Post Romantic Period > Wit, Antoni

Great Piano Concertos - Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms Liszt, Chopin, Prokofiev et al. [10 CDs]

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major, K 503...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Jandó, Jenö; Nebolsin, Eldar; Selby, Kathryn; Thiollier, François-Joël [Piano]; Vladar, Stefan
Conductors: Ligeti, András; Antal, Mátyás; Wordsworth, Barry; Wit, Antoni; Petrenko, Vasily; Stankovsky, Robert; Lehel, György; Hayman, Richard

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...

Great Violin Concertos - Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Spohr, Paganini, Lalo et al. [10 CDs]

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

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Wolfgan...
Performers: Bisengaliev, Marat; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Keylin, Misha; Kraggerud, Henning; Lamsma, Simone; Nishizaki, Takako; Papavrami, Tedi
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Gallois, Patrick; Jean, Kenneth; Mogrelia, Andrew; Wit, Antoni; Wildner, Johannes; Kolchinsky, Camilla; Leaper, Adrian; Engeset, Bjarte

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...

Janácek: Taras Bulba; Lachian & Moravian Dances / Warsaw PO - Wit

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

Works: Leos Janácek: Taras Bulba; Lachian (Lasské) Dances (6) for orchestra, JW 6/17; Moravian Dances (5) for orchestra, JW 6/7
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: ; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Leo Janácek was an authority on his native folk-music, and the Lachian and Moravian Dances preserve and celebrate culture and traditions which were vanishing even...continue...

Janacek: Glagolitic Mass; Sinfonietta / Libor, Marciniec, Bentch, Gierlach

1 CD / Naxos Blu-Ray / 2011-11-15

Works: Leos Janácek: Glagolitic Mass; Sinfonietta
Performers: Libor, Christine
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir

Leo Janácek's dramatic Glagolitic Mass is set to a ninth century Old Church Slavonic text. With its highly individual synthesis of thunderous brass outbursts, rhythmic...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland (04/2010/09/2009)....continue...

Janacek: Glagolitic Mass;Sinfonietta / Libor, Marciniec, Bentch, Gierlach

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-11-15

Works: Leos Janácek: Glagolitic Mass; Sinfonietta
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: ; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Leo Janácek's dramatic Glagolitic Mass is set to a ninth century Old Church Slavonic text. With its highly individual synthesis of thunderous brass outbursts, rhythmic...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland....continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"

1 CD / Naxos Blu-Ray / 2011-04-26

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major
Conductors: Wit, Antoni

With its enormous vocal, choral and orchestra forces, Mahler's Eight Symphony, later dubbed "Symphony of a Thousand," is one of the largest and longest symphonies...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall (06/01/2005-06/06/2005)....continue...

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Rebirth Symphony; Bianca da Molena

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-04-26

Works: Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Symphony in E minor, Op. 7 ("Revival"); Music to the White Dove, Op. 6
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Best known today for his sumptuously Romantic symphonic poems, Mieczyslaw Karlowicz completed his most ambitious work, the "Rebirth" Symphony, in 1903. Like Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony,...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland....continue...

Szymanowski: Symphonies 3 & 4 / Wit/Polish National Orchestra [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Symphony no 3, Op. 27 "Song of the Night"; Symphony no 4, Op. 60 "Symphonie concertante"
Performers: Bartminski, Rafal; Broja, Jan Krzysztof
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Chorus; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

This recording, filmed live from the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, benefits from DTS 5.1 surround sound. Superbly filmed for Polish Television, these two performances embody the...continue...
Run Time: 55 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
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Karlowicz: Serenade, Op. 2; Violin Concerto Op. 8

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-01-25

Works: Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Serenade for string orchestra in C major, Op. 2; Concerto for Violin & orchestra in A major, Op. 8
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]
Conductors: Wit, Antoni

Described by Gramophone as a 'magician, bewitching our ears', Russian-born American-based violinist Ilya Kaler has won 1st Prizes and Gold Medals at the Tchaikovsky, Sibelius...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland....continue...

Gustav Mahler: Complete Symphonies

15 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-04-27

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 10; Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony ...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Wit, Antoni; Olson, Robert

"The symphony must be like the world. It must embrace everything." This oft-quoted statement by Mahler serves to illustrate his extraordinary artistic ambition and focus....continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of the Polish Radio in Katowice....continue...

Richard Strauss: Symphonia Domestica, Metamorphosen / Antoni Wit

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-10-27

Works: Richard Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica for orchestra, Op. 53 (TrV 209); Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar

Richard Strauss' orchestral music includes several works with autobiographical significance, including 'Ein Heldenleben'. Scored for large symphony orchestra, the 'Symphonia domestica' depicts the del...continue...

Best 100 20th Century Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-07-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Lieutenant Kij...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Auger, Arleen; Barrueco, Manuel; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bream...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Previn, Andre; Kurtz, Efrem; Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Wit, Antoni; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Szymanowski: Symphonies no 1 and 4, Concert Overture, etc / Wit, Broja, Warsaw PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-04-28

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Concert Overture, for orchestra in E major, Op. 12, M12; Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 15, M15; Symphony no 4, Op. 60 "Symphonie concertante"; Etude, op.4 no 3
Performers: Broja, Jan Krzysztof; Marczyk, Ewa; Marczyk, Marek
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

"As previous issues in this series have shown, when Antoni Wit and his forces are in top form in the music of Szymanowski, they're pretty...continue...

Szymanowski: Harnasie Op 55, Mandragora Op 43, etc / Wit, et al

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

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Harnasie, Op. 55; Mandragora, ballet pantomime, Op. 43, M45; Prince Potemkin, incidental music to Act 5 of Micinski's play, for orchestra, Op. 51, M57
Performers: Koslacz, Kazimierz; Marciniec, Ewa; Marczyk, Ewa; Ochman, Wieslaw; Pinderak, Alexander
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Multiple prize-winner and Grammy award nominee for several of his Naxos recordings, Antoni Wit is one of today's most highly regarded Polish conductors, an ideal...continue...

Karlowicz: Symphonic Poems Vol 2 / Wit, New Zealand SO

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

Works: Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Returning Waves (Powracajace fale), symphonic poem for orchestra, Op. 9; Sorrowful Tale (Smutna opowiesc), symphonic poem for orchestra, Op. 13; Odwieczne piesni (Eternal Songs)...
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz's six symphonic poems, composed between 1904-09, are the pinnacles of a career tragically ended when he perished in an avalanche during a solitary...continue...

Szymanowski: Stabat Mater, Veni Creator, Litany to the Virgin Mary, etc / Wit, Warsaw PO and Choir

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater, Op. 53; Veni Creator, for soprano, chorus, orchestra & organ, Op. 57, M67; Litany to the Virgin Mary, Op. 59; Demeter, Op. 37b; Penthesilea, for soprano & orchestra, ...
Performers: Brek, Jaroslaw; Hossa, Iwona; Marciniec, Ewa
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Karlowicz: Symphonic Poems Vol 1 / Wit, Warsaw PO

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

Works: Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Stanislaw and Anna of Oswiecim, Op. 12; Lithuanian Rhapsody, Op. 11; Episode at a Masquerade, Op. 14
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

"Wit clearly understands the idiom and milks the music for all it's worth... in short, these forces make the best possible case for Karlowicz. This...continue...

EMI 20th Century Classics - Szymanowski: Violin Concerti, Symphony no 3, etc / Maksymiuk, Wit, Semkow, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 35, M37; Concerto for Violin no 2, Op. 61, M71; Symphony no 4, Op. 60 "Symphonie concertante"; Symphony no 3, Op. 27 "Song of the Night"; Litany to th...
Performers: Gadulanka, Jadwiga; Hiolski, Andrzej; Kulka, Konstanty; Ochman, Wieslaw; Paleczny, Piotr; Rappe, Jadwiga
Conductors: Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Semkov, Jerzy; Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: ; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice; Polish Radio/TV Chorus, Cracow

Szymanowski: Symphonies no 2 and 3 / Wit, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19, M24; Symphony no 3, Op. 27 "Song of the Night"
Performers: Marczyk, Ewa; Minkiewicz, Ryszard
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Composed in 1910, at a time when Szymanowski was influenced by Richard Strauss, Reger and Scriabin, the unusually structured 'Symphony No. 2' is a work...continue...

