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A Musical Journey: Italian Festival - A Musical Celebration of Italy; Leoncavallo, Cui, Liszt, et al. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-06-25

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; César Cui: Tarentella; Jules Massenet: Scènes napolitaines; Charles Gounod: Saltarello; Luigi Denza: Funiculì funiculà; Benjamin Godard: Sc&e...
Conductors: Lenárd, Ondrej
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Scenes of Italy range from the bay of Sestri Levante in Liguria to the Tuscan vineyards of Montepulciano, Florence and Venice. The music chosen for...continue...
Run Time: 53 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo 2.0,
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A Musical Journey: France - Marseille; Tarascon Cannes; Cote d'Azur; Camargue. Music by Chabrier, Ravel & Fauré / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Conductors:
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Places - The places visited are on the coast of Southern France, from Fréjus and Cannes to Marseille. They include the Château of King...continue...

Musical Journey: Spain. A visit to Andalusia, Sitges, Seville & Granada - music by Ravel and Albeniz / Slovak Radio SO, Kenneth Jean, Gerald Garcia [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Conductors: Jean, Kenneth; Garcia, Gerald
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Places: The tour starts in the countryside near Sancti Petri, and shows other aspects of the fertile landscape of Andalusia, leading to the historic...continue...
Run Time: 56 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo 2.0
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Adam: Giselle, highlights / Andrew Mogrelia

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

Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Of his many works for the stage, Adolphe Adam's ballet Giselle ou Les Wilis is the best known. The story is based on a legend...continue...

Tadeás Salva: Cello Concerto; Little Suite; Slovak Concerto Grosso No. 3 et al. / Eugen Prochac, cello

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

Works: Tadeás Salva: Concerto for Cello; Arias (3), for cello & piano; Little Suite, for cello & piano; Concerto Grosso for violin, cello & organ no 3 ("Slovak"); Preludes (8), for 2 cellos
Performers: Cizmarovic, Juraj; Prochac, Eugen; Skuta, Nora; Slavik, Jan; Sunavska, Bernadetta
Conductors: Lejava, Marian
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Tadeá Salva was one of the foremost Slovakian composers of his generation. His studies equipped him with a thorough awareness of the new Polish School,...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of Slovak Radio, Bratislava, Slovakia....continue...

Respighi: La Primavera, La pentola magica, etc / Adriano, Slovak Radio SO, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-12-16

Works: Ottorino Respighi: La primavera, for voices, chorus, orchestra & organ, P. 136; Liriche su parole di poeti armeni, songs (4) for voice & piano, P. 132; La pentola magica, ballet on Russian melodies, ...
Performers: Dvorsky, Miroslav; Geriov, Beata; Haan, Richard; Havran, Vladimir; Koncer, Gabriel; Kovacs, Frantisek; Kubovcik, Vladimir; Lednarova, Henrietta; Paulicka, Ivan; Raskova, Vera; Sintal, Michal; Slepkov...
Conductors: Adriano
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Respighi's reputation depends largely on his symphonic poems whose bold use of orchestral colour derived from Rimsky-Korsakov's example. His rarely heard ballet 'La pentola magica'...continue...

Film Music Classics - Honegger: Les démons de l'Himalaya, etc / Adriano, Slovak Radio SO, et al

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

Works: Arthur Honegger: Regain; Crime et châtiment; Les démons de l'Himalaya; L'idée
Performers: Tchamkerten, Jacques
Conductors: Adriano;
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Choir; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Arthur Honegger, one of the greatest twentieth century composers, made an unrivalled contribution to film music during the course of some thirty years, from his...continue...

Charles-Auguste de Bériot: Violin Concertos / Quint, Trevor

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

Works: Charles-Auguste de Bériot: Concerto for Violin no 2 in B minor, Op. 32; Concerto for Violin no 3 in E minor, Op. 44; Concerto for Violin no 5 in D major, Op. 55
Performers: Quint, Philippe
Conductors: Trevor, Kirk
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

One of the most distinguished violinists of his time, Beriot was the father of the Franco-Belgian school of violin playing. His ten violin concertos display...continue...

