Naxos Blog

“A pioneering force in an otherwise risk-averse industry” 
            –Elizabeth Blair 

“Few record companies have redefined the experience of buying CDs as dramatically as Naxos . . . Its electronic and online presence with Naxos Web Radio and the Naxos Music Library show that the label’s visionary zeal remains as acute as ever.” 
         –James Jolly, Gramophone  

“Naxos specializes in bucking conventional wisdom . . . a rare success story in a struggling industry.”
           –Anne Midgette, The New York Times 

“. . . a label that seems intent on recording every note of the classical repertory while the rest of the industry is in a state of perpetual retrenchment.”
          –Allan Kozinn, The New York Times   

“It’s all happening on Naxos, the voracious budget label that dispatches repertory by the trunkload.”
         –John Rockwell, The New York Times 

“Evidently someone forgot to tell Naxos that the record industry is in the doldrums.  A box of Naxos CD’s that just crossed my desk, varied and abundant, belied any notion of a slump.”
         –James Oestreich, The New York Times  

“. . . one of the most adventuresome of all independent classical labels.”                   
         –Barrymore Laurence Scherer, Wall Street Journal  

“One damn-the-torpedoes label that is doing everything an enterprising recording company in the early 21st Century should be doing is Naxos, where musical and sonic excellence comes with a healthy respect for the classical consumer’s pocketbook.”
         –John Von Rhein, Chicago Tribune  

“Klaus Heymann is doing much more than the Hapsburgs to promote the spread of classical music.”
         –Andrew Tanzer, Forbes Magazine 

“This indispensable budget label offers a fabulous website that not only offers a rundown of the extensive Naxos catalog of CDs and DVDs, but offers a readable history of music and thumbnail bios of the great composers.”
         –Marc Shulgold, Rocky Mountain News  

“Almost all generalizations about the classical record business are challenged by the giant-killer Naxos, the indefatigable global budget brand that continues to knock out titles as if these were actually good times (and for Naxos, they evidently are).”
         –Steve Metcalf, Hartford Courant 

“Thanks to the pioneering, wallet-friendly Naxos label, for those interested in exploring the vast wealth of American music these are bounteous times indeed.”
         –Lawrence A. Johnson, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  

“No other record label has done more for American classical music in recent years than Naxos.” 
          –Chris DeLaurenti, The Stranger (Seattle) “Naxos continues to boast the most impressive—some might say overwhelming—release schedule of any recording company. . . Soundscan rates [Naxos] as the country’s No. 1 independent classical distributor and label.”
         –Billboard Magazine  “Naxos has become without doubt the world’s favourite classical label.”                  
         –BBC Music Magazine 

“Naxos has become a major force in the recording industry . . . More importantly, Naxos has brought hitherto neglected gems of classical music to an even wider audience.” 
         –BBC Music Magazine  

“Naxos has done more than many to make classical music accessible to everyone by releasing recordings that are affordable to most pockets without compromising on artistic integrity or standards, and the enormously varied release schedule allows many talented musicians a platform thay may never otherwise have.”
         –Joanna Wilson, Classic FM  

“I have a shopping basket full of Naxos recordings to recommend for this ‘Records to Die for’ issue. Two recommendations? Nah. How about 24!”
         –Stereophile Magazine  

“Over its twenty years Naxos has been transformed from a low-price supplier of core repertoire to one of the most adventurous explorers of little-known musical territory . . . It’s hard to imagine our CD shelves without a good number of Naxos recordings on them.” 
         –James Inverne, Gramophone  

“Naxos is simply the most exciting thing happening in classical music today.”
         –Classicstoday.com