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SAMUEL BARBER
Eternal Barber (Incls 'Adagio for Strings') Stephen Prutsman, Daniel Pollack (pianos) / Ormond College Choir / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] Samuel Barber is widely known for his famous Adagio for Strings, the slow movement of a string quartet he wrote in 1936. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1910, he was one of the first students at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where he... |
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MAYR
Tobia, o Tobiae Matrimonium (Marriage of Tobias) (oratorio) Susanne Bernhard, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Iranyi, Judith Spiesser / Simon Mayr Choir / Franz Hauk [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/2009 ] "All in all this is the sort of issue which - if we had not been spoiled by so much of what Naxos has done in recent years - we would rush to proclaim an astonishing bargain. We still should." (MusicWeb Feb 2010) |
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W.A. MOZART
Best of Mozart Volume 1 Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Jeno Jando (piano), Gewandhaus Chamber Choir, Leipzig Chamber Orchestra, Takako Nishizaki (violin) [ Naxos Best Of / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] Classic Mozart highlights drawn from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
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BEETHOVEN / HANDEL / von BINGEN / PART / HAYDN / DVORAK / etc
The Choral Collection Tonus Peregrinus, Camerata Bach Choir, Musica Ficta, Oxford Camerata, Choir of the Golden Age, TOWER Voices New Zealand, Simon Mayr Choir, etc [ Naxos / 30 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2019 ] "There's plenty to celebrate here, not least sterling performances by Oxford Camerata under Jeremy Summerly (including Bach's Magnificat, Vivaldi's Gloria, Fauré's Requiem and other choral pieces, and a fine Hildegard CD). |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Masses Volume 2 - Cacilienmesse Trinity Choir / REBEL Baroque Orchestra / J. Owen Burdick [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "The REBEL Baroque Orchestra really plays well: trumpets and drums have the requisite panache and the strings offer excellent intonation and an appealingly sweet timbre that never turns scruffy or thin." (10/10 ClassicsToday May 2010) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Masses Volume 4 ['Paukenmesse' & 'Mariazellermesse'] Trinity Choir / Rebel Baroque Orchestra / J. Owen Burdick [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "The playing [of REBEL Baroque Orchestra] is stylish, rhythmic and technically assured...and there is remarkable precision of ensemble." The Strad |
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HAYDN
Masses Volume 7 - Missa brevis (1805 revised version) & Schöpfungmesse Trinity Choir / Rebel Baroque Orchestra / J. Owen Burdick / Jane Glover [ Naxos / CD - released 4/May/2011 ] In 1805, towards the end of his immensely productive and successful career, Haydn significantly expanded the youthful Missa brevis setting he had composed over fifty years earlier, enriching the orchestration with flute, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Kleine Orgelsolomesse / Theresienmesse Trinity Choir / REBEL Baroque Orchestra / Jane Glover [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] This eighth and final volume of Naxos's acclaimed survey of Haydn's Masses contrasts the intimately scaled Little Organ Mass with the symphonically conceived Mass in B flat major. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Missa brevis / Harmoniemesse Trinity Choir / REBEL Baroque Orchestra / Jane Glover [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] "These are performances of almost text-book perfection and will be a delight to any lover of choral music. With really nothing to criticize, I can say nothing more but go add this fine recording to your library." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2011) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
The Complete Haydn Masses Trinity Choir & REBEL Baroque Orchestra, J. Owen Burdick & Jane Glover [ Naxos / 8 CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] Today Haydn is viewed mainly in the light of his string quartets and symphonies, yet his first and last compositions were Mass settings. They encompassed an extraordinary musical output, within which his Masses shine as uplifting and deeply... |
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KAMRAN INCE
Symphony No. 5 ‘Galatasaray’ / Hot, Red, Cold, Vibrant / Requiem Without Words / Before Infrared Turkish Ministry of Culture Choir / Bilkent Symphony Orchestra / Kamran Ince [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Written for soloists, chorus and large orchestra in 2005, the rousing Symphony No. 5 celebrates the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Galatasaray, Turkey's most successful football club. Requiem Without Words mourns the Muslims, Christians... |
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STANFORD / FINZI / WALTON / BRITTEN / TAVENER / etc
English Choral Music (Incls the Coronation te Deum & Song for Athene) Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "At Naxos's bargain price these performances should be snapped up and relished. Better still, get yourself to Cambridge during Advent or Easter and hear the choir for yourself...All texts are provided." -- Gary Higginson, MusicWeb |
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ELGAR / WALTON / ARNOLD / HOLST / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Best Of British Various artists incls Maria Kliegel, Maggini Quartet, Oxford Camerata, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Choir of St. John's College, etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2019 ] A selection of stirring music from the best of British composers, performed by the elite of British artists. CD 1 features powerful and rousing classics, while CD 2 boasts some of the most serene and beautiful music ever written |
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RAVEL
The Best of Ravel Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Francois-Joel Thiolier (piano), Slovak Philharmonic Choir, etc [ Naxos Best Of / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The best of Ravel drawn from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classical Meditation (Incls 'Agnus Dei' by Barber & 'The Lark Ascending' by Vaughan Williams) Various performers incls St. John's College Choir, Ormond College Choir, Elora Festival Singers, English Northern Philharmonia, Maggini Quartet [ NAXOS / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] The perfect antidote to these troubled times, this MEDITATION set from Naxos will help you calm down and unwind after a stressful day. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Credo: Classical Music For Reflection and Meditation Ars Nova; Hungarian Radio Chorus; Košice Teachers' Choir; Oxford Camerata; Oxford Schola Cantorum [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jun/2002 ] Classical music for reflection and meditation |
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WAGNER / MOZART / LORTZING / WEBER / NICOLAI
German Operatic Choruses Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Hungarian Festival Chorus, Budapest Radio Chorus [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] German opera came into its own in the nineteenth century, notably with the first great romantic German opera of Weber, Der Freischutz. |
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WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutosławski: Symphonies / Concertos / Choral and Vocal Works Olga Pasichnyk (soprano) Andrzej Bauer (cello) Krzysztow Bakowsk (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Choir, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 29/Jul/2013 ] "Naxos has collected its existing recordings and issued a 10-CD box Lutosławski-Symphonies; Concertos; Choral and Vocal Works…featuring the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (and others) under the direction of Antoni Wit." The WholeNote |
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FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Stabat Mater / Gloria Soloists / Ile de France Vittoria Regional Choir / Orchestre de la Cite / Michel Piquemal [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "The chorus are spirited, with good attack and enunciation, and with sensitive shadings of tone." (Gramophone) |
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BEST OF OPERA
Best Of Opera Vol. 2 (arias & excerpts from Carmen, Aida, The Magic Flute, etc) Various orchs/artists incl Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra / Slovak Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] More of your popular opera arias & choruses reissued at super budget price. |