Halász, Michael

Great Opera - Puccini, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, ope...
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Alperyn, Graciela; Aragall, Giacomo; Benacka, Stanislav; Boschkowa, Nelly; Braga, Rannveig; Carroli, Silvano; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Daniel, Boaz; Dever, Barbara; Dragoni, Maria; D...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Saccani, Rico

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...

My First Mozart Album / various artists

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Serenade in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Concerto for flute and harp, K. 299; Sonata for Piano no 11 in...
Performers: Balogh, Joszef [Clarinet]; Jando, Jeno; Kevehazi, Jeno; Kyselak, Ladislav; Mullerova, Hana; Nishizaki, Takako; Thompson, Michael [Horn]; Tichy, Georg; Valek, Jiri
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.; Wordsworth, Barry; Sundkvist, Petter; Edlinger, Richard; Antal, Mátyás; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Halász, Michael; Ligeti, András; Kosler, Zdenek; Thompson,...
Ensemble: ; Concentus Hungaricus; German Wind Soloists

If you listen carefully to this CD, you will get to know one of best the composers in the world. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived 250...continue...

Rough Guide to Classical Composers: Beethoven

2 CD / World Music Network / 2011-11-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in E flat major, Op. 126/6; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 6, Op. 68; Fidelio, Op. 72; Quartet for Strings no 13, Op. 130; Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Jando, Jeno; Lienbacher, Edith; Lill, John; Moll, Kurt; Nielson, Inga; Pecoraro, Herwig; Vladar, Stefan
Conductors: Immerseel, Jos van; Norrington, Roger; Halász, Michael; ; Wordsworth, Barry; Best, Matthew
Ensemble: ; Gaudier Ensemble

Rough Guide to Classical Composers: Mozart

2 CD / World Music Network / 2011-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 1 in E flat major, KV 16; Symphony no 41 in C major, KV 551 'Jupiter'; Don Giovanni, KV 527; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K...
Performers: Borowsak, Joanna; Eisenlohr, Ulrich; Jando, Jeno; Mikulas, Peter [Bass Vocals]; Norberg-Schulz, Elizabeth; Shelley, Howard; Tchy, Georg; Vocals], Ernst Haefliger [Tenor; Vogt, Lars; Whistler, Simon; ...
Conductors: Gaigg, Michi; Wordsworth, Barry; Wildner, Johannes; Halász, Michael; Bolton, Ivor; ; Ligeti, András
Ensemble: ; London Mozart Players; Nederlands Blazers Ensemble

Ultimate Mozart Opera Album

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-12-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Serag...
Performers: Borowska, Joanna; Breedt, Michelle; Coles, Priti; Daniel, Boaz; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Girolami, Renato; Halasz, Judith; Kerl, Torsten; Kwon, Hellen; Leitner, Lotte; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Voca...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Wordsworth, Barry

This marvellous selection reveals Mozart’s astonishing gift for laying bare the inner lives of the many beloved characters from his most famous operas, whether embroiled...continue...

Ultimate Puccini Opera Album

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-12-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Le Villi; Turandot; Edgar, opera; Suor Angelica
Performers: Ariostini, Armando; Bartolini, Lando; Boschkowa, Nelly; Bou, Felipe; Carroli, Silvano; Deguci, Masako; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Esteve, Vicente; Gauci, Miriam; Gonzales, Carmen; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal...
Conductors: Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Halász, Michael; Lenárd, Ondrej

Puccini’s fascination with exotic locations, doomed heroines, high drama and tragic romance are brought to centre stage in this immensely moving selection from his greatest...continue...

Joachim: Violin Concerto, Op. 11, etc / Suyoen Kim, et al

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

Works: Joseph Joachim: Concerto for Violin in G minor in one movement, Op. 3; Concerto in Hungarian Style, for violin & orchestra no 2, in D minor, Op. 11
Performers: Kim, Suyoen
Conductors: Halász, Michael

A colleague of Mendelssohn, the Schumanns and Brahms, the virtuoso violinist Joseph Joachim was himself a composer of note. His exuberant single-movement 'Opus 3 Violin...continue...

