Enter G7: Invaluable Resource for Musicians of All Standards (2nd July 2009)


G7
The G7 label has now joined the Naxos Music Library, providing us with another colourful learning resource. All recordings come with two elements: 1. the complete work; 2. the complete work minus the solo part. Hence musicians of any standard can now test themselves against a professional orchestra, and create a more accurate experience of solo performance. ‘Play Along’ collections focus on concertos for piano, violin and clarinet; ‘Sing Along’ collections cover famous opera arias by composers such as Puccini, Mozart and Donizetti.
RTÉ Lyric FM Joins the NML (2nd July 2009)


RTÉ lyric
RTÉ lyric fm is the recording label of RTÉ, the public service broadcaster in Ireland. It is the only recording label for classical music in Ireland, and it aims to promote Irish musicians and composers as well as classical music in general, both at home and abroad. Releases range from Joyce’s Songs: James Joyce’s Musical Dublin to Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata.
Retrospective Joins the Naxos Music Library (18th June 2009)


Retrospective
Retrospective is a young nostalgia label, with a growing number of recordings in its catalogue. Releases include Billie’s Blues (Billie Holiday), Swing, Swing, Swing! (Benny Goodman & His Orchestra) and Nuages (Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli & Le Quintette du Hot Club de France).
The Gift of Music Joins the NML (16th June 2009)


The Gift of Music
The Gift of Music has compilations with wide appeal, many created as gifts; thus there are, for example, the beautiful collections Christmas Meditations (music for a medieval Christmas Mass) and A Child is Born (a selection of carols) as well as music to appeal to gardeners, to art lovers, to children, and various other categories.
Cliburn Classics Joins Naxos Music Library (15th June 2009)


Cliburn Classics
Part of the Van Cliburn Foundation, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in North Texas has been running since 1962. The Foundation disseminates classical music worldwide, as well as launches and nurtures young artists’ careers through this competition. The Naxos Music Library is now making available the recordings of the preliminary round, semi-final and final of the 2009 event to start. Archives from previous years will also be available soon.
Nimbus’s Grand Piano Series Now Available (15th June 2009)


Grand Piano
The aim of this series is to bring before the public the art of the great pianists who preserved their interpretations, genius and performing style through the process of making piano roll recordings for the Aeolian Duo-Art company. What makes Nimbus’s Grand Piano series is the technical ability of a ‘Robot’, which incorporates the ultimate Duo-Art technology in order to deliver historic performances exactly as heard and approved by the recording artists themselves.
Prima Voce Joins the Naxos Music Library (15th June 2009)


Prima Voce
The early story of recording coincided with the Golden Age of Singing, and Prima Voce preserves this archive of great voices from the first half of the century in transfers which capture the immediacy of the original performances. These are a rich addition to the Naxos Music Library’s collection of historical recordings.
Berlin Cabaret / Academy / The Listening Room come to NML (11st June 2009)


ACADEMY


CABARET


the listening room
The labels Berlin Cabaret, Academy and The Listening Room present the joint activities of the Berlin Academy of Arts and edel CLASSICS, featuring contemporary recordings (Academy) of songs, chamber and orchestral music, and stage and electronic music by members and artists associated with the academy. There is also a quite exceptional series of historic recordings by the legendary Berliner Kabarett (The Listening Room and Berlin Cabaret): 'Bei uns um die Gedächtniskirche rum', Ralph Benatzky, Mischa Spoliansky, Rudolf Nelson and Werner Richard Heymann - all in original performances from the Thirties, Fifties or Sixties, in sound that has clearly benefited from digital processing without impairing the original character of the recordings.
Navona Joins the NML (4th June 2009)


Navona
The addition of Navona Records brings yet more choice to the Naxos Music Library. Navona’s eclectic catalogue offers listeners a fresh taste of the leading innovators in orchestral, chamber, jazz, progressive and experimental music; artists include the composer/conductor Jonathan Sacks and the clarinettist Richard Stoltzman.
Nimbus Joins the NML (19th May 2009)


Nimbus
The critically acclaimed catalogue of core classical label Nimbus is now available in the Naxos Music Library. With artists including the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Mark Elder, pianists Pierre-Laurent Aimard, John Lill and Richard Lester, soprano Dawn Upshaw, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and The Hanover Band, Nimbus delivers fine performances of key repertoire, from Victoria to Weill, Pérotin to Ligeti, Bach to Britten.
Cambria Joins the Naxos Music Library (12nd May 2009)


Cambria
We welcome to the Naxos Music Library independent American label Cambria. Founded in 1979, Cambria specialises predominantly in classical repertoire. The emphasis is on American composers (including William Grant Still and David Maslanka), women composers (including Germaine Tailleferre, Florence Price and Elinor Remick Warren), and historical re-issues.
London Philharmonic Orchestra Joins the Naxos Music Library (7th May 2009)


London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra established its own CD label in 2005 and has released archive, studio and live recordings encompassing music from the Baroque to the present day. The orchestra excels under conductors such as Osmo Vänska, Bernhard Haitink, Klaus Tennstedt and Vladimir Jurowski with some of the greatest and most exciting symphonic repertoire ever written.
Delphian Records Joins the Naxos Music Library (5th May 2009)


Delphian
Now one of the fastest-growing independent record labels in the UK, Delphian Records was set up by two university graduates in Edinburgh in 2000 to promote the artistic activities that take place at the Edinburgh Festival. The catalogue encompasses chamber, choral, vocal and instrumental repertoire from the Renaissance to the present day, and the label retains its commitment to making new artists and their works known. Thus its acclaimed recordings include music by James Macmillan, Kenneth Leighton, Stuart MacRae and Judith Weir.
Welcome to 2L of Norway (16th April 2009)


2L
From the selection of a cappella Christmas music on Magnum Mysterium to the blues-influenced Nordic Drufiacc, which comes with a health warning (‘Drums, fiddle and accordion may cause severe addiction!’), 2L is smart and original. The label champions in particular Norwegian composers and performers, and most recordings have been made in churches and cathedrals in Norway.

North/South Joins the Naxos Music Library (2nd April 2009)


North/South
North/South Consonance is an adventurous ensemble based in New York that has garnered widespread praise since 1980 for its performances of contemporary music. Its critically acclaimed CDs (such as In the Receding Mist, Of Bondage and Freedom, Carnival) now form a substantial catalogue of around 50 recordings that we welcome to the Library.
Kairos Joins the Naxos Music Library (24th March 2009)


Kairos
Kairos is a Vienna-based classical label founded in 1999 which focuses exclusively on the promotion of new artists. The catalogue contains a first-class selection of contemporary music, much of it challenging the way we perceive sound. Morton Feldman, György Kurtág and Bruno Mantovani are among the composers recorded by this striking label.
Urtext Joins the Naxos Music Library (17th March 2009)


Urtext
Around 150 recordings from Urtext Digital Classics are now added to the NML’s collection, featuring composers and artists from Latin America.
Timpani Records Joins the Naxos Music Library (12nd March 2009)


Timpani Records
The French label Timpani Records was created in 1990 and quickly became unbeatable for French repertoire from the end of the 19th century and from the 20th century. More than 200 recordings feature music by Pierné, Honegger, d’Indy, Xenakis and many others.

ART, CCCand ART Productions Join the Naxos Music Library (10th March 2009)


ART
The German label ART stands for popularity and variety. Themed compilations include Meditation and After Work Hour (nine volumes) with a thoughtful collection of music designed to help you wind down.


Corona Classics Collection
The German label CCC (Corona Classics Collection) has a selection of well-loved Classical and Romantic repertoire. Included are Weber’s Clarinet Concertos Nos 1 & 2, Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty, Mahler’s Fifth Symphony and Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik.


