Naxos (USA) > Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]

Great Classical Masterpieces: Naxos' Bestselling Recordings 1987-2012 / various artists

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Hildegard von Bingen: O pastor animarum; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in A minor, BWV. 1041; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 6...
Performers: Jando, Jeno; Kormendi, Klara; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Nishizaki, Takako; Selby, Kathryn
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Summerly, Jeremy; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Kosler, Zdenek; Bogár, István; Lehel, György; Jean, Kenneth; Wit, Antoni; Ward, Nicholas; Warchal, Bohdan; Sobotka, ...

All of these best-selling titles come from the first 10 years of the label and feature our most successful artists. Some are still recording for...continue...

Classical Guitar Favourites: works by Sor, Aguado, Tarrega / Camerata Cassovia

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

Works: Fernando Sor: Minuet for guitar in A major, Op. 11/6; Leçons progressives (24), Op. 31; Etude for guitar in A major (Segovia Edition no 10), Op. 31/19; Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35; Etude for ...
Performers: Garcia, Gerald; Gimcik, Pavol; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Lickova, Maria; Petroczi, Karol
Conductors: ; Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: ; Camerata Cassovia

Though the origins of the modern guitar are virtually unknown, the sound of the instrument is found in musical compositions dating back almost seven hundred...continue...

Eternal Guitar

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

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D major, RV 93; Trio Sonata in C major, RV 82; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D minor, BWV 974 (after the Oboe Concerto by A. Marcello); Sonata no 1 in G minor, ...
Performers: Cobo, Ricardo; Escobar, Jose Antonio; Garcia, Gerald; Gimcik, Pavol; Goluses, Nicholas; Jouvre, Jeremy; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Lickova, Maria; Linhares, Dagoberto; McFadden, Jeffrey; Miche...
Conductors: Breiner, Peter; Wildner, Johannes

Art and Music - Goya - Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Daphnis et Églé, pastorale héroïque; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in F minor, K 467/L 476; François-Joseph Gossec: Grande Messe des Morts,...
Performers: Eder, Gyorgy; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Rowland, Gilbert; Tokos, Zoltan
Conductors: Terey-Smith, Mary; Fasolis, Diego; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Wordsworth, Barry; Cassuto, Alvaro; Halász, Michael; Zedda, Alberto

The artistic genius of Goya (1746-1828) was multifaceted and complex. Chief painter at the Spanish court, a master of the official portrait, he also gave...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

The Best of Classical Guitar

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

Works: Stanley Myers: The Deer Hunter; Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7; Joaquín Turina: Fandanguillo; Federico Moreno Torroba: Sonatina for guitar; Manuel de Falla...
Performers: Holmquist, John; Holzman, Adam [Guitar]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; McFadden, Jeffrey

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...

Takemitsu: Toward the Sea, Rain Tree, Rain Spell, Bryce

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Toru Takemitsu: And then I knew it was the wind; Rain-Tree, for 3 percussionists; Toward the Sea; Bryce, for flute, 2 harps & 2 percissionists; Itinerant, for flute; Voice, for solo flute; Air for so...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Dann, Steven; Eng, Sonya; Engelman, Robin; Goodman, Erica [Harp]; Hartenberger, Russ; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Scott, Ryan; Swan, David; Val...

"Robert Aitken has had a distinguished career as a flutist, composer, and conductor. He commissions and performs new music and is the artistic director of...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...

The Spanish Guitar

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

Works: Enriqué Granados: Danzas (12) españolas for Piano, Op. 37; Danse espagnole, Op. 37/5; Federico Moreno Torroba: Sonatina for guitar & orchestra; Federico Mompou: Suite compostelana, for guit...
Performers: Azabagic, Denis; Goni, Antigoni; Holmquist, John; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Kraft, Norman; Linhares, Dagoberto; Masters, Martha; Micheli, Lorenzo
Conductors: Wildner, Johannes; Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: Camerata Cassovia; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Razumovsky Sinfonia

The guitar has existed in one form or another since ancient times, but the significance of the role of Spain in the instrument's evolution cannot...continue...

Giuliani: Duets for Flute and Guitar / Shulman, Kraft

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

Works: Mauro Giuliani: Gran Potpourri, for flute & guitar, Op. 53; Serenade, for flute (or violin) & guitar in G major, Op. 127; Grand Duo Concertante, for flute (or violin) & guitar in A major, Op. 85; Gra...
Performers: Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Shulman, Nora

"Kraft and Shulman turn in beautiful performances in this program of flute and guitar music by Mauro Giuliani. Their ensemble is exemplary and their readings...continue...

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 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

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

Cavatina

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-06-21

Works: Stanley Myers: The Deer Hunter; Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7; Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Rosita, polka for guitar; Enriqué Granado...
Performers: Berkel, Wilma van; Cobo, Ricardo; Goni, Antigoni; Holmquist, John; Holzman, Adam [Guitar]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Kubica, Robert; McFadden, Jeffrey; Vieaux, Jason
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Ensemble: Margarita Escarpa

Guitar Collection - Sor: Divertimenti, etc / Norbert Kraft

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-11-01

Works: Fernando Sor: March du Ballet de Cendrillon, for guitar in D major; Divertimentos (6) for guitar, Op. 1; Divertimenti (6), for guitar, Op. 2; Theme Varié et un Menuet, Op. 3; Fantaisie, for gu...
Performers: Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]

"This is the 10th disc in Naxos's series of the complete Sor guitar works, and the second played by Norbert Kraft. As always, his playing...continue...

