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The Best of Purcell

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-06-30

Works: Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; Jubilate Deo in D major; Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; Fantasia for 4 Viols in C minor, Z 738; Amphitryon, Z. 572, "The 2 Sosias"; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Blow up the trumpe...
Performers: Bern, Jeni; Bisatt, Susan; Bower, Nicole; Charlston, Terence; Engel, Norman; Geiger, Gyorgy; Guthrie, Thomas; Hock, Bertalan; Honeyman, Ian [Tenor Vocal]; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; L...
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin; Glenton, Robert; Amps, Kym; ; Summerly, Jeremy
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble; Orchestra of the Golden Age; Oxford Camerata; Rose Consort of Viols; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Recognised during his lifetime as a genius, Henry Purcell subsequently influenced countless classical composers from Handel to Britten. This delightful assortment of his best-known works...continue...

American Classics - Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, My Christmas / Willis, Mabry, Nashville SO, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, opera; My Christmas, for male chorus & ensemble
Performers: Anthony, Dean; Gunlogson, Kirsten; Hawkersmith, Ike; LeFan, Bart; Short, Kevin; Thomas, Todd
Conductors: Willis, Alastair; Mabry, George
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Menotti's 'Amahl and the Night Visitors', the first opera written for television, enjoys more than five hundred performances annually around the world and is immensely...continue...

Liszt: Complete Piano Music, V 26 / Franz Liszt Piano Duo

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-10-30

Works: Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie"; Dante Symphony (Eine Symphonie zu Dantes Divina Commedia), for 2 pianos S. 648 (LW C20)
Performers: Szmodics, Barbara
Conductors: ; Thész, Gabriella
Ensemble: Franz Liszt Piano Duo

"This release is valuable for a version of the symphony actually performed by Liszt and Saint-Saens on one occasionBresciani and Nicolosi have taken the name...continue...

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...

Handel: Music for the Chapel Royal / Andrew Gant, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-04-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Let God arise, anthem, HWV 256b; I will magnify thee, anthem, HWV 250b; As pants the hart, anthem, HWV 251d; O sing unto the Lord a new song, anthem, HWV 249a; Chandos Anthems
Performers: Ashwin, Andrew; Finnis, Jerome; Lobo, Jacob Ferguson; May, Alexander; O'Shea, Maciek
Conductors: Gant, Andrew
Ensemble: St. James's Palace Chapel Royal Choir; St. James's Palace Chapel Royal Musicians

"We can just sit back and revel in the specially appealing world of Handel's choral music, appreciating these anthems for their simplicity and grace, their...continue...

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music [Box Set]

51 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Joseph Achron: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 60; Golem, suite for chamber orchestra; Belshazzar; Samuel Adler: Sephardic Choruses (5), for chorus (from Ever Since Babylon); Nuptial Scene, for voice &...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allardyce, Lauren; Arnold, Hubert; Aslan, Pablo; Avila, Jorge; Barr, Jean; Barrick, Clinton; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bermel, Derek; Besley, Megan; B...
Conductors: Silverstein, Joseph; Schwarz, Gerard; Gardner, Patrick; Adler, Samuel; Winther, Rodney; Wilkins, Christopher; Kiesler, Kenneth; Itai, Avner; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Levin, Nei...
Ensemble: ; Chamber Opera Ensemble; Cincinnati Wind Symphony; Dave Brubeck Trio; Eastman Players; Finchley Children's Music Group; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; Schola Hebraeica Chorus; Southern Jazz Ensemble...

Includes ashrei (ashrei yoshvei veitekha (l. glantz) / eine by various composers.

Includes b'motza'ei m'nuha (assembled for "the first s'liho by various composers....continue...

A KDFC Classical Christmas 3

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Traditional: Gabriel's message; Sans Day Carol; In dulci jubilo; King Jesus hath a garden; Fum, fum, fum; The first nowell; Angels from the realms of glory; ...
Performers: Bakkila, Ted; Baun, Nancy; Bloss, Michael; Botto, Louis; Bower, Michael; Burdick, Owen; Eaken, John; Freeman, Kevin; Hosea, Fred; Johnston, Raymond; Keller, Mark; Larsen, Terry; Maund, Peter; Pö...
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas; ; Burdick, Owen; Krcek, Jaroslav; Scribner, Norman; Edison, Noel; McMane, Susan; George, Vance; Hunt, Donald; Hayman, Richard; Botto, Louis; Sutherland, Gavin; Sackett, Andrew; Bre...
Ensemble: American Bach Soloists; Berkeley Chamber Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Chanticleer; Eaken Piano Trio; Elora Festival Singers; Philharmoni...

Handel: Messiah / Higginbottom, et al

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

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Brooks, Robert; Davies, Iestyn; Dougan, Eamonn; Jenkinson, Henry; Jones, Otta; Spence, Toby
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: New College Choir, Oxford

"In April and May of 1751, Handel is said to have led performances in London of "Messiah" using treble voices from the Chapel Royal for...continue...

Petitgirard: Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-09-20

Works: Laurent Petitgirard: Joseph Merrick dit Elephant Man, opera
Performers: Breault, Robert; Courjal, Nicolas; Crapez, Christophe; Devellereau, Marie; Dudziak, Francis; Faraon, Liliana; Grelier, Damien; Koch, Sophie; Patterson, Ronald; Rivenq, Nicolas; Shafer, Celena
Conductors: Petitgirard, Laurent
Ensemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

'Joseph Merrick, The Elephan Man' is Petitgirard's fist opera. It depicts the tragic story of Joseph Merrick, who was born with horrifying deformities and exploited...continue...

American Classics - Bernstein: Kaddish, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-09-20

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Symphony no 3 ("Kaddish"), for soprano, speakers, choruses & orchestra; Chichester Psalms
Performers: Kenny, Yvonne; Small, Michael
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

Brilliant . . . Schwarz and his performers, notably speaker Willard White, rise to every challenge in the music. - Joseph McLellan, Redludwig.com...continue...

English Choral Music / Robinson, Choir of St. John's College

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat in G; Justorum Animae, Op. 38/1; Edward Elgar: Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Give unto the Lord, Op. 74; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Call ("Come, my way"), song ...
Performers: Bungard, Jonathan; Clayton, Allan; Durant, Benjamin; Farrington, Iain; Geidt, James; Giles, Benedict; Goldring, William; Harrison, Ben; Lepage-Dean, Oliver; Lyon, Edward; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Tr...

The rich sounds of the highly acclaimed Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge can be sampled in this expansive collection, which explores the impressive legacy...continue...

English Choral Music - Elgar: Sacred Choral Music

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

Works: Edward Elgar: Give unto the Lord, Op. 74; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Ave maris stella, motet for chorus, Op. 2/3; O Hearken Thou, offertory for chorus, organ & orchestra, Op...
Performers: Clayton, Allan; Collett, Ronan; Durant, Benjamin; Vaughn, Jonathan

Elgar's sacred choral music possesses the same innate qualities so admired today in his orchestral music, namely an unerring sense for musical development and drama...continue...

American Classics - Ben-Amots: Celestial Dialogues, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Ofer Ben-Amots: Hashkivenu-Song of the Angels, a short choral cycle for chorus & organ; Celestial Dialogues, for voice (cantor), clarinet, percussion & strings; Shtetl Songs, for voice & piano; Psalm...
Performers: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Hladik, Petr; Kiesler, Kenneth; Krakauer, David; Lee, Richard; Mikeska, Rostislav; Mizrahi, Alberto; Musto,...
Conductors: Kiesler, Kenneth; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton; Seinerova, Eva; Seinerov, Eva
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Permonik Children's Chorus

'Celestial Dialogues' combines two great Jewish musical traditions: a klezmer clarinet solo - driving from the haunting virtuoso typical of traditional eastern European Jewish bands...continue...
Personnel: Alberto Mizrahi (cantor); David Krakauer (clarinet); John Musto (piano); Chris Bowers Broadbent (organ); Rostislav Mikeska, Petr Hladik (percussion).

Recording information: Karvina,...continue...

Leighton: Sacred Choral Music / Robinson, et al

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

Works: Kenneth Leighton: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Magdalen Service); Give Me the Wings of Faith, for soloists, chorus & organ; An Easter Sequence, movements (6) for upper voices, organ & trumpet; Veni Cr...
Performers: Durant, Benjamin; Jones, Gareth [Baritone Vocal]; Oxley, James; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Whitton, Christopher

"This is part of the outstanding series 'English Choral Music' from Naxos. As we have come to expect, this latest issue consists of first-rate performances,...continue...

Opera Classics - Britten: Turn of the Screw / Bedford, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-01-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Turn of the Screw, chamber opera, Op. 54
Performers: Cannan, Phyllis; Hulse, Eileen; Langridge, Philip; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Pay, Sam; Secunde, Nadine
Conductors: Bedford, Steuart
Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra

"The orchestral playing is truly impressive - aggressive, wildly coloful with finesse and musicianship. Pay is simply heartbreaking in his final line, 'Peter Quint, you...continue...