Gavriel Lipkind
Gavriel Lipkind is an award-winning cellist from Israel – an intriguing and dynamic musician, a ‘total one-off’ (The Independent) who, at the age of 23, had won 12 top prizes in major competitions. At this point he produced two outstanding recordings: Miniatures and Folklore (featuring his own arrangements) and Single Voice Polyphony (showcasing Bach’s Cello Suites). These are now available on the Naxos Music Library – with more to come...
Inpop Records Joins the Naxos Music Library (5th March 2009)


Inpop Records
Inpop Records expands the NML’s pop/rock music selection, with groups such as the Ontario-based foursome Article One, the Ohio-based foursome Everyday Sunday, and the innovative and fantastically gritty Superchick, as well as solo artists Jimmy Needham, Mat Kearney and Paul Colman.

Enja, Yellow Bird and TipToe Join the Naxos Music Library (26th February 2009)


Movieplay
We welcome to the Naxos Music Library the Brazilian pop and folk label Movieplay. Recordings include Elton John’s Elton John and Madman Across the Water, albums from José Afonso, and Summer in the City: 19 Great Songs from Lovin’ Spoonful.
Enja, Yellow Bird and TipToe Join the Naxos Music Library (17th February 2009)


Enja
Established in 1971 in Munich by long-time jazz fans Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber, this label has an extensive jazz catalogue (Chet Baker, Cecil Taylor, The Fort Apache Band, Ray Anderson and many others). More recently it has explored territories outside the jazz mainstream and avant-garde; Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil, Tunisian vocalist and oud player Dhafer Youssef and Brazilian group Rosanna & Zelia are just some of the artists that have played an important part in the success of this.


Yellowbird
We welcome to our collection Enja Yellowbird, a sister label of the hugely successful jazz label Enja. Recent releases include Doug Wimbish’s Cinema Sonics album and four albums by Kip Hanrahan whose music is drawn from different traditions (Latin, jazz, rock) but has a true spark of originality.


TipToe
We welcome TipToe to our collection, a jazz label set up by the joint founder of Enja Matthias Wincklemann. It focuses more on ‘border-crossing’ music and includes Mike Westbrook’s tribute to the Beatles, Michael Gregory, Kevin Bruce Harris, Intergalactic Maiden Ballet featuring John Zorn, Blue Box and others.
Azica Records Joins the Naxos Music Library (13rd February 2009)


Azica
Fusing classical and jazz recording techniques, Azica prides itself on a unique integrity of sound for both areas of its catalogue. Spontaneity and sparkle traditionally found in jazz recordings feature also in the label’s classical repertoire, which includes David Shapiro playing Beethoven’s ‘Diabelli’ Variations and the ATOS Trio playing Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann piano trios.
Capriole Joins the Naxos Music Library (5th February 2009)


Capriole
The Naxos Music Library now welcomes Capriole to its collection. This label, originally Laserlight, covers a healthy breadth of core repertoire. Included in its list are many acknowledged and adored masterpieces such as Bach’s St Matthew Passion, all the Beethoven symphonies and Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2.

The NML Welcomes Berlin Classics (22nd January 2009)


Berlin Classics
Berlin Classics represents core classical music repertoire, with many historical recordings by world-renowned artists such as Kurt Masur, Herbert Blomstedt, Hermann Abendroth and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. There are also new recordings by established and high-flying musicians such as Thomas Zehetmair and Lynne Dawson.
The NML Welcomes Henkel Records (15th January 2009)


Henkel Records
Henkel Records consists of recordings featuring the award-winning cellist Christoph Henkel. As well as performing Bach’s Suites for solo cello, Henkel teams up with violinist Gérard Poulet in Ravel’s Sonata, Halvorsen’s Passacaille and Kodály’s Duo, Op. 7.

Quartz Joins the Naxos Music Library (8th January 2009)


Quartz Music
Quartz is an independent UK classical record label that prides itself on ‘sound with vision’. Artists such as the Gould Piano Trio and Katya Apekisheva perform an intriguing and wide variety of repertoire, composers ranging from Franghis Ali-Zadeh to Frederick Delius.
Bellaphon and Michael Nyman Join the Naxos Music Library (16th December 2008)


Bellaphon
The Naxos Music Library is pleased to welcome the independent German label Bellaphon, which offers a repertoire of pop, rock, jazz and blues.



Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman has one of the largest followings of any classical composer. On his record label MN records some of his most popular works, as well as lesser-known pieces, may now be accessed in the Naxos Music Library. These include the soundtracks to The Piano and The Draughtman’s Contract.
Antes Edition and Bella Musica Join the Naxos Music Library (11st December 2008)


Antes Edition
Antes Edition is an ambitious independent German label for classical and contemporary music, looked after by Bella Musica.



Bella Musica
The independent German label Bella Musica is welcomed to the Naxos Music Library. Bella Musica is one of the oldest production companies for music and radio plays in Germany as well as a record company and publisher. The label has thousands of titles covering many genres, including German and international folk, classical, jazz, pop, country, and world music.

Thorofon Joins the Naxos Music Library (4th December 2008)


Thorofon
Thorofon Schallplatten KG is a classical record label based in Wedemark, Germany.
Nettwerk Records brings new artist-writers to the NML (13th November 2008)


Nettwerk Records
With artists such as Sarah McLachlan and Severed Heads, the Canadian label Nettwerk Records brings a swathe of alternative music acts to our increasingly eclectic library. The label features genres such as industrial music, electronica and folk-rock.
Tudor Joins the Naxos Music Library (6th November 2008)


Tudor
The Swiss label Tudor has an individual mix of titles, with its classical catalogue ranging from the Gramophone Editor’s Choice recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (Bamberger Symphoniker / Jonathan Nott) to Wolf Urs Ringger’s Works for Piano (Maurizio Baglini).
New Label from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre (31st October 2008)


Globe Editions
Globe Editions has been launched by Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, offering a fresh approach to the way that early music and spoken word have hitherto been performed. Elizabethan Street Songs is the first release – a musical interpretation of the not-so-genteel world of the Elizabethan street musician and singer.
Genuin Joins the Naxos Music Library (30th October 2008)


Genuin
Genuin stands for high-quality classical productions, good recording technology and a trusting relationship between artist and producer. Resulting releases include Sigfrid Karl-Elert’s sacred works for choir, Brahms’s complete works for clarinet, and the piano works of Vincent d’Indy played by Michael Schäfer.
Capriccio Joins the Naxos Music Library (23rd October 2008)


Capriccio
The German label Capriccio has an exciting range of top-quality recordings which feature excellent artists and intriguing repertoire, such as the Petersen Quartet playing Krenek string quartets, Spohr’s Last Judgement from Cappella Coloniensis and Bruno Weil, and oboe sonatas by Skalkottas, Beyer, Wolpe, Goldmann, Apostel and Krenek from Burkhard Glaetzner and Hansjacob Staemmler.
Orchid Classics Joins the Naxos Music Library (23rd October 2008)


Orchid Classics
Orchid Classics was founded in 2005 by British violinist Matthew Trusler, with the goal of producing classical, artist focused, project-led recordings of the highest quality. Highlights include The Pity of War (works for violin and piano written during the Great War) and Blues (works for violin and piano by jazz-influenced composers such as Gershwin, Debussy, Ravel and Joplin).
Saydisc Joins the Naxos Music Library (14th October 2008)


Saydisc
Saydisc has been at the forefront of recording since 1965 and has built up a reputation for innovation, dedication and quality. The label’s catalogue includes national, traditional and regional music and songs; music, songs and dances from other traditions; music featuring unusual instruments; and world music.
Amon Ra Joins the Naxos Music Library (14th October 2008)


Amon Ra
Amon Ra, like its partner label Saydisc, has been at the forefront of recording since 1965 and has built up a reputation for innovation, dedication and quality. Amon Ra is devoted to period performances of Medieval, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, Baroque, Classical and Romantic music. Artists include pianist Richard Burnett and the acclaimed viol consort Fretwork.

