Having gained popularity in recent years for his critically acclaimed original scores for The Hours and The Illusionist…
… Some stunning examples of this can be heard in this Naxos release of three Glass works from the 1980s, written not for the screen but for the concert hall…
… The violin concerto was written in 1987 and is performed here by the orchestra’s principal violinist, Australia’s Adele Anthony…
New methods for linking music and listeners are materializing within the industry. Our salute this month goes to the Naxos music label…
… I hope I am stirring your interest up for the ‘Naxos Newsletter’. It is easy to subscribe. Just visit www.naxos.com and go to the bottom of their web page where the golden tab says ‘Newsletter Subscription’…
… their comprehensive approach sets them aside as a great citizen and promoter of our art form. It is educational and informative beyond expectation. The introduction of the ‘Newsletter’ is an example of how Naxos is setting the pace and standard for the industry…
Naxos Classical Music Spotlight Podcast… bring great music with explanations on the side which touch upon music and the biographies of the musicians and composers. As a consequence, this can turn into a veritable history podcast…
… the marvels of her life are narrated and must stand on their own…
Rossini’s decision abruptly to end his operatic career at the age of only thirty-seven has been the subject of many debates and copious articles over the years….
… Naxos and the distinguished, award-winner pianist Alessandro Marangoni, deserve to be congratulated for the decision to record the complete Péchés…
… This CD set is undoubtedly an excellent recording of Rossini’s often neglected but wonderful piano music, finally being given the attention it deserves…
An article from New Zealand Herald by William Dart on composer and classical music producer Wayne Laird
While Naxos Records calls on Laird’s studio expertise for this and other projects, he also runs his own label…
… His background is as diverse as his catalogue, going back to Avondale College in the 1960s when classical music was always “something that came from overseas”…
… Joining the ensemble From Scratch in the 1980s, alongside Philip Dadson, Geoff Chapple and Don McGlashan, got him “out of this classical thing”…
Texas pianist John Salmon (b. 1954) may have accomplished for Ukrainian composer Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937) what Leonard Pennario did for Louis Moreau Gottschalk a generation ago…
… The curious combination of classical procedures and jazzy, hip sounds takes us to The Half Note in New York City, a real “club” sonority that Salmon’s right hand whips out in runs while the left has the bumping ostinati…
… Salmon ends with a blistering Scherzo–a toccata really–from the Sonata No. 2, wherein any number of pounding of the D in 12/8 time gets our blood pumping…
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