Naxos Blog

Naxos Books was launched in November 2005.  This entry into publishing was the realization of a long-held vision to take the well-established, trusted brand of Naxos into the world of books. 

The books come with CDs and web sites, an approach that is innovative and unique in publishing and inconceivable for any other record company.  The scope is wide: Naxos Books will continue to feature both popular and specialist titles. 

“Naxos is one of the most well-known and respected brand names in classical music.  Bringing together the environments of books, CDs, and the internet was the obvious next step,” remarks Naxos founder and chair Klaus Heymann.

Life and Music  

• A multimedia take on the well-established biographical format.
• Each book contains 2 CDs plus access to a dedicated web site with ours more music by the composer and his contemporaries. 
• Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Chopin, and Wagner published; more to come. 

Robert Craft: Down a Path of Wonder

• At the specialist end are Craft’s memories of Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and other cultural figures.  Launched at the Ritz, London, in November by Craft himself.
• “Part literary criticism, part musicology, and part memoire, it paints an extraordinary picture of the post-Second World War cultural elite to which Craft . . . gained access.” –Alice Jones, The Independent (UK)

Coming September 2007: Those Amazing Musical Instruments!

• Full-color children’s book (ages 7-11) by Genevieve Helsby.
• Includes a CD-ROM with over 150 extracts of music and more.
• Renowned conductor Marin Alsop provides helpful tips and commentary throughout.

With Portuguese, American, and Hebrew editions of the composer biographies already published, Naxos’s new imprint looks to echo the international impact of its recordings. 

Naxos Books are published in the United States by Sourcebooks.