music 9 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

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

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C minor, K 457; Quartet for Strings no 17 in B flat major, K 458 "Hunt"; Johann Sebastian Bach: S...
Performers: Jando, Jeno; Kiss, Jozsef [Oboe]; Nishizaki, Takako; Onczay, Csaba; Prunyi, Ilona; Vladar, Stefan
Conductors: Clark, Keith; Edlinger, Richard; Wordsworth, Barry; Jean, Kenneth; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ligeti, András; Warchal, Bohdan; Lenárd, Ondrej; Dvorak, Jaroslav
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

Rubinstein: Violin Concerto; Cui / Nishizaki, Halász, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-04-01

Works: Anton Rubinstein: Concerto for Violin in G major, Op. 46; César Cui: Suite Concertante for violin & orchestra (or piano), Op. 25
Performers: Nishizaki, Takako
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: ; Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

Anton Rubinstein's Violin Concerto and Cesar Cui's Suite Concertante represent two very different aspects of music in Russia in the nineteenth century. Rubinstein, one of...continue...

NARM Classical Sampler 2001 - A Classical Odyssey

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-03-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 1060; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 18 no 2; Emmanuel Chabrier: Pièces pittoresques (10), for...
Performers: Carmignola, Giuliano; Chang, Han-Na; Cole, Naida; Dessay, Natalie; Downes, Lara [Piano]; Graham, Susan; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Lang Lang; Mayer, Albrecht; Scholl, ...
Conductors: Goodwin, Paul; ; Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Accademia per Musica; English Chamber Orchestra; Nashville Symphony Orchestra

American Classics - Ives: Symphony no 2 / Schermerhorn, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-09-01

Works: Charles Ives: Robert Browning Overture, for orchestra, S. 27 (K. 1B6); Symphony no 2, for orchestra, S. 2 (K. 1A2)
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Despite composing in a radically experimental style even before Schoenberg, Berg and Webern, Ives saw himself as the "continuing spirit" in the tradition of Beethoven....continue...

Ballade

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

Works: Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Chant sans paroles (Song without words), for piano, Op. 2/3; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049; An...
Performers: Banowetz, Joseph; CSR Symphony Orchestra; CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner; Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Istropolitana, Capella; Kanta, Ludovít; Nagy, Péter [Piano]; Nishizaki, ...
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Warchal, Bohdan; Lenárd, Ondrej; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Edlinger, Richard; Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana

Personnel: Takako Nishizaki (violin); Ludovit Kanta (cello); Péter Nagy , Joseph Banowetz, Balázs Szokolay (piano)....continue...

American Classics - Hanson: Orchestral Works Vol 1

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

Works: Howard Hanson: Symphony no 1 in E Minor, Op 22 "Nordic"; Merry Mount, suite from the opera, Op. 31; Pan and the Priest, symphonic poem for orchestra, Op 26; Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Intermezzo - Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-04-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; L'Amico Fritz; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame; Engelbert Humperdinc...
Performers: Selmeczy, János
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Halász, Michael; Breiner, Peter; Pollack, Christian; Selmeczi, György; Georgiadis, John; Kamu, , Okko; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Lenárd, Ondrej
Ensemble: ; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; ...

The fourteen composers included on this disc have one thing in common - they wrote the most famous orchestral intermezzos, or interludes, in the world...continue...

Famous Marches - Grand March from Aida, Marche slave, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-07-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Dag Wirén: Serenade for strings, Op. 11; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op. 31; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Georges Bi...
Conductors: Saccani, Rico; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Kamu, , Okko; Leaper, Adrian; Johanos, Donald; Antal, Mátyás; Halász, Michael; Eschwe, Alfred; Bramall, Anthony; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bog&...
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Razumovsky Sinfonia;...

Discover The Classics Volume 2

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

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

The Best of Sibelius

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-05-30

Works: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26; Romance for Strings in C major, Op. 42; Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Kuolema; Andante festivo for Strings and Timpani; Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22; Symphony no 2 in D ...
Performers: Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Bratislava