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The acclaimed Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux sings two major song cycles by Robert Schumann (1810-1856), and four other songs by the composer (”Der Nussbaum,” “Er ist’s,” “Loreley,” and “Widmung”), on a new recording from naïve. Pianist Daniel Blumenthal accompanies Lemieux in the Liederkreis (Op. 39) and Frauenliebe und-leben (Op. 42), both written in 1840 when Read More …
In recent years it has been an enormous thrill hearing my music being performed by The Dmitri Ensemble. This excellent young ensemble brings a breath of fresh air to music-making in this country and is fortunate to have in their director Graham Ross one of the most exciting new musicians to appear on the radar. Read More …
This week Naxos of America’s Collin Rae weights in on Italian movie soundtrack music of the 1960s and 1970s: So much has already been written about Italian movie soundtrack music of the 1960’s and 70’s that I certainly won’t shed any new light on this subject, instead I will simply highlight some of the wonderful Read More …
John Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan Garners Two Wins: Best Contemporary Classical Composition and Best Classical Vocal Performance; The Pacifica Quartet Wins Best Chamber Music Performance for Elliott Carter’s String Quartets Nos. 1 & 5; The Los Angeles Opera Production of Kurt Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Read More …
On January 27, Naxos releases the latest recording by Pulitzer, Oscar, Grammy®, and Grawemeyer winner John Corigliano, Symphony No. 3, ‘Circus Maximus’ (Naxos 8559601). Scored for a large concert band encircling the audience, the work is performed here by the University of Texas Wind Ensemble, led by Jerry Junkin. The recording also features Corigliano’s 1979 Read More …
For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time. – Brian Eno In 1978, Brian Eno composed his revolutionary ambient masterwork Music for Airports. 20 years later, in what seemed like a perfect marriage of barrier-breaking music and innovative musicians, Bang on a Can released a new interpretation of Read More …
Here is a review from Audiophile Audition by Steven Ritter on VILLA-ROJO: Concierto plateresco Spanish composer who is considered one of the leading lights in contemporary Spanish classical music… sense of development by allowing the soloist exceptional space in Spanish-like flavoring, leading the charge in the declaration of the melodic material… … Personally I find Read More …
Scott Foglesong nennt Naxos Music Library (NML) „die Klassik-Hörbibliothek par excellence“ Die Streaming-Service-Plattform NML wird von Scott Foglesong für Liebhaber der Klassischen Musik als die Nummer 1 unter allen netzweiten Anbietern bewertet. Scott Foglesong ist Vorsitzender der Fakultät für Musiktheorie am Konservatorium San Francisco. Er unterrichtet in Berkeley und berät als Fachmann auch das San Read More …
Here is a review from Anne is a Man! by Anne Frid de Vries on Naxos Classical Music Spotlight podcast Naxos Classical Music Spotlight Podcast is more than a promotional podcast… valuable listening to the podcast even if you are not considering a purchase… … when Naxos interviewed the conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, I rushed Read More …
Note: This post is over a month old. You may want to check later in this blog to see if there is new information. The Recording Academy® honored artists from labels Naxos, Chandos, EuroArts, CPO, Naïve classique and Artek-with a combined 15 nominations across 11 categories this year, thus capturing 23% of the available classical Read More …