Unforgettable - Music from Movies

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-02-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; La forza del destino; La traviata; Wolfgang Amad...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Bruns, Peter; Jando, Jeno; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Kraus, Michael [Tenor/Baritone Vocal]; Mallas-Godlewska, Ewa; Marin-Degor, Sophie; Monteyrol, Laurence; Ottensamer, Ernst; Ra...
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Mund, Uwe; Lombard, Alain; Morandi, Pier G.; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Halász, Michael; Teutsch, Karol; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bramall, Anthony; Rahbari, Alexander; Nelson, John; Yabl...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Vienna Mozart Academy

Music from the films Apocalypse Now, Fantasia, Shine, Pretty Woman, Platoon, Out of Africa, Farinelli, Chariots of Fire and many more are here, with unforgettable...continue...
Personnel: Derek Lee Ragin (vocals); Laurence Monteyrol (soprano); Norbert Kraft (guitar); Fazil Say, Idil Biret, Jenö Jandó (piano)....continue...

Portait - Sergei Prokofiev

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

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Dreams, Op. 6; Concerto for Piano no 1 in D flat major, Op. 10; Scythian Suite, Op. 20; Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"; Love for Three Oranges; Concerto for Piano no 3...
Performers: Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Paik, Kun-woo; Papavrami, Tedi; Rudin, Alexander
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore; Wit, Antoni; Mogrelia, Andrew; Lanchbery, John; Yablonsky, Dmitry

Among the most popular of twentieth-century composers, Sergey Prokofiev is seen as a great musical giant of the Soviet Union. But after the 1917 Revolution...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...

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...

Szymanowski: Violin Concertos no 1 & 2, etc / Kaler, et al

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

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 35, M37; Concerto for Violin no 2, Op. 61, M71; Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

"Naxos offers an exceptionally clear recording of these three concertante works by Szymanowski, not just the two Violin Concertos but an orchestrated version of the...continue...

Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie / Wit, Staatskapelle Weimar

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-06-20

Works: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar

An Alpine Symphony, the last of Richard Strauss' symphonic poems, drew its inspiration from a youthful climbing expedition in the Alps, using Nietzche's idea of...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 8 / Wit, Warsaw National PO, et al

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

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major
Performers: Bentch, Timothy; Boberska, Marta; Drabowicz, Wojciech; Klosinska, Izabella; Kubiak, Barbara; Nowacki, Piotr
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

With its enormous vocal, choral and orchestral forces, Mahler's Eighth Symphony, later to be dubbed 'Symphony of a Thousand', is one of the largest and...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...

Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater; Litania; Demeter

1 CD / Dux (Poland) / 2003-04-22

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater, Op. 53; Litany to the Virgin Mary, Op. 59; Demeter, Op. 37b
Performers: Gadulanka, Jadwiga; Hiolski, Andrzej
Conductors: Wit, Antoni

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...

Classical Chill

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61; Arthur Bliss: Adam Zero, ballet in one scene, Op. 67, F. 1a; E.J. Moeran: Trio for s...
Performers: Alanko, Petri; Anthony, Adele; Bakels, Kees; Bloch, Thomas; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Camerata, Oxford; CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner; Edison, Noel; Edlinger, Richard; Europea...
Conductors: Lintu, Hannu; Lloyd-Jones, David; ; Yuasa, Takuo; Griffiths, Howard; Panula, Jorma; Penny, Andrew; Kamu, , Okko; Bakels, Kees; Robinson, Christopher; Wit, Antoni; Summerly, Jeremy; Edison, Noel; Good...
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice; Elora Festival Singers; English Northern Philharmonia; European Union Baroque Orchestra; Ge...

Naxos jumps onto the downbeat/chillout bandwagon with Classical Chill, a two-disc collection that shoehorns selected pieces from the classical canon into a package that might hook a few young listener...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...

Rachmaninov: Piano Music / Idil Biret

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-08-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto ...
Performers: Biret, Idil
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice

"Idil Biret performs Rachmaninoff's magisterial Chopin variations...with tremendous flair and power. A delight." -BBC Music Magazine. "Biret's recording of all the "Etudes Tableaux" is a...continue...

Paderewski: Piano Concerto, Polish Fantasy, etc / Wit, et al

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

Works: Ignace Jan Paderewski: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 17; Polish Fantasia on original themes, for piano & orchestra, Op. 19; Overture
Performers: Fialkowska, Janina [Piano]
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

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...

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos nos 2 & 3 / Glemser, Wit

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-08-07

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Performers: Glemser, Bernd [Piano]
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

"I enjoyed Bernd Glemser's performances of Rachmaninov's Rhapsody and Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4, reviewed in the last issue; if anything, this concluding volume...continue...

Romantic Piano Concertos - Moszkowski / Pawlik, Wit, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-07-08

Works: Moritz Moszkowski: Concerto for piano & orchestra in E major, Op. 59; Aus aller Herren Länder, for piano, 4 hands, Op. 23
Performers: Pawlik, Markus
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos no 1 and 4, etc/ Glemser, Wit

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-04-08

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Performers: Glemser, Bernd [Piano]
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Szymanowski: King Roger / Polish State Philharmonic

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-04-07

Works: Karol Szymanowski: King Roger, Op. 46; Prince Potemkin, incidental music to Act 5 of Micinski's play, for orchestra, Op. 51, M57
Performers: Grychnik, Henryk; Hiolski, Andrzej; Ochman, Wieslaw; Zagorzanka, Barbara
Conductors: Stryja, Karol; Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice; Polish State Philharmonic Chorus

Elements of Polish nationalism, impressionism, Scribinesque mysticism, exotic scales and melodies form the basis of Szymanowski's musical language. His masterpiece "King Roger", based loosely on...continue...

History of Classical Music

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-08-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Chant for Good Friday; Anonymous: Ambrosian Chant for Epiphany; Je Ne Puis . . . Amors Me Tienent . . . Veritatem, for consort; Oy voy; Hildegard von Bingen: Work(s); Pérotin: P...
Performers: Éder String Quartet; Biret, Idil; Cuckston, Alan; Elsner, Kasia; Fawkes, Richard; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Hill, Peter H.; Jandó, Jenö; Kliegel, Maria; Kodaly Quartet; La Scol...
Conductors: ; Antal, Mátyás; Warchal, Bohdan; Kraemer, Nicholas; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Gmür, Hanspeter; Ward, Nicholas; Wordsworth, Barry; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Kosler, Zdenek;...
Ensemble: ; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Capella Istropolitana; Capella Musicale di S. Petronio di Bologna; Ensemble Unicorn; Gothic Voices; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus; In Dulci Jubilo Childre...

Adagio 2 - Telemann, Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-07-24

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Trumpet in D major, TV 51 no D 7; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564; Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 1060; Wolfgan...
Performers: Banfalvi, Bela; Csanky, Emilia; Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Kanta, Ludovit; Rubsam, Wolfgang; Weissberg, Herbert
Conductors: Sparf, Nils-Erik; ; Sieghart, Martin; Breiner, Peter; Stankovsky, Robert; Kamu, , Okko; Anichanov, André; Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: ; Budapest Strings; Capella Istropolitana; Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble; Ensemble Villa Musica; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

The Best of Prokofiev

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-11

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"; Romeo and Juliet Suite no 2, Op. 64b; Pieces (10) for Piano from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75; Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 1...
Performers: Paik, Kun-woo; Papavrami, Tedi
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore; Mogrelia, Andrew; Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice; National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice; Ukrainian National 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...

The Best of Saint-Saens

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-05-07

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Suite algérienne, for orchestra in C major, Op. 60; Havanaise, for violin & piano (or orchestra) in E major, Op. 83; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Carnival of the a...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Lapsansky, Marián; Szabo, Imrich; Toperczer, Peter [Piano]
Conductors: Hayman, Richard; Wildner, Johannes; Clark, Keith; Lenárd, Ondrej; Wit, Antoni; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Loughran, James
Ensemble: ; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Philharmonia Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

The Lark Ascending - Violin Showpieces

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-03-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E major, K 261; Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending;...
Performers: Bisengaliev, Marat; Greed, David; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Nishizaki, Takako; Selmeczy, Janos
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Jean, Kenneth; Lloyd-Jones, David; Wit, Antoni; Selmeczi, György; Wildner, Johannes

Adagio Mahler: Adagietto from the Fifth Symphony, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-03-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice

Prokofiev: Violin Concertos no 1 & 2, etc / Papavrami, Wit

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-12-17

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 19; Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63; Sonata for violin solo in D major, Op. 115
Performers: Papavrami, Tedi
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice

"...I put the disc in the player and was immediately struck by the intensity and energy of his playing. Papavrami has just the right tone...continue...

Richard & Franz Strauss: Horn Concertos / James, Wit

1 CD / EBS / 1996-02-05

Works: Richard Strauss: Concerto for Horn no 1 in E flat major, Op. 11 (TrV 117); Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, o.Op. 132 (TrV 283, AV 132); Franz Strauss: Concerto for Horn in C minor, Op. 8
Performers: James, Ifor
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra, Katowice

Mahler: Symphony no 3, etc / Wit, Polish Radio Symphony

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-07-28

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra