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... |
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. |
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) |
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... |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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) |
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. |
BEST OF OPERA
Best Of Opera Vol. 1 (arias & excerpts from La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, The Barber of Seville, etc) Various orchs/artists incl Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra / Slovak Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "There are ways in which this brand-new super-budget recording of Il barbiere di Siviglia puts to shame just about every other version of the opera there has yet been" - Gramophone review of the Barber of Seville |
Vienna Choir Boys
A Jewish Celebration In Song [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] |
MORTON GOULD
Gould: Symphonies 2, 3 & 4 / Spirituals for String Choir & Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fagen [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "The Symphonettes represent Gould's best crossover work - the Symphonette No. 4 deriving its character from Latin-American dance forms to make it one of his most popular compositions." CD Choice (UK) |
JAKUB JAN RYBA
Czech Christmas Mass - Missa Pastoralis Vladimir Dolezal / Josef Ksica / Pavla Ksicova / Vaclav Sibera / Dagmar Vankatova / Czech Madrigalists Orchestra & Choir / Frantisek Xaver Thuri [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] Czech Madrigalists Orchestra, Czech Madrigalists Choir, Frantisek Xaver Thuri |
ALEXANDER CAMPKIN
Campkin: True Light, Missa Brevis, The First Kiss Vox Chamber Choir, David Crown [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Alexander Campkin is renowned as a leading young choral composer who has been commissioned by some of the most prestigious musical organisations in Britain. True Light reveals the energy and majestic sound world that he commands, as well as qualities... |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Seven Gates of Jerusalem, 'symphony No. 7' Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Nov/2006 ] "A disturbingly moving and dramatic apocalypse for your front room" (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
WOJCIECH KILAR
Bogurodzica / Piano Concerto / Hoary Fog / Koscielec 1909 Warsaw Philharmonic Choir / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Wit Antoni [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] "The sound in all works is vivid and state-of-the-art. All in all, this disc can be strongly recommended." (ClassicalNet) |