Naxos Releases A New Recording of John Adams’ Nixon In China

On October 27, Naxos released John Adams’ 1987 masterwork Nixon in China, performed at Opera Colorado in June of 2008. This is the first new recording of the Adams opera since the original cast recording was released in 1987. Conducted … Read More →

BERNSTEIN Mass

Podcast: Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Leonard Bernstein wrote his Mass at the request of Jacqueline Onassis, for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts in Washington. It is a huge work, almost an hour and three-quarters long, that with bewildering … Read More →

Naxos Congratulates Recording Artists Marin Alsop and The Pacifica Quartet, Two of Musical America’s 2009 Honorees

Naxos congratulates two of its most distinguished recording artists-conductor Marin Alsop, Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the Pacifica Quartet-who recently were named as two of Musical America’s 2009 honorees. Ms. Alsop and the Quartet share this honor … Read More →

Marin Alsop dirigiert Dvořák – CD des Monats JUNI 2008

Marin Alsop dirigiert Dvořák – CD des Monats JUNI 2008 Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Symphony No. 9 Symphonic Variations, Op. 78 Theme – Variations 1-27 – Finale Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, ‘From the New World’ BALTIMORE SYMPHONY … Read More →

Naxos brings ‘Nixon’ alive

An article from RockyMountainNews by Marc Shulgold The veteran record producer/engineers were preparing earlier this month to record all four performances of Opera Colorado’s Nixon in China for the classical Naxos label… … For Newton and Handley, though, it was … Read More →