Discover the Classics Volume 3 - The Concerto

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-02-26

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Giuseppe Torelli: Sonata for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 1; Tomaso Albinoni: Concerto à cinque, for oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo n...
Performers: Banfalvi, Bela; Banowetz, Joseph; Behringer, Michael; Bisengaliev, Marat; Camden, Anthony; Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Hill, Robert [Harpsichord, Piano]; Hugh, Timothy; Jando, Je...
Conductors: Krcek, Jaroslav; Georgiadis, John; Bánfalvi, Béla; Creswick, Bradley; Warchal, Bohdan; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Skvor, Peter; Antal, Mátyás; Wildner...
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Budapest Strings; Capella Istropolitana; English Northern Philharmonia; London Virtuosi; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Northern Chamber Orchestra; Northern Sinfon...

Guitar Collection - Carmen Concerto / Kraft, Breiner, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-01-21

Works: Enriqué Granados: Valses (7) poeticos; Peter Breiner: Carmen Concerto for guitar & orchestra (after Bizet)
Performers: Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]
Conductors: Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Guitar Favourites / Norbert Kraft

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-23

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7; Barcarola for Piano, Op. 202 "Mallorca"; Federico Moreno Torroba: Sonatina for guitar; Joaquín Turina: Fandanguillo; Homena...
Performers: Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]

The Best of Paganini

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

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 2 in B minor ("La campanella"), Op. 7, MS 48; Sonata for violin & guitar in D major (Centone di sonate, Letter A/2), MS 112/2; Grand Sonata, for guitar &...
Performers: Garcia, Gerald; Hammer, Moshe; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; St. John, Scott [Violin]; Wynberg, Simon
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice

Paganini: Centone di Sonate Vol 3 / Hammer, Kraft

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-11-22

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Centone di Sonate (18), Op. 64; Sonata for violin & guitar in G major (Centone di sonate, Letter C/2), MS 112/14; Sonata for violin & guitar in A major (Centone di sonate, Lett...
Performers: Hammer, Moshe; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]

Discover the Classics

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-09-03

Works: Gregorian Chant: Laudate Deum, introitus; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Georg Phil...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Cuckston, Alan; Ferrarini, Alida; Jandó, Jenö; Körmendi, Klára; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Lamberti, Giorgio; Nishizak...
Conductors: Turco, Alberto; Summerly, Jeremy; Dvorak, Jaroslav; Edlinger, Richard; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Wordsworth, Barry; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Halász, Michael; Jean, Kenneth; Rahbari, Alexander; Dohná...

The Love Collection

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-06-01

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Concertos à cinque (12), Op. 9; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Concerto for Harpsichord in F mino...
Performers: Banfalvi, Bela; Camden, Anthony; Cejka, Jozef; Chang, Hae-Won; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Holbling, Anna; Holbling, Guido; Jablokov, Alexander; Jando, Jeno; Kiss, Jozsef [Oboe]; Kliegel, Maria; Kraft, N...
Conductors: Edlinger, Richard; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Georgiadis, John; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Antal, Mátyás; Wildner, Johannes; Ward, Nicholas; Krcek, Jaroslav; Stankovsky, Robert; Kopelman,...
Ensemble: ; Budapest Strings; Camerata Cassovia; Capella Istropolitana; Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra

Romance - Beethoven, Chopin, Dvorák, Mozart, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-10-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50; Carl Stamitz: Concerto for...
Performers: Benda, Christian; Biret, Idil; Jando, Jeno; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Prunyi, Ilona
Conductors: Sobotka, Wolfgang; ; Ligeti, András; Kuchar, Theodore; Leaper, Adrian; Stankovsky, Robert; Kolchinsky, Camilla
Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana; Concentus Hungaricus; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice; Prague Cha...

Paganini: Centone di Sonate Vol 2 / Hammer, Kraft

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-04-05

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Centone di Sonate (18) for Violin and Guitar, Op. 64; Sonata for violin & guitar in A major (Centone di sonate, Letter B/3), MS 112/9; Sonata for violin & guitar in C major (...
Performers: Hammer, Moshe; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]

"...These splendid performances on modern instruments make no claim to 'authentic' status, but they are no less appealing for that. They squeeze every last drop...continue...

Paganini: Centone di Sonate Vol 1 / Hammer, Kraft

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1994-10-31

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Sonata for violin & guitar in A minor (Centone di sonate, Letter A/1), MS 112/1; Sonata for violin & guitar in D major (Centone di sonate, Letter A/2), MS 112/2; Sonata for vio...
Performers: Hammer, Moshe; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]

Adagio - J.S. Bach, Albinoni, Marcello, Mozart, Bruch, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1994-09-05

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Concertos à cinque (12), Op. 9; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto ...
Performers: Camden, Anthony; Jando, Jeno; Kiss, Jozsef [Oboe]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Nishizaki, Takako; Ottensamer, Ernst
Conductors: Edlinger, Richard; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Georgiadis, John; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Antal, Mátyás; Wildner, Johannes; Ward, Nicholas
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; London Virtuosi; Northern Chamber Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Mozart Academy

Guitar Collection - Sor, Aguado, Tárrega / Norbert Kraft

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1994-06-20

Works: Fernando Sor: Minuet for guitar in A major, Op. 11/6; Leçons progressives (24), Op. 31; Etude for guitar in A major (Segovia Edition no 10), Op. 31/19; Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35; Etude for ...
Performers: Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, etc / Kraft, Ward

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1993-10-25

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto, A. 501; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto no 1 in D major, Op. 99
Performers: Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]

"***" (3 Stars) -Penguin Guide...continue...