Life is Beautiful with ABC Classic FM, Vol. 6

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-10-06

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Naïs; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35, KV 385 'Haffner'; The Impressario, KV 486; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, KV 467 'Elvira Madigan'; Modest Mussorgsky: P...
Performers: Champ, John; Goldsworthy, Anna; Gould, Tony; Grigoryan, Slava; Helyard, Erin; Kameneva, Vera; Macliver, Sara; Payne, Geoffrey; Quinn, Rosemary [Cello]; Russell, Sally-Anne; Stanhope, David; Strutt, C...
Conductors: Divall, Richard; Caetani, Oleg; Stenz, Markus; Heinze, Sir Bernard; Hopkins, John; Walker, Antony; Leighton-Jones, Michael; ; De Waart, Edo; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom; Stanhope, David; Dyer, Paul; Mills, ...
Ensemble: ; Australian Trio; Cantillation; Ensemble Battistin; Ensemble Sirius; Ludovico's Band; Saffire (Guitar Quartet)

Eternal Beethoven / Drahos, Gunzenhauser, Halász, et al

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

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Trio for Piano and Strings no 5 in D major, Op. 70 no 1 "Ghost"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp m...
Performers: Jando, Jeno; Nishizaki, Takako; Onczay, Csaba
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Drahos, Béla; Halász, Michael
Ensemble: ; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Opera Explained - An Introduction to Mozart's 'Don Giovanni'

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

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Mozart's "Don Giovanni", narration with musical excerpts
Performers: Daniel, Boaz; Girolami, Renato; Kerl, Torsten; Monarcha, Janusz; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Raimondi, Ildiko; Schörg, Regina; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Halász, Michael

The 'Opera Explained' series introduces in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the...continue...

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

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

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

R. Strauss: Four Last Songs, etc / Merbeth, Halász

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-02-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (6), Op. 68; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60
Performers: Merbeth, Ricarda
Conductors: Halász, Michael

A year before his death in 1948, Richard Strauss composed his masterpiece, 'Four Last Songs', expressing a calm acceptance of the inevitability of his own...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...

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...

Mozart: Don Giovanni (Highlights) / Halász, Skovhus, et al

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Aronson, David; Daniel, Boaz; Eder, Gyorgy; Girolami, Renato; Kerl, Torsten; Monarcha, Janusz; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Raimondi, Ildiko; Schörg, Regina; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Halász, Michael

Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni,' a work of his maturity, retells the story of Don Juan, the famous seducer of women. In this extraordinary 'dramma giocoso,'...continue...

Niños Clásicos - Lo mejor de Mozart

1 CD / Children's Group / 2005-10-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Sonata for Piano no 16 in C major, K 545; Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat major, K 495; Die Zauberflöte (The ...
Performers: Braun, Adriana; Braun, Russell; Gérard, Jean-Claude; Hölscher, Georg; Jandó, Jenö; Sparks, Marjorie; Thompson, Michael [Horn]
Conductors: Sobotka, Wolfgang; Thompson, Michael; Babiak, Walter; Wordsworth, Barry; ; Ward, Nicholas; Nerat, Harald; Halász, Michael; Edlinger, Richard
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Capella Istropolitana; Failoni Chamber Orchestra; German Wind Soloists; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Northern Chamber Orchestra; Salzburg Chamber Orchestra; Studio Art...

Niños Clásicos - Lo mejor de Tchaikovsky

1 CD / Children's Group / 2005-10-18

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Marche slave, Op. 31; Nutcracker, Op. 71; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23...
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew; Kuchar, Theodore; Halász, Michael; Lenárd, Ondrej; Entremont, Philippe; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Russian State Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Ukrainian National Symphony Orches...

Classical Kids - The Best of Tchaikovsky

1 CD / Children's Group / 2004-10-19

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Marche slave, Op. 31; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; S...
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew; Kuchar, Theodore; Halász, Michael; Lenárd, Ondrej; Yablonsky, Dmitry
Ensemble: ; Russian State Symphony Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

Chill With Tchaikovsky

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

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Morceaux (6) for Piano, Op. 19; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Chanson triste; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; The Snow Maiden, inciden...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Biret, Idil; Clark, Keith [Conductor]; Czech-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Entremont, Philippe; Geringas, David; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Golovschin, Igor; Halasz, Michael [Condu...
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew; Geringas, David; Halász, Michael; Entremont, Philippe; Golovschin, Igor; Wit, Antoni; Clark, Keith
Ensemble: ; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Moscow Capella; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Chamber Orchestra

Personnel: Nóra Mercz (harp); Vytautas Sondeckis (cello); Janos Balint (flute); Ilona Prunyi, Idil Biret (piano).