Bach: St. John's Passion / Higginbottom, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-11-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Baldy, Colin; Beale, Matthew; Bellamy, Alexandra; Bernays, John; Dougan, Eamonn; Garratt, Christine; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Lindberg, Jakob; Littlewood, Joe; McGillivray, Katherine; Moonen, ...
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: New College Choir, Oxford

"This recording is undoubtedly a source of pride for Oxford's New College, since all the vocal parts are taken by present of former members of...continue...

American Classics - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, etc

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

Works: Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront; Chichester Psalms; Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town", for orchestra
Performers: Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Charrier, Paul; Franklin-Kitchen, Elisabeth; Kelly, Thomas
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"Alsop displays a special sympathy for this score's intimate undertow, investing softer music with a tingling atmosphere and lyrical poetry that consistently ignite the imagination,...continue...

Opera Classics - Britten: Albert Herring / Bedford, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-03-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39
Performers: Barstow, Josephine; Bonner, Yvette; Bowling, Temime; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gillett, Christopher; Gritton, Susan; Jones, Della; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice];...
Conductors: Bedford, Steuart
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

"The musicians of the Northern Sinfonia treat the score very much as extended chamber music, with the instruments almost as characters in their own right....continue...

Gramophone Sampler 2000

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

Works: William Walton: Concerto for Cello; Quartet for Piano and Strings; Arnold Bax: Symphony no 3; Samuel Barber: Symphony no 1, Op. 9; Benjamin Britten: Te Deum in C major; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio,...
Performers: Donohoe, Peter; Goldring, William; Hugh, Timothy; Moll, Kurt; Nielsen, Inga
Conductors: Daniel, Paul; Lloyd-Jones, David; ; Alsop, Marin; Robinson, Christopher; Halász, Michael
Ensemble: ; Maggini Quartet

Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb / Choir of St. John's College

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

Works: Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, festival cantata for trumpet, ATB soloists, chorus & organ, Op. 30; Te Deum in C major; Jubilate Deo; Antiphon, Op. 56b; Hymn to the Virgin; Festival Te Deum in...
Performers: Bungard, Jonathan; Farrington, Iain; Giles, Benedict; Goldring, William; Green, Malcolm; Harrison, Ben; Lepage-Dean, Oliver; Thomas, Reuben; Wall, Simon

Britten's large catalog of choral works spans the whole of his compositional career, much of his music in this genre employing sacred texts that were...continue...

Gabriel's Message - One Thousand Years of Carols

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-10-01

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Harold Edwin Darke: In the bleak mid-winter; Traditional: In dulci jubilo; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; Good King Wenceslas; ...
Performers: Stringer, Robert
Conductors: Hunt, Donald; Sackett, Andrew; Edison, Noel

Drawn from a wonderful catalog of choral music for Christmas comes this new compilation from Naxos that features some beautiful and intimate singing! This album...continue...

Gluck: Alceste / Östman, Ringholz, Lavender, et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-06-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Clausen, Emelie; Degerfeldt, Jonas; Giertz, Adam; Lavender, Justin; Lilja, Johan; Martinsson, Lars; Nilsson, Mattias; Ringholz, Teresa; Treichi, Miriam
Conductors: Östman, Arnold

The most famous composer of operas in the early 18th century, Gluck was to enjoy phenomenal success, wirh Orfeo ed Euridice still the most frequently...continue...

Bruckner: Motets / Robert Jones, Choir of St. Bride's Church

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-01-04

Works: Anton Bruckner: Os justi meditabitur sapientiam, WAB 30; Locus iste, gradual for chorus in C major, WAB 23; Libera me, Domine (I), motet for chorus & organ in F major, WAB 21; Work(s); Ecce sacerdos,...
Performers: Cheetham, Richard; Lane, Adrian; Norman, Daniel; Saunders, Stephen [Trombone]; Wills, Simon

Christmas Carols / Donald Hunt, Worcester Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1993-10-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Henry Walford Davies: O Little Town of Bethlehem, carol; Christmas Traditional: T...
Performers: Hunt, Donald [Choral Conductor]; Johnston, Raymond; Stringer, Robert; Worcester Cathedral Choir
Conductors: Hunt, Donald
Ensemble: Worcester Cathedral Choir

Personnel: Robert Stringer (treble); Raymond Johnston (organ).

Recording information: Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, England (09/22/1992/09/23/1992)....continue...