Meister Music Joins the NML (29th September 2008)


Meister Music
Meister Music is a Tokyo-based music label founded by Yoshiya Hirai, who is the first Japanese Tonemeister to be certified by the German government. Its excellent quality of sound recordings is praised by both music and audio critics. The label records mainly Japanese performers, such as Shin-ichi Fukuda, Shigenori Kudo, and the cello ensemble La Quartina.
Centaur Records Inc. Joins the Naxos Music Library (14th August 2008)


Centaur Records
The Naxos Music Library welcomes one of the oldest and largest independent classical music labels in the US. Founded in 1976, the company’s recordings span an extremely wide range of repertoire, from Lassus to electro-acoustic music, from classical pops and crossover to Brahms, Grieg and Mozart. There is a lot of music to discover from this successful label.
New Earth Records Joins the Naxos Music Library (7th August 2008)


New Earth Records
For nearly two decades, New Earth Records has brought visionary music to enhance wellbeing to audiences worldwide. Founded in Germany in 1990, and now based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, New Earth Records is committed to spiritual enrichment, a healthy lifestyle and an eco-conscious future. They feature a number of albums designed specifically to accompany relaxation, meditation, yoga and the healing arts and are also pleased to offer a wide array of chill-out, trance, electronic and world music to accompany their listeners in their dance through life.
Brand New Label Phoenix Edition Joins the NML (24th July 2008)


Phoenix Edition
Begun on 1 May 2008, Phoenix Edition focuses on the rediscovery of works by composers who have fallen into obscurity. Fine performances are given by top artists, to include Christine Schäfer, Christoph Eschenbach, the Petersen Quartett and Ingo Metzmacher.

New Label Concerto Joins the Naxos Music Library (9th July 2008)


Concerto
The Naxos Music Library welcomes the new Italian label Concerto. Concerto prides itself on the quality of its recordings – they all have an extremely clean sound, achieved using cutting-edge technology. The catalogue concentrates primarily on early music (pre-18th century), often including repertoire that is not so well known, as well as contemporary music. The label supports talented young Italian artists and has produced many world premiere recordings.
Four Norwegian Labels Join the Naxos Music Library (2nd July 2008)


Simax Classics
Since 1978 Norwegian label Simax Classics has presented repertoire from the finest composers of the western classical tradition, with a strong emphasis on Norwegian and Scandinavian works. The aim is to give listeners the highest-quality recordings of the finest performances. The label has been inspired by the acceleration in activity and quality of Norwegian musicians during this period. Artists include Kirsten Flagstad; pianist Boris Berezovsky (concertos by Beethoven); conductor Mariss Jansons (Brahms symphonies, Strauss Till Eulenspiegel); Phantasm consort of viols (Purcell, Mico, Bach and more); Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Vertavo String Quartet; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth; and cellist Truls Mørk (Haydn cello concertos, sonatas by Brahms, Kodály, Debussy, Poulenc).



Pro Musica Antiqua
This Norwegian label releases acoustic music in both the classical tradition and crossover works. Composers include Corigiliano, Hovland, Grieg, Viviani, Tveitt, Villa-Lobos, Madsen and others. Among the artists one finds Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Voci Nobili, Einar Røttingen, Sigmund Groven and Quattro Stagioni.



Aurora


Hemera
This Norwegian label promotes contemporary Norwegian music written by eminent composers, such as Cecilie Ore, Jon Øivind Ness, Rolf Wallin, Lasse Thoresen, Natasha Barrett, Arne Nordheim and Knut Nystedt. Artists include Arditti, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Cikada, Oslo Sinfonietta, BIT20 Ensemble, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and Rolf-Erik Nystrøm.
Ondine Joins the Naxos Music Library (2nd July 2008)


Ondine
The Naxos Music Library is pleased to welcome the Finnish label Ondine. It was thanks to an acclaimed recording of Rautavaara’s opera Thomas in 1985 that Ondine became a serious record label. Initially formed to present one live recording per season from the Finnish Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, it has now grown to over 250 recordings in the current catalogue. The label’s mission is to support new creative efforts in the field of contemporary music as well as to showcase performances by top-ranking artists which bring a new dimension to established classical works. In addition to the finest musicians from Finland (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Magnus Lindberg etc.), the label has attracted non-Finnish artists and composers, such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Christoph Eschenbach and The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Denmark’s Danacord Joins the Naxos Music Library (16th June 2008)


Danacord
Formed in 1979 by the Denmark’s ‘man about CDs’ Jesper Buhl, this label has championed the music of Danish composers such as Nielsen (many live historical recordings) and Langgaard, and Danish artists performing a range of rarely heard works, often recorded live. A 10-CD set of Danish violin concertos played by Kai Laursen features Mariss Jansons, Ole Schmidt and others.
Delos Joins the Naxos Music Library (2nd June 2008)


Delos
Delos was formed thirty years ago to give outstanding American artists an international platform. It has flourished since then, and boasts such towering performers as the Dallas Symphony, Andrew Litton, and the label’s own star baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
Quiet Please …. Quiet Music on the Naxos Music Library (2nd June 2008)


Quiet Please
Quiet Please is a new Scandinavian label dedicated to ‘quiet music’, which is now to be found in the Naxos Music Library. It is music specifically for relaxation, such as the album Break of Day by Sara Indrio – a composer and singer who, via her study of music psychology, has an extensive knowledge of the way in which music influences the mind.
Col Legno Joins the Naxos Music Library (20th May 2008)


Col Legno
The Naxos Music Library is pleased to welcome the highly respected col legno label to its collection. col legno began in 1982 and has been devoted to new classical music, providing top-class recordings of music by today’s composers. It is now encompassing revolutionary music of past centuries and music which, in various ways, defies categorisation. Thus, its scope is broad and fascinating: from Schubert Lieder recorded by the East Tyrolean band Franui to interpretations of classical music by outstanding jazz performers to plans for awarding new commissions. This is a fresh and feisty label!
Three New Labels... and a Rich Sprinkling of Premieres (17th April 2008)

The Naxos Music Library welcomes three German labels:


Edition Zeitklang has a particular musical mission: to showcase the work of unknown composers, throwing a determined spotlight on the music of our time.



Master Arts Records focuses on undiscovered music of the past, making carefully selected treasures available to the public through quality recordings. The label also promotes particularly gifted instrumentalists.



The Composers Art Label concentrates on raising the profile of exceptionally gifted contemporary composers.
Avie Records Joins the Naxos Music Library (18th March 2008)


Avie
Avie Records is a top-quality classical music label that operates with a particular awareness of the artists’ own interests. It was launched in 2002 by industry veterans Simon Foster and Melanne Mueller. Artists include the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Trevor Pinnock and the European Brandenburg Ensemble, Douglas Boyd and the Manchester Camerata, and Christopher Hogwood.
Divox Joins the Naxos Music Library (11st March 2008)


Divox
Based in Switzerland, Divox AG/Ltd was founded in 1984 and began with a focus on the promotion of emerging chamber music artists. It now has four sub-labels, covering music from ancient to modern by mainstream and less familiar composers, as well as world music. Divox has always taken pride in its commitment to individual musicians and their own interpretations, as well as the quality of the recordings themselves.
Trustkill Brings Hardcore, Metal and Rock to the Naxos Music Library (19th February 2008)


Trustkill
Trustkill Records, an American label, has risen out of a college dorm room in the early 1990s to now attain status as the authoritative voice in the worlds of independent metal, hardcore, punk and emo music.  It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock recordings in 1994. Artists include Bullet for my Valentine, Eighteen Visions, Bleeding Through, It Dies Today, Poison The Well and Throwdown .