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky may be best remembered for the Nutcracker Suite. ...continue...

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - Highlights / Halasz, et al

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Girolami, Renato; Halász, Judith; Mescheriakova, Marina; Monarcha, Janusz; Roider, Michael; Sáfár, Orsolya; Sima, Gabriela; Skovhus, Bo
Conductors: Halász, Michael
Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

Opera Classics - Le Nozze di Figaro / Halász

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Girolami, Renato; Halász, Judith; Klinger, Alexander; Koves, Peter; Meshcheriakova, Marina; Monarcha, Janusz; Roider, Michael; Sáfár, Orsolya; Sima, Gabriele; S...
Conductors: Halász, Michael

Whether you are hearing this opera for the first time or the hundreth time it is easy to appreciate why, with it blend of comic...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...

Listen, Learn & Grow - Playtime - Imagination

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-08-20

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Hector Berlioz: Rákóczy March, for orchestra (Le damnation de Faust), H. 109; Johann Strauss II: Perpetuu...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Müller, Dario; Tylsar, Bedrich; Tylsar, Zdenek
Conductors: Walter, Alfred; Halász, Michael; Jean, Kenneth; Dittrich, Michael; Edlinger, Richard; Leaper, Adrian; Carpenter, Gary; Mogrelia, Andrew; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bramall, Anth...
Ensemble: Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Czecho-Slovak Sta...

The music of 'Playtime Imagination' was chosen specifically to stimulate the imaginations with melodies and harmonies that are as free and boundless as the world...continue...

Listen, Learn & Grow - Playtime - Arts & Crafts

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-08-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Wolfgang A...
Performers: Jablokov, Alexander
Conductors: ; Edlinger, Richard; Halász, Michael; Wordsworth, Barry; Lenárd, Ondrej; Rahbari, Alexander; Hayman, Richard; Georgiadis, John; Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Clarinet Quintet; Budapest Strings; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philharmo...

Arts and Crafts allow children to truly express their creativity. A child needs only a little glue and glitter to come up with nothing short...continue...

Andante Cantabile - Romantic Music for Cello and Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-02-01

Works: Carl Stamitz: Concerto for Cello no 1 in G major; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, H. 7b/2 (Op. 101); Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Souveni...
Performers: Benda, Christian; Kanta, Ludovit; Kliegel, Maria; Rudin, Alexander; Sondeckis, Vytautas
Conductors: Breiner, Peter; Geringas, David; Markson, Gerhard; Golovschin, Igor; Monnard, Jean Francois; Halász, Michael
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

The repertoire for this highly attractive CD is drawn from concertos and individual pieces of music that exploit the uniquely lyrical character of the solo...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Halasz, Skovhus, Monarcha, et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Daniel, Boaz; Girolami, Renato; Monarcha, Janusz; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Raimondi, Ildiko; Schörg, Regina; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Halász, Michael

This new and complete studio recording of "Don Giovanni", which as a bonus also includes three optional arias, features the brilliant young baritone Bo Skovhus...continue...

Night Music 6 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

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

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6; George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfi...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Luptacik, Josef; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Szekely, Istvan; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Kopelman, Jozef; Halász, Michael; Nemeth, Gyula; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Edlinger, Richard; Dvorak, Jaroslav
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

Tchaikovsky: Nutcraker; Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-07-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve Suite (Noch' pered rozhdestvom), for orchestra (with optional chorus ad lib)
Performers: Golovschin, Igor; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Golovschin, Igor

The Childrens' Classics series on Naxos continues with a new narrated recording of Tchaikovsky's timeless classic, The Nutcraker. Magically brought to life by the voice...continue...
Nutcracker is divided into two sections, a 30-minute suite from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker and a 30-minute suite from Rimsky-Korsakov's Christmas Eve. Michael Halasz and the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestr...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...