Cohn: Symphonies no 7 Op 45 & no 2 Op 13, etc / Jordania, Slovak RSO

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

Works: James Cohn: Symphony no 7, Op. 45; Symphony no 2, Op. 13; Variations on "The Wayfaring Stranger" for orchestra, Op. 34; Waltz in D major, for piano, Op. 29a
Conductors: Jordania, Vakhtang; Trevor, Kirk
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Celebrating his 80th birthday year in 2008, American composer James Cohn studied with Roy Harris, Wayne Barlow and Bernard Wagenaar, graduating from the Julliard School...continue...

Cinema Classics 2007 - Classical Music Made Famous in Films

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-12-11

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux; George Fre...
Performers: Coles, Priti; Filipova, Elena; Glemser, Bernd; Jandó, Jenö; Lotric, Janez; Morozov, Igor
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte; Halász, Michael; Wit, Antoni; Mallon, Kevin; Morandi, Pier Giorgio; Wildner, Johannes; Ligeti, András; Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: Aradia Baroque Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Concentus Hungaricus; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; The N...

The Very Best of Christmas

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-25

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël, H9; F...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Bloss, Michael; Bungard, Jonathan; Davidson, Angus; Evanson, John; Houssart, Robert; Johnston, Raymond; Kertesi, Ingrid; Langridge, Philip; Lewis, J. Reilly; Mukk, József;...
Conductors: Hunt, Donald; ; Mallon, Kevin; Edison, Noel; Scribner, Norman; Rossiter, Grace; Sackett, Andrew; Robinson, Christopher; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Oberfrank, Géza; Krcek, Jaroslav; Schuldt-Jensen,...
Ensemble: Aradia Baroque Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Elora Festival Singers; Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Finchley Children's Music Group; Hungarian Radio Chamber Choir; Leipzig Chamber Orchestra; Moscow Sy...

"Naxos' double-disc compilation, The Very Best of Christmas, presents an agreeable and balanced assortment of holiday favorites, with vocal and choral numbers assigned to the...continue...

Locklair: Symphony of Seasons, Lairs of Soundings, etc

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

Works: Dan Locklair: Symphony no 1 ("Symphony of Seasons"); Lairs of Soundings, tryptich for soprano & string orchestra; Phoenix and Again, overture for orchestra; In Memory - H.H.L., for string orchestra; ...
Performers: Bartlett, Jacquelyn; Houston, Janeanne
Conductors: Trevor, Kirk
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

A professional organist by the age of fourteen, Dan Locklair's prolific output includes symphonic works, a ballet and an opera. His compositions have been influenced...continue...

Bloch: Four Episodes, Suite Modale, etc / Gandelsman, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-07-31

Works: Ernest Bloch: Episodes (4), for chamber orchestra; Hiver-Printemps; Concertino, for flute, viola & strings (or piano); Suite modale, for flute & strings (or piano)
Performers: Buchman, Noam; Gandelsman, Yuri
Conductors: Atlas, Dalia
Ensemble: Atlas Camerata; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra members; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Dalia Atlas, who is slowly working her way through Bloch's orchestral music for Naxos, leads beautifully idiomatic performances of all four works... This is one...continue...

Brian: Symphonies no 4 & 12 / Leaper, Valásková, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-01-30

Works: Havergal Brian: Symphony no 4 for soprano, chorus & orchestra, "Das Siegeslied"; Symphony no 12
Performers: Valaskova, Jana
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Youth Echo Choir

A lifelong admirer of German musical culture, literature and thought, Brian wrote his Fourth Symphony 'Das Siegeslied' (Psalm of Victory) at a time when Germany's...continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - Psalms of Joy & Sorrow

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

Works: George Rochberg: Psalms (3) for Unaccompanied Choir; Jacob Druckman: Sabbath Eve Service "Shir shel yakov"; Ursula Mamlok: Cantata "Blessed is the man"; Yehudi Wyner: Friday Evening Service; Miriam G...
Performers: Bikel, Theodore; Bischof, Justin; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Evans, Joseph [Tenor]; Finkelstein, Meir; Leonard, Sarah; Mason, Patrick; Miller, Aaron David; Mizrahi, Alberto; Potton, Hugh
Conductors: Brewer, Michael; Adler, Samuel; Itai, Avner; Corp, Ronald; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Gardner, Patrick; Levin, Neil
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Carmina Choir; Laudibus; London Chorus; New York Cantorial Choir; Rochester Singers; Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir; Schola Hebraeica; Slovak Radio Symphony Orch...

Unique among liturgies in their singular blend of majestic grandeur, loft sentiments, and poignant simplicity, the Psalms embrace virtually every basic human emotion and mood,...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...

Foerster: Symphony no 4, etc / Friedel, Slovak Radio SO

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

Works: Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Festive Overture, for orchestra, Op. 70; Meine Jugend (My Youth), symphonic poem, Op. 44; Symphony no 4 in C minor, Op. 54 ("Easter Eve")
Conductors: Friedel, Lance
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

"This new CD has the first recording of 'Festive Overture', which Foerster wrote in 1907 for the opening of a theater in Kralovske Vinohrady. I...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...

Respighi: Suite in E major, etc / Adriano, Slovak Radio SO

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

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Variazioni sinfoniche, for orchestra, P. 28; Preludio, corale e fuga, for orchestra, P. 30; Burlesca, for orchestra, P. 59; Ouverture carnevalesca, for orchestra, P. 99; Suite for ...
Performers: Klinda, Ferdinand
Conductors: Adriano
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

This release presents a fascinating survey of the early orchestral works of Respighi that paved the way for his first epic symphonic poem, The Fountains...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...

Film Music Classics - Honegger: Les Misérables

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

Works: Arthur Honegger: Les misérables
Conductors:
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Arthur honegger, one of the greatest of twentieth century composers, made an unrivalled contribution to film music during his career. Raymon Bernard's 1934 version of...continue...

Kálmán: Die Csárásfürstin / Bonynge, et al

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

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin; Dorfkinder walzer (from Der Zigeunerprimas); Der Zigeunerprimás; Die Faschingsfee, operetta; Die Hollandweibchen; Der Teufelsr...
Performers: Ebner, Karl-Michael; Erdmann, Mojca; Holecek, Heinz; Kalman, Yvonne; Kathol, Marko; Kenny, Yvonne; Klumpp, Hellmuth; Roider, Michael
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Choir; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Australia's most popular soprano Yvonne Kenny, performing Kalman's Die Csardasfurstin with contributions from Michael Roider, Mojca Erdmann, Marko Kathol, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and more....continue...

Kálmán: Die Csárásfürstin / Bonynge, et al

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

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin; Dorfkinder walzer (from Der Zigeunerprimas); Der Zigeunerprimás; Die Faschingsfee, operetta; Die Hollandweibchen; Der Teufelsr...
Performers: Ebner, Karl-Michael; Erdmann, Mojca; Holecek, Heinz; Kalman, Yvonne; Kathol, Marko; Kenny, Yvonne; Klumpp, Hellmuth; Roider, Michael
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Choir; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Chill with Ravel

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

Works: Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Ma mère l'oye; Miroirs; Pièce en forme de Habañera; Jeux d'eau; Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn; Quartet for Strings in F major; ...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Mercz, Nora; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]
Conductors: Jean, Kenneth; ; Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kodály Quartet; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Bayer: The Fairy Doll / Andrew Mogrelia, Slovak Radio SO

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

Works: Josef Bayer: Die Puppenfee, ballet; Sonne und Erde (Sun and Earth), ballet
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

American Classics - Milken Archive - Jewish Operas Vol 1

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

Works: Abraham Ellstein: The Golem, opera; Robert Strassburg: The Chelm; David Tamkin: The Dybbuk
Performers: Allardyce, Lauren; Chellis, Matthew; Evans, Joseph; Frieder, Raphael; Gallant, Michael; Herseth, Freda; Lalli, Richard; Longwell, Karen; Meerdink, Christopher; Oliphant, Tyler; Wood, Carla
Conductors: Kiesler, Kenneth; Hostetter, Paul; Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: Chamber Opera Ensemble; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra

Ellstein's 'The Golem' retells the ancient tale of a clay-made creature, brought to life by kabbalistic spells, who ultimately threatens the very people he was...continue...

American Classics - S. Adler: Symphony no 5, etc / Adler

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

Works: Samuel Adler: Sephardic Choruses (5), for chorus (from Ever Since Babylon); Nuptial Scene, for voice & orchestra; The Binding, oratorio; El Melekh Yoshev, for cantor, chorus & organ; Ahavat Olam, for...
Performers: Bishop, Margaret; Botton, Richard; Bryn-Julson, Phyllis [Soprano Vocal]; Callahan, Mary Ellen; Christopher, Ted; Dabi, Gideon; Evans, Joseph; Fang, Pen Ying; Frieder, Raphael; Harbach, Barbara; Herse...
Conductors: Gardner, Patrick; Adler, Samuel
Ensemble: Eastman Players; Rochester Singers; Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Samuel Adler, one of America's most respected composers is equally known for his Judaic and general concert works. The selection of works on this CD...continue...

Romantic Violin Concertos - Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos

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

Works: Henri Vieuxtemps: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A minor ("Grétry"), Op. 37; Concerto for Violin no 6 in G major, Op. 47 (Op. posth. 1); Concerto for Violin no 7 in A minor, Op. 49 (Op. posth. 3)
Performers: Keylin, Misha
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew; Yuasa, Takuo
Ensemble: Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

"The sound is excellent, clean and clear, with good balance between soloist and orchestra. This completes Naxos's survey of the composer's violin concertos, all played...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...

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 - 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...

American Classics -An American Salute - Spirit of the Nation

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-06-01

Works: Morton Gould: American Salute; Stephen Foster Gallery; American Ballads, for orchestra; Aaron Copland: Rodeo; John Philip Sousa: Hail to the Spirit of Liberty; Stars and Stripes Forever; Victor Herbe...
Performers: Band, Royal Artillery; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony; Philharmonic Rock Orchestra; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hayman & His Symphony Orchestra; Royal Sco...
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Brion, Keith; Stromberg, William T.; Hayman, Richard; Alsop, Marin; Serebrier, José; Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Royal Artillery Band; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Or...

American Salute: Spirit of the Nation is a tasteful collection of orchestral pieces devoted to the history and vitality of the United States. Performed by a series of orchestras, highlights include Aa...continue...

Rubinstein: Symphony no 3, etc / Stankovsky, Slovak Radio SO

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

Works: Anton Rubinstein: Symphony no 3 in A major, Op. 56; Eroica, fantasia for orchestra, Op. 110
Conductors: Stankovsky, Robert
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Anton Rubinstein's powerful Third Symphony stands between two of his named symphonies, the Second, subtitled the "Ocean", and the Fourth, called the "Dramatic". It is...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...

Paganini: Violin Concertos no 3 & 4 / Rózsa, Dittrich, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-02-01

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 3 in E major, MS 50; Concerto for Violin no 4 in D minor, MS 60
Performers: Rozsa, Erno
Conductors: Dittrich, Michael
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

"...The first thing you notice is [Rozsa's] jaw-dropping technique. In that department, he's nearly as stunning as Rabin, tossing off this finger-busting music as if...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...

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...

Suk: A Summer's Tale, A Winter's Tale / Mogrelia, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-07-01

Works: Josef Suk: Pohádka Léta (A Summer Tale), Tone Poem For large Orchestra, A, Op. 29; A Winter's Tale, Op. 9
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Dvorak's favourite pupil, Josef Suk, was to be his natural successor. His prolific output included graphic and colorful symphonic poems, with sinister and macabre elements...continue...

Grainger: The Power of Love / Keith Brion, Slovak Radio SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-04-16

Works: Percy Grainger: Danish Folk Music Suite, for orchestra (elastic scoring) (DFMS 1, 2, 9, 10); Colonial Song, for orchestra (elastic scoring) (Sentimental no 1); Country Gardens; Irish Tune from County...
Conductors: Brion, Keith
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

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...

German Operatic Choruses

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-02-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; The Flying Dutchman; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus d...
Conductors: Wildner, Johannes; Steinberg, Pinchas; Halász, Michael
Ensemble: ; Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Budapest Radio Chorus; Slovak Philharmonic Chorus Bratislava; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Respighi: Piano Concerto, Toccata / Scherbakov, Griffiths

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-06-01

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Piano Concerto, in A minor, P. 40; Toccata, for piano & orchestra, P. 156; Fantasia Slava for Piano and Orchestra
Performers: Scherbakov, Konstantin [Piano]; Tvrdik, Ivan
Conductors: Griffiths, Howard
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Opera at the Movies

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-04-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Antonín Dvorák: Rusalka, Op 114/B 203; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda;...
Performers: Borowska, Joanna; Dickie, John; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Gauci, Miriam; Harper, Thomas; Mikulas, Peter; Orgonasova, Luba; Welch, Jonathan; Yachmi, Rohangiz
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Wildner, Johannes; Lenárd, Ondrej; Rahbari, Alexander; Mund, Uwe; Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Dohnányi, Oliver
Ensemble: Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Slova...