Challenge Records Joins the Naxos Music Library (5th February 2008)


Challenge Records
Located in the Netherlands, this label is run by a group of jazz and classical music enthusiasts. Leading national and international artists are represented, performing a wide variety of music. The Brodsky Quartet performs Britten, Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra perform Bach Cantatas, Musica Antiqua Koln performs Gluck’s Trio Sonatas... and there is much more.

Lanui Joins the Naxos Music Library (31st January 2008)

Lanui Records is a new label based in Hawaii that concentrates on significant recordings from the 1960s and 1970s, with performers such as Kenneth Gilbert, Steven Staryk, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Laurindo Almeida and others, many in their first recordings. The music on the label comes from both a strong Baroque and Classical background and also includes rarely-heard works from then-contemporary American composers.

Two labels join the Naxos Music Library (17th December 2007)


Lyrichord
Based in New York, Lyrichord is one of the oldest independent labels specialising in recordings of traditional world music (Africa, Asia, Australia, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America) and early music (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical). It began in 1950. New world music releases include Silk, Spirits and Song: Music from North Thailand and Indian Folk Music from Uttar Pradesh.


Edition Roland
Edition Roland is an independent music publishing and production company based in Munich, Germany. Among its fine classical recordings are compilations such as The Best of Trios and Trio Sonatas and discs devoted to well-loved repertoire, including Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
Music & Arts Programs of America Joins the Naxos Music Library (6th December 2007)


Music & Arts Programs of America is an independent classical and jazz label. Live performances from Casals, Schnabel and other great artists of the past feature in this label’s output, as well as the cream of the American jazz tradition. Plenty of gems to enjoy here!
American Label New Albion Joins the Naxos Music Library (29th November 2007)


New Albion’s mission is to search for new musical territories. With composers and performers, the label develops, records and releases about six titles a year. The creativity is evident from a selection of titles: Ars Magis Subtiliter (secular music of the Chantilly Codex, France, 14 th century), Daniel Lentz’s Apologetica (settings of texts from the Chilam Balam – the sacred books of the Maya Indians of Yucutan) and Food for the Bearded (the solo debut of guitarist and composer Gyan Riley).
Albany Records Joins the Naxos Music Library (22nd November 2007)


Albany Records is dedicated to producing interesting, imaginative releases to satisfy the public’s hunger for more than just the famous great works in classical music. It is devoted to music by American composers (with only a few exceptions) performed by the best of America’s artists. There are premiere recordings by Roy Harris, Morton Gould and others, plus music by George Lloyd and Andrei Eshpei and many more.
Saxophone Label Dinant Joins the Naxos Music Library (15th November 2007)

Dinant is a record label formed by Canadian saxophonist Paul Brodie – ‘Ambassador of the Saxophone’ (Crescendo International Magazine) – dedicated to this instrument. He himself performs a range of saxophone music.

Two New Labels Join the Naxos Music Library! (1st November 2007)

The Naxos Music Library expands its recordings once again with the arrival of two new and incredibly diverse record labels.


V2 Music: One of the best non-classical independent record labels, with a track record for signing successful and inspiring bands, such as Stereophonics and Liberty X.



Atoll: Atoll is an independent label in New Zealand dedicated to classical, historical and contemporary music. There is a particular focus given to New Zealand composers, such as Douglas Lilburn, Helen Fisher and Anthony Ritche, and even a disc dedicated to virtuoso presentations of modern NZ viola repertoire.
New Label Oehms Classics joins the NML (9th October 2007)

We welcome to the Naxos Music Library Oehms Classics, the brainchild of Dieter Oehms. After working for 35 years in the recording industry (DG/Poygram and Arte Nova/BMG), he created this independent label in 2003. Artists include Pascal Rogé and James Levine; repertoire is very varied, including Haydn’s Creation, Bruckner symphonies and piano music from Armenia.
Recordings by the Royal Academy of Music Join the NML (13rd September 2007)

Regularly broadcast by BBC Radio 3, Classic FM and the BBC World Service, the Royal Academy of Music’s recordings are growing in number. Providing valuable recording experience for students, reflecting the range and quality of music-making within the Academy and producing discerning interpretations of interesting repertoire are three key reasons why the Academy produces CDs. The Cunning Little Vixen (conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras), The Magic Flute (conducted by Sir Colin Davis), Metamorphosen (Royal Academy Soloists) and ‘Grand Chorus: Twenty-Two Historic and Important Organs South of the Thames’ are three of the initial ten titles released onto the Naxos Music Library.
Portugal CNM and Dynamic join the NML (22nd August 2007)

Portugal CNM: A Portuguese label founded in the early 1990s with one of the richest catalogues in Portugal; specialises in fado, folk and world music..


Dynamic: Based near Genoa, Dynamic is a classical record label, incorporating the entire field of classical music but focussing especially on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, especially opera and violin works.
New Labels Join the Naxos Music Library! (6th August 2007)
The Naxos Music Library swells its ‘shelves’ once again with the arrival of three new and incredibly diverse record labels.


Opera Rara: A highly respected label that has been in the business of bringing back forgotten operatic repertoire of the nineteenth century for the last thirty-five years.


ERMMedia: Dedicated to repertoire of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from neo-classical to avant-garde.


Rattle Records: Inspired by the contemporary labels of the northern hemisphere, Rattle was established to bring music from Aotearoa, New Zealand, to a wider public; the Kronos Quartet, Michael Brecker, Evelyn Glennie and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform.
The World Philharmonic Orchestra joins the NML (16th May 2007)
The World Philharmonic Orchestra and its eponymous record label may now be found within the Naxos Music Library. The WPO is an formed to offer a message of peace and fraternity to the whole international community as its musicians include representatives from symphonic orchestras in more than 80 countries. Live recordings include Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, Stravinsky’s Firebird conducted by Lorin Maazel and Ravels’ Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli.
Another two labels join Naxos Music Library (7th May 2007)
Wigmore Hall Live
Naxos Music Library may now benefit from Wigmore Hall Live recordings, the prestigious and much-loved London concert hall’s own label. Since its launch in October 2005, this label has released fourteen live recordings to critical acclaim – the first ever venue to release its own in-house label, allowing listeners worldwide to enjoy the unique Wigmore experience.
OgreOgress
OgreOgress is welcomed to the NML. This is a label which produces recordings of otherwise unrecorded or unavailable works by both well-known and emerging composers, in addition to undertaking projects which benefit Tibetans in exile. CDs include chants by Tibetan monks from Tashi Lhunpo Monastery and the complete ‘number pieces’ for strings and/or percussion by John Cage.
Six More Labels Join In! (12nd March 2007)
Six more record labels are now part of the Naxos Music Library:
Vanguard Classics:
The legendary American label begun in the 1950s and ranging from Rostropovich playing Bach to Kapilow’s Green Eggs and Ham (words by Dr. Seuss).
Saphir Productions:
French label specialising in French music and having a distinct character derived from its association with the vibrant concert venue L’Archipel.
British Music Society:
Award-winning recordings – many world prèmieres – focusing on the British musical heritage.
ONYX:
Young, premium-quality, artist-led label whose new releases include recordings by Pascal Rogé, Yuri Bashmet and Viktoria Mullova.
VOX:
A label which has built up a substantial catalogue and has continued to provide high quality budget releases ever since its launch in 1945 when it pioneered this concept.
Musical Concepts:
A young, innovative label which reissues carefully chosen titles from the vast array of first-class recordings in existence, as well as producing new repertoire with a new dimension.
New Look for the Naxos Music Library(26th February 2007)
The Naxos Music Library has a fresh, new look which we hope you will like. Now, when you visit the homepage, you will see 'Featured New Additions' - a selection of covers inviting you to click and play a range of exciting new recordings. There has been a little fine-tuning of the left-hand menu: the Genre 'New Age' now becomes 'Adult Contemporary' and the categories for Classical Music now appear beneath 'Classical Music' in the Genre section. Enjoy browsing!
Some CD Titles Now Available in Spanish (8th January 2007)
Many of our titles are now available in Spanish in the Browse/Search page and the CD playing window. To see the Spanish titles, please make sure you select Spanish in the language box near the top right corner of the screen.
Four More Labels...Thousands More Recordings! (20th October 2006)

Chandos Records
Renowned for its groundbreaking promotion of neglected musical gems and its award-winning sound quality, Chandos Records is one of the world’s finest and most highly respected record companies. Several series are to be found within its eclectic catalogue, including ongoing series of Grainger, Berkeley and Bridge. We are very pleased to welcome over 1,500 recordings by this prestigious label to our collection.

Caprice Records
Featuring primarily recordings of Swedish music by Swedish artists, the award-winning label Caprice Records has produced and documented milestones in Swedish music for more than 30 years. Both established artists (such as the Swedish Royal Opera) and rising talents are featured in classical music as well as folk music – including a project to record folk music on location in different parts of the world – and jazz. 300 releases from Caprice will soon be incorporated into the NML.

Wergo
Wergo is a division of Schott Music & Media and has, for more than 40 years, been synonymous with a programme of contemporary music in ambitious presentations. As well as solo, chamber and orchestral recordings of new music, it includes electronic music and radio forms known as Ars Acustica.

Klavier
Klavier Music Productions, formerly known as Klavier Records International, is the newest division of Edwin F. Kalmus & Co. Klavier’s goal is to convey the realism and sense of presence experienced in a live performance by using the most faithful sound reproduction possible. Founded over 30 years ago, its very purpose was to improve the sound quality of recorded music. A variety of repertoire is offered, imaginatively programmed and packaged – from ‘Stairway to the Stars’ (tracks such as I Got Rhythm played on the San Sylmar Theater Organ) to Mozart Divertmenti.
Brana Records joins the Naxos Music Library (18th September 2006)

Brana Records is an exciting addition to the Naxos Music Library’s ever-expanding collection, encompassing as it does works that are new to our ‘shelves’ and unknown to many music lovers. The ethos of the label is to restore and publish rare recordings by neglected artists and recordings of newly discovered masterpieces. Currently, the focus is on the Polish/Brazilian pianist Felicja Blumental who died in 1991. Repertoire includes Kuhlau’s Piano Sonatine, Szymanowski’s Piano Études, the Piano Concerto by Viotti, and Villa-Lobos conducting his own Piano Concerto live.
The Naxos Music Library expands with two more labels (7th August 2006)

Alpha Records, an imaginative French label, brings around 120 extremely individual recordings to the library. There is a fascinating range of rarely explored repertoire, much of it by early composers whose names are relatively unfamiliar, such as Pierre Guédron , Nicolas Formé, and Ignazio Albertini.

CPO, an internationally acclaimed German label, has been successful since its founding in 1986 in enthusiastically filling the niches that larger companies in the industry have sometimes overlooked. That there is so much repertoire remaining to be explored is proven by CPO's highly praised editions of Pfitzner, Korngold, Hindemith and Pettersen.
Bach Cantatas from Monteverdi Productions enter the Naxos Music Library (12nd July 2006)

Soli Deo Gloria Monteverdi Productions has produced some of the finest recordings of Bach's cantatas available today, performed by the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner with top soloists such as James Gilchrist, Mark Padmore, Gerald Finley and Nathalie Stutzmann. We are delighted to make these outstanding recordings available within the Naxos Music Library.
New label ATMA Classique joins the Naxos Music Library (20th June 2006)

The NML welcomes ATMA Classique to its collection. This sophisticated and stylish Canadian-French label has over 250 recordings to date, ranging from core masterpieces such as Liszt’s B minor Sonata to intriguing, less familiar repertoire such as the choral music by the Estonian composer Veljo Tormis, sung by the vibrant Canadian ensemble musica intima.

Three new labels join the Naxos Music Library (8th May 2006)

We welcome three more prestigious record labels to the Naxos Music Library this week.

  1. Signum Classics, a label dedicated to high standards of performance and a loyalty to composers' intentions. Performers include some of the best choral and instrumental groups in the UK: The Kings Singers, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Singers, as well as Oxford and Cambridge University College choirs.
  2. Hungaraton, the Hungarian record company founded in 1951 and reorganised in 1995. The label specialises in Hungarian music, mainly classical and folk, performed largely by Hungarian artists
  3. ABC Classics, Australia's foremost producer of classical CDs. Belonging to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC Music), this label caters for a broad classical music market, encouraging and promoting key repertoire through high- quality performances.
Three new labels join the Naxos Music Library (7th April 2006)

The NML welcomes three new labels to its collection:

Coro
This is The Sixteen's own record label, dedicated to the choral group's own repertoire and reflecting the immaculate performances for which it has become known. Coro is offering new recordings each year and is also reissuing the Collins catalogue.

Cedille Records
This is the label of the Chicago Classical Recording Foundation, which is an organisation devoted to promoting the finest musicians in the Chicago area. It regularly offers unusual repertoire which has been overlooked by other record companies. Most recently released is a disc of chamber music by Walter Rabl and Josef Labor by the Orion Ensemble.

Alba Records
A Finnish label, boasting an excitingly diverse range of recordings, such as Mozart's Gran Partita, Madetoja's orchestral works, Finnish songs and Kratt - a ballet by Eduard Tubin.
Swedish male choir awarded Gold Record (24th March 2006)

A Gold Record is an achievement for any artist. For a Classical artist or recording it’s rare, but for a male choir it’s unique! The Lund University Male Voice Choir from southern Sweden celebrates its 175th anniversary with the release of an album of traditional Spring songs, and the success is instant! When the CD hits the stores this week, it will come in already rated as a Gold Record, with over 12.000 pre-order sales.

Founded in 1831, it is one of Sweden’s oldest choirs and already has several successful recordings under its belt, yet this golden achievement is a first. Naxos is pleased to announce that this successful cooperation will continue, with the Choir already contracted for a Christmas recording, slated for release in Fall 2006. Come and hear what everyone’s listening to as one of the finest Scandinavian choirs celebrates Spring!
8.557994

Junior Section expands with 'Music for Kids' (13rd March 2006)

Music for Kids consists of ten CDs of music for young children and guidance towards listening, teaching, and why music is important. There are fifty 'Songs to Sing'; 'Music from Planet Earth', to remind us just how much musical variety there is in the world; 'Music for Dancing', when it's time to be a bit more energetic; and one CD called 'Guided Tours' where you can learn all about how to record a song and recognize different musical instruments, among other things.

The music serves as a springboard for adults to encourage the musical ears of children. The basic principle is that all human beings are 'musical' - music is in our blood - and everyone can develop their ability to enjoy music through listening activities such as these.
New historical label Romophone joins the Naxos Music Library (16th February 2006)

Romophone includes some rare gems in the field of historical recording, going back as far as 1900. Distinctive among its releases are those of particular national interest - Italian singers for Italian works, American singers for American works etc. - as well as collections of arias translated into unusual languages, capturing the early-20th-century custom of translating opera into the local vernacular.

There are 36 releases available in the NML. Included are such renowned names as Geraldine Farrar (the complete Victor recordings 1907-09), Amelita Galli-Curci (complete acoustic recordings 1916-1920 and complete Victor recordings 1925-8, 1930) and others, as well as La Scala recordings of Verdi's Il trovatore and Aida, and Puccini's Madama Butterfly made between 1928 and 1930. There is also a remarkable disc of highlights from Wagner's Ring cycle with a variety of soloists, all singing in French.

These form a significant addition to the already substantial Naxos Historical catalogue.

N.B. These recordings are not available to subscribers in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions.

Pop and Rock Hit the Naxos Music Library! (8th February 2006)

We are pleased to announce that the NML is diversifying with the introduction of two new independent Swedish lables encompassing rock and pop music.

Stockhouse is involved in music production, promotion and concerts. It encompasses an impressive array of Swedish pop, rock and dance acts, with names such as Charlotte Nilsson, Pernilla Wahlgren, Basic Element, Pandora, Trombo Combo, Fabrizio Faniello and Carola Szucs.

Zebra Art includes recordings of jazz, indie-pop and folk/accoustic pop. Excellence across all aspects - artistry, sound and graphic design - are trademarks of the label. Artist names include Stefan Andersson, Milan Hogdahl, Somerlaht, Martina Almgren Quartet, Jenny Willen, Valdemar, Plura Jonsson, Hurdle Brothers and the internationally acclaimed Irish group Anúna.
Critically Acclaimed RING CYCLE Recording Now Available! (18th January 2006)

The Naxos Music Library now boasts particularly fine recordings of Wagner's complete Ring cycle, featuring the Staatsoper and Staatsorchester Stuttgart, conducted by Lothar Zagrosek.

This production was particularly unique in pioneering the employment of a different director and cast for the four operas, thereby giving each a distinct identity. The recordings have been widely acclaimed, and form a significant addition to the library.

Acclaimed roles include Mette Ejsing's Erda and Esa Ruuttunen's "outstanding" Alberich in Das Rheingold (along with "terrific low brass"); Tichina Vaughn's Fricka in Die Walküre; and Luana DeVol's "secure and powerful" Brünnhilde and Roland Bracht’s "formidable" Hagen in Götterdämmerung.

"Anyone interested in The Ring as a parable of human behaviour will find this rivetingü" (The Financial Times on Götterdämmerung)

Das Rheingold 8.660170-71
Die Walküre 8.660172-74
Siegfried 8.660175-78
Götterdämmerung 8.660179-82
New 'Keyword Search' for the NML (5th January 2006)
The library now benefits from a user-friendly keyword search, displayed at the top of the Browse/Search homepage. For fast, efficient search results, enter your word(s) into this box and click on 'search' or press enter. For more detailed and specific searching, you can still select 'Advanced Search' at the top of the page.
New label Profil joins the Naxos Music Library (3rd January 2006)
Profil - Edition Gunter Hänssler is the latest label to join the Naxos Music Library. Gunter Hänssler, for many years head of the successful German Hänssler Classic label, has now established a new independent classical label: PROFIL - Edition Gunter Hänssler. 'Only a classical label with a clear image has a real chance of success in today's classical market!' he says. 'Today's discerning lovers of classical music want originality and independence.' To achieve this, he has an innovative, dynamic selection of artists recording high-quality repertoire, thereby ensuring their commitment to the label's programme. This label brings 83 new recordings to the library, and includes the London Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic orchestras, conductors Bruno Walter, Charles Munch, Klaus Tennstedt, and soloists Shura Cherkasky and Itzhak Perlman.
Toccata Classics joins the Naxos Music Library (3rd November 2005)
The independent label Toccata Classics is the latest to join the Naxos Music Library. It was created expressly to explore unjustly neglected repertoire. Unlike other labels who do this in conjunction with more mainstream works, Toccata is tackling this wealth of forgotten music head on, with many premiere recordings. Previously unrecorded Lassus motets and Palestrina masses, music by Palestrina's successor Giovanni Maria Nanino, Nordic, Baltic and South American composers - these are just some of the treasures that Toccata will be exploring…
The Naxos Music Library expands at an incredible rate (3rd November 2005)

    The Naxos Music Library now has:

  • Over 8,800 titles
  • 130,000 plus tracks
  • Works by close to 7,000 composers

    These recordings come from an impressive array of record companies:

  • Naxos & Marco Polo
  • Amadis, White Cloud, Middle Kingdom, Yellow River
  • 17 other independent labels, including Analekta, ARC, Artek, BIS, Bridge Records, CBC, Celestial Harmonies, Collegium, Dacapo, First Edition, Gimell, Hänssler Classic, Morrison Music Trust, PentaTone, Prophone, Proprius, Toccata Classics
All areas of classical music are covered extensively, with a choice of a performance being available for many major works.
And these figures are growing fast. Look out for many more recordings each month.
Download sheet music from SheetMusicNow.com (13th October 2005)
SheetMusicNow.com is the largest online catalogue of classical and jazz sheet music, and it is now linked to the Naxos Music Library. Click on the banner on the right-hand side of the Browse/Search screen for access to the website, containing sheet music for thousands of pieces. For some recordings you may also click on the 'View Sheet Music' button, above the player controls, which will link directly to the music for a particular work on the CD. Here are some examples: catalogue numbers 8.557064, 8.559114, 8.550677, 8.550970-71, 8.553007, 8.553110, AN29821-2, and BIS-CD-1443.

Institutions subscribing to the Naxos Music Library may also contact the Naxos representative in their country to receive special rates for SheetMusicNow.com.
NAXOS WINS LABEL OF THE YEAR AWARD (29th September 2005)

NAXOS WINS LABEL OF THE YEAR AWARD AT

CLASSIC FM/GRAMOPHONE AWARDS

PRESS RELEASE

"Naxos has combined imaginative A&R with its philosophy of offering great music at affordable prices. Which all makes for a winning combination - classical music enthusiasts can't really go wrong!" - Gramophone

"Why pay ’15 for a classical CD when you can get a better one for a third of the cost from the budget label Naxos?" - The Guardian

On Thursday 29 September Naxos was delighted to accept the coveted Label of the Year Award at The Classic FM/Gramophone Awards ceremony.  The Award was presented to the Managing Director of Naxos UK, Anthony Anderson, at London’s Dorchester Hotel. On receiving the Award Anthony Anderson said: “This Award is, above all, a welcome recognition of Naxos’ unique achievement in facilitating consumer access to an ever-increasing range of classical repertoire.” 

The Classic FM/Gramophone Label of the Year Award recognizes outstanding achievement in the past 12 months, imaginative A & R and an impressive commitment to expanding the record catalogue. It also acknowledges a dedication to offering value for money and a visionary approach to digital distribution and music education. 

It is not difficult to see why the judges on the Classic FM/Gramophone panel chose Naxos for this cherished award. Not only is Naxos highly committed to British and American music but it has developed several series that push back the boundaries of the recorded catalogue. Such series include the 21st Century Classics, bringing music of our day to a wider public; the Japanese Classics - a ground-breaking survey of foremost 20th century composers from Japan; an 18th Century Concert/Symphony series seeking to make known many of the neglected gems from the time of Haydn to Mozart as well as the Organ Encyclopedia which combines the best of today’s organists with the main organ repertoire and top instruments. This astonishing array of repertoire remains readily accessible to the public through Naxos’ consumer-friendly price. 

Naxos’ forward-looking approach to digital distribution has meant it has remained at the forefront of the digital revolution. Being the first classical record label to digitise its complete catalogue, the label was not only ready for the advent of digital distribution but was also able to create the Naxos Music Library, a subscription service by which users can stream an enormous range of music on their computer. The Naxos Music Library now encompasses over 100,000 tracks drawn not only from the Naxos catalogue but also from other leading independent labels.  It is primarily aimed at educational institutions and so far subscriptions have been sold to over 100 universities, schools and libraries throughout the UK.  These institutions include Oxford, Cambridge and Durham Universities plus schools both from the independent and state sectors (Eton, Harrow, Charterhouse, Yehudi Menuhin, Purcell). 

Naxos Radio - which can be found on the website www.naxos.com  - is another example of Naxos’ creative approach to digital distribution. It offers over 60 channels of continuous music which can be streamed to the consumer for a small annual subscription fee. Naxos recordings can also readily be found on the main music download sites. In the UK these already include iTunes, Napster, HMV and Virgin with more to follow in the months to come.

From the outset Naxos has been dedicated to music education. The Chairman of Naxos, Klaus Heymann, recognised the importance of introducing new people to classical music and thus building the audience of tomorrow. Recent educational initiatives have included The A to Z of Classical Music and A to Z of Opera (mini musical dictionaries + 2CDs); the Life and Works series (4CD audio documentaries narration + music); the Instruments of the Orchestra (a 7CD introduction to the orchestra) and Opera Explained (a series of single CDs which put the most famous operas into their historical and musical context).
Podcasting (5th September2005)
Podcasts can now be heard on the Naxos Music Library. This means you can listen to special features on new releases and our latest interviews with performers. New podcasts will appear on a regular basis, each bringing a fresh insight into Naxos and its recordings. Just click on the 'Podcasts' link on the Browse/Search screen and choose from the current selection.
Welcome to the Naxos Music Library's Jazz Collection! (17th August 2005)

The Naxos Music Library (www.naxosmusiclibrary.com) now offers an extensive range of over 1,500 jazz recordings, contained on the independent website www.naxosmusiclibrary.com/jazz.

These recordings include many from the specialist jazz label Fantasy, as well as Naxos and Marco Polo Da Capo releases. New releases will be added on a regular basis.

All titles are searchable by:

  1. Catalogue no.
  2. Album title or track/song title
  3. Main feature artist(s)
♪♫ Junior Section  ♪♫ (10th June 2005)

Naxos is pleased to announce its Junior Section! A link to this section may be found on the left-hand menu of the ‘Browse/Search’ screen.

Listen to Aled Jones or Marin Alsop reading The Story of Classical Music and be taken on a fascinating journey through the centuries.

Click and play with the accompanying interactive material. What does ‘flutter-tonguing’ on a flute sound like? How do you pronounce ‘Camille Saint-Saüns’? Which composer fell in love with a girl who became a nun, and married her ugly sister instead?

All these questions and many more are answered. You can even learn how to read music!

Just click on ‘Junior Section’ on the left-hand menu, and all will be revealed...
Text Resources (10th June 2005)

The Text Resources section has been reorganised. A link to it may be found across the top horizontal bar, next to ‘Playlist’.
Catalogue No. is now a standalone search field (25th April 2005)

In the Advanced Search, "Catalogue No." has been separated from the "Disc Title / Composition Title" field in order to stand on its own as field 11. This expedites the search for those who are familiar with Naxos catalogues, and produces more relevant search results.

The search presumes that when a catalogue number is entered it is to find a specific title or CD; therefore all other fields are ignored.
Robert Craft recordings praised (15th March 2005)

Recent articles in The New York Times and the San Jose Mercury News have praised two newly recorded CDs of music by Schoenberg (8.557520) and Webern (8.557530). These are part of the Robert Craft Collection which began in January with re-releases of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and Les Noces (8.557499), and Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder (8.557518-19). Released this month is Stravinsky's Firebird (complete Urtext edition) and Petrushka, both with the Philharmonia Orchestra. All are available on the Naxos Music Library.

The Robert Craft Collection, when complete, will be a comprehensive survey of works by Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Webern, conducted and compiled by one of the most astute authorities on twentieth-century music.
NML supports Windows Media Player 10 (1st March 2005)

The Naxos Music Library now supports Windows Media Player 10 for PC users whilst also continuing to support WMP 9. Please see under ‘FAQ’ for more information on system requirements.
Awards

GRAMMY Award Nominations (10th December 2004)

National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) has honoured Naxos of America with 15 GRAMMY Award nominations, the most ever for the company. Naxos itself picked up six nominations, as did its Milken Archive of American Jewish Music. Naxos AudioBooks and Marco Polo earned one nomination each.

Nominees include:
Best Classical Album
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with Orchestra) - 8.559151
Elliott Carter: Symphony No. 1; Piano Concerto; 'Holiday' Overture [Mark Wait, piano; Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth Schermerhorn]

Best Orchestral Performance - 8.557145
Bax: Symphony No. 7; Tintagel [RSNO; David Lloyd-Jones]

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with Orchestra) - 8.557146
Bliss: Piano Concerto, etc. [Peter Donohoe, piano; RSNO; David Lloyd-Jones]

Best Chamber Music Performance - 8.557133
Bridge: String Quartets Nos 1 and 3 [Maggini Quartet]

Best Spoken Word Album for Children - NA331012
The Story of Classical Music [Written by Darren Henley; Read by Marin Alsop]

Best Choral Performance - 8.557149
Penderecki: St. Luke Passion [Antoni Wit; Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus; Various soloists]

Best Small Ensemble Performance
Best Engineered Album - 8.559423
Yehudi Wyner: The Mirror, Passover Offering, etc.
Milken Archive

Best Classical Crossover Album (Field 30, Category 105) - 8.225268
Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Marco Polo

Gramophone Awards (17th November 2004)
For its ‘Recording of the Month’, Gramophone has chosen Naxos’s new Vaughan Williams CD: Symphony No. 4, Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 and Flos Campi, with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Daniel, featuring viola players Stuart Green and Paul Silverthorne. 8.557276

Gramophone ‘Editor’s Choice’ awards have also gone to the above recording and to a CD of Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy and Serenade in A minor, with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dmitry Yablonsky, featuring the violinist Maxim Fedotov. 8.557395

Norwegian Sibelius Society Award (17th November 2004)
Pianist Hårvard Gimse has been awarded the ‘Sibelius Prize’ by the Norwegian Sibelius Society. His outstanding performances are well represented on Naxos by five volumes collectively entitled Sibelius: Complete Piano Works [8.553899, 8.554808, 8.554814, 8.555363, 8.555853].

Classical Internet Awards (17th November 2004)
Naxos is pleased to announce that four of its recent releases have won Classical Internet Awards.
The Classical Internet Awards have been created by Classicstoday.com, ClassicstodayFrance.com and Klassik-Heute.com to summarise the entire range of the year's new releases and offer the broadest possible selection of titles for every taste, unified only by an international consensus regarding the artistic excellence of each disc chosen. The editors of the three affiliated websites and their critics made their recommendations from the vast number of significant discs issued between Autumn 2003 and Autumn 2004.

More information on these awards may be found at http://www.classicstoday.com/awardLink.html.

The Naxos winners are:

Sacred Music
Penderecki: St Luke Passion 8.557149

Vocal Recitals
Austrian Contemporaries, Vol. 2 – Schubert 8.557172

Outstanding New Discoveries
Rochberg: Symphony No. 5, Black Sounds, Transcendental Variations 8.559115

Dvorák Year
Dvorák: Complete Solo Piano Music 8.557474, 8.557475, 8.557476, 8.557477, 8.557478
Critics’ Choices: Bolcom and Maxwell Davies (16th December 2004)
Music critics from The New York Times, Boston Globe, and the Chicago Tribune all named Naxos’s recording of William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience (8.559216–18) as one of the best classical music releases of 2004 in each of their end-of-year evaluations. The New York Times also selected Peter Maxwell Davies’s Naxos Quartets Nos 1 and 2 (8.557396), performed by the Maggini Quartet and released in November, for their list of annual highlights.
Naxos American Jewish Music: The Milken Archive (16th December 2004)
Naxos has begun to release what will be 50 CDs from the Lowell Milken Archive of American Jewish music (set up by Lowell Milken in 1990). The emphasis is on Sephardic culture, and the range of music, from the first ten releases alone, is fascinating: from synagogue melodies and biblical chants to klezmer concertos to Weill’s little-known work The Eternal Road. This latter (8.559402), as its notes in ‘About this Recording’ will tell you, defies generic definition and has been called ‘a pageant, an opera, a music-drama, a staged oratorio, a biblical morality play, a biblical epic, and a biblical extravaganza—even a “Jewish passion play”’. To find out more about the latest additions, click on ‘Collections’ in the left-hand menu of the Browse / Search page, and select ‘Milken Archive of American Jewish Music’.
Opera Libretti (7th December 2004)
Libretti for many of our opera recordings are now available, with more regularly being added.
    To find these:
  1. From the Browse / Search page, click on 'Opera Libretti', under 'Text Resources' in the left-hand menu.
  2. From the individual page of a particular opera recording, click on 'Libretto' above the Windows Media Player controls.
Major New Resource Added (30th November 2004)
A 'Text Search' has been added to the Naxos Music Library. This enables you to search for occurrences of words or phrases in the library's many programme notes (which themselves are found by clicking 'About this Recording' above the Windows Media Player box). Type 'Wagner', for example, and up will come a whole selection of texts containing 'Wagner', each occurrence of the word highlighted within. Up to 70 characters may be entered into the search box.

It may be found in the left-hand menu under 'Text Resources' in the Standard Search page.
RECORDINGS
Recent Additions (2nd September 2004)

National Anthems
The short versions of the national anthems of the 204 countries participating in the 2004 Olympics have now been added to the Naxos Music Library. To search for a particular anthem, go to Advanced Search and enter the name of the country into Field 3 [Catalogue No./Disc Title/Composition Title].

Robert Craft Signs with Naxos
Earlier this year, Naxos signed an agreement with the Robert Craft Foundation to release 33 masters with Robert Craft conducting top American and English orchestras. The recordings include the complete orchestral and chamber music works of Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Webern. The first releases are now available on the Naxos Music Library: Schoenberg's monumental Gurre-Lieder, his Concerto for String Quartet and The Book of the Hanging Gardens, and Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and Les Noces.

Coming soon to the Naxos Music Library… (5th July 2004)

Naxos Completes Boccherini Cello Concertos
Cellist Raphael Wallfisch recorded Volume 3 of the complete Boccherini Cello Concertos from May 27 to 29, 2004 with the Northern Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Ward. The new recording will become available on the Naxos Music Library in January 2004.

Complete Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras
In March 2004, the Nashville Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Schermerhorn recorded the complete Bachianas Brasileiras by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Naxos will release the new recording on three CDs in 2005.

Naxos Records Haydn's The Seasons
From July 7 to 10, 2004 Naxos recorded Haydn's oratorio with the Leipzig Chamber Orchestra and the Gewandhaus Choir at the famous Gewandhaus Concert Hall in Leipzig. The new recording will be released in 2005 but will become available on the Naxos Music Library in October 2005.

Naxos Records Handel's Rinaldo in Toronto
In June 2004 Naxos recorded the first part of Handel's Rinaldo with leading Canadian singers and Toronto's Aradia Ensemble conducted by Kevin Mallon. The second part was recorded in August 2004.

Wagner: Tristan and Isolde
In June 2004 Naxos recorded Wagner's Tristan and Isolde at the Royal Stockholm Opera. Wolfgang Millgramm and Hedwig Fassbender sang the title roles and Leif Segerstam conducted the orchestra and chorus of the Stockholm Opera.

John Adams: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
On April 20 and 21, 2004 Naxos recorded this Song Play in 2 Acts in a performance by Germany's Young Opera Company with the Holst Sinfonietta conducted by Klaus Simon.

Joan Tower
On January 17 and 18, 2004 Naxos recorded chamber music by Joan Tower, including In Memory, No Longer Very Clear, Wild Purple and others at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York. The artists included Ursula Oppens (piano), Paul Neubauer (viola), Andre Emelianoff (cello), Chee Yun (violin), Melvin Chen (piano), Richard Woodhams (oboe) and the Tokyo String Quartet.

Wagner's Ring
In 2005, Naxos will release the critically acclaimed Stuttgart Production of Wagner's Ring Cycle on CD, DVD-A and SACD. The stereo version will become available on Naxos Music Library early in 2005.

Future Recordings (30th June 2004)

William Schuman Symphonies
Naxos will record the complete symphonies by William Schuman with the Seattle Symphony conducted by Gerard Schwarz. First to be released will be Symphonies Nos 7 and 10, to be followed by Symphonies Nos 4 and 9. The project will be completed in 2006.

Luc Beausejour Records Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier
Canadian harpsichordist Luc Beausejour recorded Book I of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier in Toronto from July 4 to 12. Book II will be recorded in early 2005. Naxos Music Library subscribers will soon have a choice of listening to Bach's keyboard master-work in Jeno Jando's highly acclaimed version on a modern piano or in Luc Beausejour's harpsichord version.

Roy Harris Symphonies
Naxos will record the Harris symphonies and orchestral works with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop starting in 2005.

Free Violin Master Class Website (27th September 2004)

RENOWNED MASTER STRING TEACHER
LAUNCHES COMPREHENSIVE
FREE VIOLIN MASTER CLASS WEBSITE
www.violinmasterclass.com
Created by Kurt Sassmannshaus

The largest and most complete violin master class website in the world received its official launch on September 17, 2004. VIOLIN MASTER CLASS (http://www.violinmasterclass.com) has been created by Kurt Sassmannshaus, chairman of string department at Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and son of the renowned German violin pedagogue Egon Sassmannshaus. Offered as a completely free resource, it is the single most comprehensive violin method website ever. Violinmasterclass.com is a ground-breaking global educational project. It's the first website that shows the most important principles and techniques of violin playing via streaming media. Just click to see movies that clearly demonstrate motions, right on your computer. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then streaming media, direct from a web site, is worth ten thousand words! Best of all, the site, which cost nearly a million dollars to create and produce, will be free of charge to the user.

The templates for the structure implemented for each technique are easily understood and intuitive: definition(s), exercises for different levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced), master classes and finally, brilliant performances by Sassmannshaus's own students at the Starling Preparatory String Project and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

The viewer will be invited to watch lessons and master classes in a progression of difficulty addressing very specific technical skills. The extreme close ups of left or right hand techniques help to clearly show the important elements of each skill. This site is ideal for violinists who wish to learn from a "remote" master teacher, Kurt Sassmannshaus, with the guidance of his/her own teacher. The site is also a useful resource for teachers, parents, and industry professionals. Even young conductors wishing to learn more detail about violin techniques will find the information valuable. Future plans include sections devoted to the pedagogy community, and on-line contests!
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