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

Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor, etc / Kliegel, Glemser

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

Works: Edouard Lalo: Concerto for Cello in D minor; Sonata for cello & piano in A minor; Work(s)
Performers: Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Kliegel, Maria
Conductors: Halász, Michael

Lalo's Cello Concerto, together with "Le roi d'Y's" and "Symphonies espagnole" established him as one of the major French composers in the late nineteenth century....continue...

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...

Dohnányi: Konzertstück for Cello & Orchestra, etc

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

Works: Ernst von Dohnányi: Konzertstück for Cello and Orchestra in D major, Op. 12; Sonata for Cello and Piano in B flat minor, Op. 8; Ruralia hungarica for Cello and Piano, Op. 32d
Performers: Jando, Jeno; Kliegel, Maria
Conductors: Halász, Michael

"Kliegel and company play it [Concertpiece] with warmth and in fine style...Kliegel is an assertive player, but she and Jando manage between them to make...continue...

Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, etc /Halász, Melbourne SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-08-23

Works: Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60; Symphonic Intermezzi (4) for orchestra (from the opera "Intermezzo") (TrV 246a)
Conductors: Halász, Michael

For Moliere's play, "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme," Strauss recreated the French era of Lully, in a score full of wit and good humor. His opera, "Intermezzo,"...continue...

Cinema Classics 1999 - Elizabeth, La vita e bella, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-06-22

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Enigma Variations; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brion, Keith; Camerata, Oxford; Clark, Keith [Conductor]; Dalayman, Katarina; Gunzenhauser, Stephen [Conductor]; Hurst, George; Istropolitana, Capella; Kl...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Brion, Keith; Warchal, Bohdan; Clark, Keith; Stankovsky, Robert; Hurst, George; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Summerly, Jeremy
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Oxford Camerata; Royal Stockholm Opera Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratisla...

Naxos goes to the movies with some of this year's blockbuster hits. Comedy, tragedy, history, love and war are all featured in this new collection...continue...
Personnel: Katarina Dalayman (soprano); Thomas Sunnegårdh (tenor); Maria Kliegel (cello); Idil Biret (piano); Imrich Szabo (organ).

Back in the days of radio, everyone knew Rossini's 'Will...continue...

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

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

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

Fantasia

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Paul Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier; Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Ludwig van B...
Performers: Bogacz, Josef; Brown, Julia; Brown, Julie; CSR Symphony Orchestra; Eastman Chorale; Jean, Kenneth; Kertesi, Ingrid; Leaper, Adrian; Rahbari, Alexander; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Philharmon...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Halász, Michael; Jean, Kenneth; Rahbari, Alexander; Drahos, Bela; Drahos, Béla; Lenárd, Ondrej; Lenárd, Ondrej; Leaper, Adrian; Kovács, Lászl...
Ensemble: ; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia; Camerata Budapest; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Nicolau...

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...

Zador: Christopher Columbus, Studies for Orchestra

1 CD / Cambria / 1997-01-01

Works: Eugene Zador: Christopher Columbus; Studies for Orchestra
Performers: Barrymore, Lionel; Farrar, Lawrence; Garrott, Alice; Lauer, Darrell; Marek, Dan; Patterson, Robert [baritone]; Poor, Harris; Roy, Will
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Freeman, Paul
Ensemble: American Concert Choir; American Symphony Orchestra; Westphalian Symphony Orchestra

In Memoriam - Music for Solemn Occasions

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-06-26

Works: Henry Purcell: Music on the Death of Queen Mary (Funeral Sentences / The Queen's Epicedium); George Frederick Handel: Largo; Saul; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; C...
Performers: Bálint, János; Hock, Bertalan; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Mercz, Nora
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Edlinger, Richard; Eschwe, Alfred; Kamu, , Okko; Leaper, Adrian; Halász, Michael
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Oxford Camerata; Slovak State 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...

The Essence of the Beethoven Symphonies / Edlinger, Halász

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1991-03-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Conductors: Edlinger, Richard; Halász, Michael
Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Zagreb Philharmonic

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Swan Lake / Halasz, Slovak PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1988-02-05

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Performers: Bogacz, Josef
Conductors: Halász, Michael
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra