20th Century Classics - Solo Vocal

John Adams: Shaker Loops, etc / Alsop, Gunn, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-10-19

Works: John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra; The Wound-Dresser; Berceuse élégiaque, arrangement for small orchestra of Busoni original; Shaker Loops
Performers: Gunn, Nathan
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"Alsop's workmanlike performances are certainly up to the Naxos standard, and Gunn's tender interpretations of Walt Whitman's words in 'The Wounded-Dresser' are truly lovely. For...continue...

American Opera Classics - Adams: I Was Looking... / Simon

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

Works: John Adams: I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky; Recorded Sound: Sound Effects
Performers: Friedrich, Jeannette; Gardell, Lilith; Haas, Darius de; Holst, Jonas; Muhlpointner, Martina; Neisser, Markus Alexander; Trotman, Kimako Xavier
Conductors: Simon, Klaus
Ensemble: Holst Sinfonietta; Young Opera Company Freiburg

The two act song play I Was Looking at the Ceiling and then I Saw the Sky is the third collaboration between Adams and Peter...continue...

John Adams: Nixon in China / Robert Orth

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

Works: John Adams: Nixon in China
Performers: Dahl, Tracy [Soprano]; DeDominici, Jennifer; Hammons, Thomas; Heller, Mark; Kanyova, Maria; Malde, Melissa; Orth, Robert; Simson, Julie; Yuan, Chen-Ye
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Colorado Symphony Orchestra

A longtime collaborator of John Adams and champion of his music, Marin Alsop directs this live recording of Opera Colorado's 25th Anniversary Celebration production of...continue...

American Classics - Barber: Choral Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-08-29

Works: Samuel Barber: A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, for male chorus & 3 tympani, Op. 15; Vanessa, Op. 32; Twelfth Night, for 4 voices. Op. 42/1; To Be Sung on the Water, for 4 voices, Op. 42/2; Hermit So...
Performers: Dickson, Ben; Kayser, Deborah; McDonald, Grantley; Vorster, Len
Conductors: Lawrence, Douglas
Ensemble: Ormond College Choir

"It's nice to have a Samuel Barber choral anthology, because he wrote exceptionally well for the voice, and everything here deserves to be heard. Naxos...continue...

American Opera Classics - Barber: Vanessa / Rose, et al

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

Works: Samuel Barber: Vanessa, Op. 32
Performers: Bauwens, Ray; Chickering, Ellen; Conrad, Richard; Dry, Marion; Lima, Philip; Matthews, Andrea
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Ukrainian National Capella "Dumka"

"Barber's music is full-blown romanticism, easy on the ear, but not especially character or situation specific - but effective enough and memorable." - Parsons, ARG...continue...

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, etc / Alsop, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-04-19

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

The incomparable Marin Alsop conducts her Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Bartok's 'The Miraculous Mandarin'. The work, which is today among the composer's most...continue...

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete); Concerto for Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz

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

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

With its bizarre story of moral corruption and violence, Béla Bartók's final stage work, The Miraculous Mandarin, was banned after the first performance in 1926....continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (1988-11-01&1989-12-06&1989-)....continue...

Bartók: Blue Beard's Castle / Alsop, Meláth, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-11-20

Works: Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11/Sz 48
Performers: Belácek, Gustáv; Meláth, Andrea
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

A modern version of the old European folk-tale about the cruel, blue-bearded prince and his many disappearing wives, Bartok's opera 'Bluebeard's Castle' is a metaphor...continue...

Berg: Wozzeck / Segerstam, Falkman, Dalayman, Qvale

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-04-01

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7
Performers: Dalayman, Katarina; Eklof, Marianne; Eliasson, Ola; Falkman, Carl Johan; Hedlund, Klas; Quale, Ulrik; Stregard, Lennart; Wahlund, Sten
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Royal Stockholm Opera Orchestra

Perhaps the only atonal opera to keep a place in regular repertiore, Berg's 'Wozzeck' is a remarkable study of victimization, despair and madness. Immensely powerful...continue...

American Classics - Bernstein: West Side Story/ Schermerhorn

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-10-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
Performers: Chozen, Joanna; Cooke, Marianne; Dean, Robert; Eldred, Mike; Morrison, Betsi; Prentice, Michelle; San Giovanni, Michael
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

"The release of super-budget-price recordings of musicals is rare enough to warrant a welcome. This one of 'West Side Story', not from Broadway but from...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...

American Classics - Bernstein: Dybbuk, Fancy Free

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

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Dybbuk, ballet; Fancy Free, ballet
Performers: Bacco, Sam; Burke, Abby; Kummer, Steve; Risinger, Mark; Ulrich, Mel
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

"Yet another superb issue from Naxos. I compared both to Bernstein's own recordings. These are so close in interpretation, orchestral excellence, and sonics, that, in...continue...

American Classics - Bernstein: Mass / Marin Alsop, Jubilant Sykes, Baltimore SO

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-08-25

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Alleluia
Performers: Berry, Sarah Uriate; Boehler, Matt; Derry, Susan; Finkelshteyn, Ilya; Henderson, Celisse; Horowitz, Len; Justman, Amy; Langel, Jodie; Leung, Telly; McCarthy, Theresa; McGowan, Mike; Micciche, Dan; Mo...
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Morgan State University Choir

When Leonard Bernstein was asked by Jackie O to compose the inaugural work for the opening of the J.F. Kennedy Center for performing arts in...continue...
Leonard Bernstein's Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers was given a mixed reception upon its premiere as the inaugural production at the opera house of the John F. Kennedy Center fo...continue...

Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, etc / Ronald Corp, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-07-19

Works: Benjamin Britten: A New Year Carol; Sweet was the Song, carol for SSAA chorus; King Herod and the Cock, for unison chorus & piano; The Oxen, carol for female chorus & piano; Fancie; The Birds, for me...
Performers: Attree, Emily; Hopper, Catherine; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; Osmond, Cecilia; Wells, Alexander
Conductors: Corp, Ronald [Composer]
Ensemble: New London Children's Choir

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...

Britten: Serenade for Tenor, etc / Bedford, et al

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

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Nocturne, Op. 60; Phaedra, Op. 93
Performers: Fearon, Alan; Francomb, Peter; Haslam, David; Langridge, Philip; Lloyd, Frank [horn]; Murray, Ann; Plane, Robert; Reay, Stephen; Rhys, Christina
Conductors: Bedford, Steuart
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia

This second volume of Britten orchestral songs features his two arguably best-known works in the genre, together with a major vocal work from the very...continue...

English Song Series 7 - Britten / Langridge, Bedford

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-03-16

Works: Benjamin Britten: Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; Winter Words, Op. 52; If it's ever spring again, song for soprano or tenor & piano; Child...
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Langridge, Philip

"Langridge has become the leading Britten tenor in recent years and has recorded much of Britten's music. He has a quite individual sound, pointed, a...continue...

The English Song Series 9 - Britten

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

Works: Benjamin Britten: Canticle I; Canticle II, Op. 51 "Abraham and Isaac"; The Heart of the Matter, for tenor, narrator, horn & piano; Canticle III, Op. 55 "Still Falls the Rain"; Canticle IV; Canticle V
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Ellis, Osian; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Langridge, Philip; Lloyd, Frank [horn]; Ragin, Derek Lee

Britten's five 'Canticles' are marvelously vivid, intensely dramatic works. Although they were not designed to be performed together - they span virtually his whole career,...continue...

English Choral Music - Britten: St. Nicolas, etc / Bedford

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

Works: Benjamin Britten: Saint Nicholas, cantata for tenor, treble, choruses & orchestra, Op. 42; Christ's Nativity, Christmas suite for chorus; Psalm 150, for children's chorus & instruments, Op. 67
Performers: Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Feaviour, Margaret; Harris, Judith; Hind, Rolf; Langridge, Philip; Norris, David Owen
Conductors: Bedford, Steuart
Ensemble: New London Children's Choir

"Performances here are simply glorious. Langridge is a most distinguished interpreter of Britten's music, fully identifying with the music and text." - Parsons, ARG...continue...

Britten, Berkeley: Auden Songs / Jones, Langridge, et al

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

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Poems (5) of W. H. Auden, for high voice & piano, Op. 53; Night covers up the rigid land, for voice & piano, Op. 14/2; Lay your sleeping head my love, for high voice & piano, Op. 14/...
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Jones, Della; Langridge, Philip

"Langridge has become the Britten tenor par excellence. He has a unique individual sound though perhaps not the most beautiful voice - it is nasal,...continue...

Britten: Simple Symphony, etc / Bedford, et al

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

Works: Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Temporal Variations, for oboe & piano; A Charm of Lullabies, song cycle for mezzo-soprano & piano, Op. 41; Lachrymae, reflections on a song of Do...
Performers: Daniel, Nicholas; Dukes, Philip; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Bedford, Steuart; Greene, Robert; Burns, Robert; Philip, John; Randolph, Thomas
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

The works on this recording cover the entire span of Britten's published output - from the 'Simple Symphony' of 1934, to the string orchestral arrangement...continue...

Britten: The Complete Orchestral Song Cycles Vol 1/ Bedford

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

Works: Benjamin Britten: Chansons Françaises (4), for voice & orchestra; Our Hunting Fathers, song cycle for high voice & orchestra, Op. 8; Les Illuminations
Performers: Bryn-Julson, Phyllis [Soprano Vocal]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Bedford, Steuart
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

"Lott is still in fine vocal shape, and again she sings in a precise, pointed way, full of arch humor. In 'Our Hunting Fathers' Bryn-Julson...continue...

English Song Series 13 - Britten - Folksong Arrangements 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-07-19

Works: Benjamin Britten: Folksong Arrangements (8), for high voice & harp; The Holly and the Ivy, folksong arrangement for chorus; King Herod and the Cock, for unison chorus & piano; The Twelve Apostles, fo...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Ellis, Osian; Feaviour, Margaret; Harris, Judith; Kirk, Vernon; Langridge, Philip; Norris, David Owen; Titus, Graham
Conductors: Joly, Simon; Barnett, Christopher; Bedford, Steuart
Ensemble: ; Northern Sinfonia

Britten was throughout his life drawn to folk song, possessing a special gift for word-setting and vocal writing. This release, and the first volume (8.557220),...continue...

English Song Series Vol. 22 - Britten: Songs; Proverbs of William Blake; Tit for Tat; Folk Songs / Roderick Williams, baritone; Iain Burnside, piano

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

Works: Benjamin Britten: Songs and Proverbs of W. Blake, song cycle for baritone & piano, Op. 74; Tit for Tat; The Plough Boy, folksong for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 3); Folksongs (7), Volume 3; Tom B...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

Britten wrote his Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74 for the German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in 1965. The singer admired the 'concentration and...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk (01/04/2011-01/06/2011)....continue...

Britten: Complete Scottish Songs / Mark Wilde, tenro; Lucy Wakeford, harp; David Norris, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-08-30

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Birthday Hansel, song cycle for tenor & harp, Op. 92; Who are these Children?, song cycle for tenor & piano, Op. 84; Cradle Song; Beware!; Ca' the yowes, for voice & piano (Folk S...
Performers: Norris, David Owen; Wakeford, Lucy; Wilde, Mark

Steeped in an atmosphere of ancient Scottish musical tradition, Benjamin Britten's setting of texts by Robert Burns in A Birthday Hansel was his final song-cycle....continue...
Recording information: Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton University (09/17/2009-09/19/2009)....continue...

Britten: War Requiem / Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-07-16

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Performers: McPhee, George; Randle, Thomas [Tenor Vocals]; Russell, Lynda; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn; Boddice, Nigel
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Britten: Folk Song Arrangements / Lott, Langridge, Johnson

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

Works: Benjamin Britten: Folksongs (7), Volume 1; Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements, for voice & piano; Folksong Arrangements, Vol. III "British Isles", for voice & piano; Folksong Arrangements, Vol. ...
Performers: Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kampen, Christopher van; Langridge, Philip; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

"For the complete folk-song arrangements, this is the only game in town, so it's enough to note the much-reduced price of the reissue from Collins,...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...

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...

American Classics - Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man, Three Hallucinations / Falletta, Plitman, Buffalo PO

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

Works: John Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man; Three Hallucinations, for orchestra (based on the film score "Altered States")
Performers: Orchestre Philharmonique De Berlin; Plitmann, Hila
Conductors: Falletta, JoAnn
Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

"A colleague suggested that I look into the poetry of the songs of Bob Dylan. Having not yet listened to the songs, I decided to...continue...

American Classics - Corigliano: A Dylan Thomas Trilogy / Slatkin, Allen, Tessier, Jackson, Nashville SO, et al

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

Works: John Corigliano: A Dylan Thomas Trilogy
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Tessier, John
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

"'Fern Hill' is a blithe poem, yet touched by darkness; time finally holds the poet "green and dying"... 'Poem in October' begins in Thomas' seafront...continue...

American Classics - American Choral Music

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

Works: Vincent Persichetti: Flower Songs (Cantata no 6), for mixed chorus & string orchestra , Op. 157; Charles Ives: Psalm 90 "Lord, thou hast been"; John Corigliano: Fern Hill, for mezzo-soprano, chorus &...
Performers: Anderson, Thad; Asbell, Ames; Barber, Elaine; Cho, Seung Won; Cluff, Darlene; Colson, Bruce; Coltman-Smith, Margaret; Dawson, David; Depue, Wallace; Francis, Graeme; Gedigian, Marianne; Gilliam-Valls...
Conductors: Morrow, James
Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Orchestra; University of Texas Chamber Singers

"The fine Copland performance concludes an excellent disc. The choir is consistently splendid. It's evident that James Morrow has trained them very well indeed. Balance,...continue...

Enescu: Oedipe Op 23 / Gielen, Pederson, Lipovsek, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-01-17

Works: George Enescu: Oedipe, opera, Op. 23
Performers: Damiani, Davide; Donose, Ruxandra; Fink, Walter; Hopferweiser, Josef; Koves, Peter; Lipovsek, Marjana; Pederson, Monte; Roider, Michael; Silins, Egils; Simic, Goran; Ungureanu, Mihaela
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Vienna Boys' Choir

The Romanian composer George Enescu was one of the most fascinating and versatile musicians in the first half of the twentieth century. His only opera,...continue...

Falla: El Amor Brujo, El Retablo de Maese Pedro

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-10-16

Works: Manuel de Falla: El Amor Brujo; El Retablo de Maese Pedro, puppet opera, G. 65
Performers: Galofre, Jordi; Herrera, Nancy Fabiola; Pons-Tena, Ismael; Valladares, Natacha
Conductors: Dini-Ciacci, Diego
Ensemble: I Cameristi del Teatro alla Scala

"For listeners who know Manuel de Falla's El Amor Brujo only in its later incarnation as a fully-orchestrated ballet score, the original 1915 version, for...continue...

Spanish Classics - Falla: Three-Cornered Hat, etc / Valdes

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-05-17

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Canciones populares españolas (7); Dance no 1 (from La vida breve)
Performers: Martos, Maria Jose; Nafé, Alicia
Conductors: Valdes, Maximiano
Ensemble: Principality of Asturias Symphonic Orchestra

Manuel de Falla is widely recognized as the leading figure in 20th century Spanish composition. 'The Three Cornered Hat' is perhaps his best known work,...continue...

Opera Classics - Falla: La Vida Breve / Valdés, et al

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

Works: Manuel de Falla: Dance no 1 (from La vida breve)
Performers: Baquerizo, Enrique; Cid, Manuel; Echeverria, Alfonso; Nafé, Alicia; Sánchez, Ana María; Suarez, Maria José
Conductors: Valdes, Maximiano
Ensemble: Prince of Asturias Foundation Choir

"The focus and atmosphere of the orchestral playing sets its tone from the sombre beginning in a resonant, luminous soundscape. Ana Maria Sanchez is a...continue...

Holst: The Planets, The Mystic Trumpeter / Lloyd-Jones, RSNO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-04-01

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18; Colin Matthews: Pluto, the Renewer
Performers: Rutter, Claire
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Scottish National Orchestra Chorus members

Holst's 'The Planets' received its first public performace in 1919, and with it Holst achieved the first real success of his career. The new eigth...continue...

English Song Series 6 - Holst: Vedic Hymns, Songs, etc

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

Works: Gustav Holst: Songs (4) for soprano (or tenor) & violin, Op. 35, H. 132; Songs (6) for soprano & piano, Op. 16, H. 69; Hymns from the Rig Veda, for voice & piano, Op. 24, H. 90; Songs (12) for voice ...
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Fuller, Louisa; Gritton, Susan; Langridge, Philip; Maltman, Christopher

"Many of these songs show Holst's unique, strangely rarified imagination working at full power. Not only does he write with such lucid sensitivity for both...continue...

Honegger: Le Roi David / Martin, Fersen, Borst, et al

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

Works: Arthur Honegger: Le roi David, oratorio (Psaume symphonique) for narrator, 3 solo voices, 2 choruses & chamber orches
Performers: Borst, Danielle; Ragon, Gilles; Todorovitch, Marie-Ange
Conductors: Piquemal, Michel
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Cité

"This new Naxos disc offers the original version with a superb group of French (and Swiss) performers. The narration by...Jacques Martin is warm and dramatically...continue...

Film Music Classics - Ibert: Macbeth, etc / Adriano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-05-17

Works: Jacques Ibert: Macbeth, suite from the film for orchestra; Golgotha, suite from the film for orchestra; Don Quichotte, film score
Performers: Kiichli, Henry; Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony; Tchamkerten, Jacques
Conductors: Adriano
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

This collection of Ibert's inspired film scores is the newest addition to the critically acclaimed Naxos Film Music Classics series. Orson Welles hand-picked Ibert to...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio, Bratislava, Slovakia (1989-1990)....continue...

American Classics - Ives: Songs Vol 1/ Berman, Cabot, Carfizzi, Cavalieri, Gardner, Pittsinger, Plenk, Tarver, Wool, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Charles Ives: One, Two, Three; Abide with me, song for voice & piano, S. 205 (K. 6B12); Aeschylus and Sophocles, song for voice, piano & string quartet, S. 206 (K. 6B70); Afterglow, song for voice & ...
Performers: Berman, Lielle; Cabot, Jennifer Casey; Carfizzi, Patrick; Cavalieri, Michael; Dickson, Douglas; Gardner, Rob; Garritson, Laura; Howell, Ian; Jakubiak, Sara; Mumford, Tamara; Penna, J.J.; Phillips, Ma...

"What could be a better way of celebrating the Fourth of July than watching a parade, seeing the fireworks, and listening to songs of the...continue...

American Classics - Ives: Songs Vol 2 - December, Evening, etc / Cavalieri, Plenk, Mumford, Trudel, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-07-29

Works: Charles Ives: December; Disclosure; Down East; Dreams; The Old Mother; Du bist wie eine Blume; Elegie; The Ending Year; Evening; Evidence; Eyes so Dark; Far from my Heav'nly Home; Far in the Wood; A ...
Performers: Baty, Janna; Berman, Lielle; Buck, Heather; Cabot, Jennifer Casey; Cavalieri, Michael; Dickson, Douglas; Gardner, Rob; Garritson, Laura; Jakubiak, Sara; Kittelberger, Sumi; Mumford, Tamara; Penna, J....

American Classics - Ives: Songs Vol 3 - Harpalus, Hymn, Luck & Work, etc / Cabot, Berman, Plenk, Cavalieri, Penna, Dickson, et al

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

Works: Charles Ives: Harpalus; He is there!; Her Eyes; Her gown was of vermilion silk; His Exaltation; The Housatonic at Stockbridge; Hymn; Hymn of Trust; Ein Ton; I knew and loved a maid; I travelled among...
Performers: Baty, Janna; Berman, Lielle; Bircher, Daniel Trevor; Cabot, Jennifer Casey; Carfizzi, Patrick; Cavalieri, Michael; Dickson, Douglas; Gardner, Rob; Howell, Ian; Kabaoka, Ayano; Kittelberger, Sumi; Mat...

American Classics - Ives: Songs Vol 4 / Cabot, Berman, Plenk, Cavalieri, Penna, Dickson, et al

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

Works: Charles Ives: Majority, for voice & piano, S. 294 (K. 6B65); Maple Leaves; Marie, I see thee, fairest one; Marie (II), song for voice & piano, S. 296/2 (K. 6B23b); Memories; Minnelied, song for voice...
Performers: Berman, Lielle; Cabot, Jennifer Casey; Carfizzi, Patrick; Cavalieri, Michael; Dickson, Douglas; Gardner, Rob; Garritson, Laura; Howell, Ian; Jakubiak, Sara; Kittelberger, Sumi; MacPherson, Ryan; Mumf...

American Classics - Ives: Songs Vol 6 / Berman, Plenk, Phillips, Dickson, et al

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

Works: Charles Ives: Tarrant Moss, song for voice & piano, S. 367 (K. 6B29c); There is a certain garden, song for voice & piano, S. 369 (K. 6B17); There is a lane; They Are There!, song for voice & piano, S...
Performers: Berman, Lielle; Bircher, Daniel Trevor; Cabot, Jennifer Casey; Carfizzi, Patrick; Cavalieri, Michael; Dickson, Douglas; Gardner, Rob; Garritson, Laura; Ingram, Amanda; Jakubiak, Sara; Kittelberger, S...

Janacek: Choruses for Male Voices / Moravian Teachers Choir

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

Works: Leos Janácek: Orání (Ploughing), folk song for male chorus, JW 4/1; Coz ta nase bríza (Our Birch Tree), song for chorus, JW 4/22; Vínek (The Garland), folk song for male chor...
Performers: Prusa, Karel

Apart from opera, the only other genre that Janacek worked on throughout his life is the one featured on this disc - the unaccompanied chorus....continue...

Janacek: Danube, etc / Pesek, Valaskova, Husek, Slovak PO

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

Works: Leos Janácek: Dunaj (The Danube), symphonic poem, JW 9/7 (fragments, completed by O. Chlubna and by M. Stredron &; Schluck und Jau, incidental music, JW 9/11 (unfinished); Moravian Dances (5) fo...
Performers: Husek, Zdenek; Valaskova, Jana
Conductors: Pesek, Libor
Ensemble: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Bratislava

Like many of his contemporaries, Janacek was interested in folk music, and the five Moravian Dances are derived from the music of his own homeland,...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...

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...

Korngold: Songs, Vol. 1

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

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Lieder (3) for voice & piano, Op. 22; Unvergänglichkeit, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 27; Songs of the Clown, for voice & piano, Op. 29; Lieder (4) (from Shakespear...
Performers: Schenker-Primus, Uwe; Simon, Klaus; Stallmeister, Britta

Korngold followed in the footsteps of the great late romantic composers Strauss, Mahler and Pfitzner, his unwavering commitment to refined melody, ravishing harmony and formal...continue...