Review: VILLA-ROJO – Concierto plateresco

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 …

Die Naxos Music Library (NML) erhält Bestnoten von Musikexperten

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 …

Review: Naxos Classical Music Spotlight

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 …

Artists from Naxos of America Family of Distributed Labels Honored with 15 GRAMMY Award Nominations

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 …

Naxos Distributes Idil Biret Archive Recordings

To have the freedom to decide what kind of repertory to record is a most exhilarating feeling a musician can experience. The establishment of the Idil Biret Archive label with worldwide distribution by Naxos is simply the realization of a wish, a dream coming true for me.” -Idil Biret The Idil Biret Archive contains all Read More …

JOSEPH HAYDN – Sämtliche Sinfonien (Vol. 34) – CD des Monats OKTOBER 2008

JOSEPH HAYDN – Sämtliche Sinfonien (Vol. 34) – CD des Monats OKTOBER 2008 JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809) Sämtliche Sinfonien Vol. 34 Sinfonien Nr. 62 D-Dur Nr. 107 B-Dur . Nr. 108 B-Dur Ouvertüre zu La vera costanza (List & Liebe). Ouvertüre zu Lo speziale (Der Apotheker) Toronto Chamber Orchestra Dirigent: Kevin Mallon (Letzte Folge der Gesamteinspielung) Read More …

KINDERSINFONIE – CD des Monats NOVEMBER 2008

Leopold MOZART (1719–1787) Sinfonia in G major (Eisen G8) Berchtesgadener Musik ‘Kindersinfonie’ (’Toy Symphony’) Sinfonia in D major (Eisen D15) Sinfonia in A major (Eisen A1) Sinfonia in G major ‘Neue Lambacher Sinfonie’ Toronto Chamber Orchestra • Kevin Mallon Naxos ▪ 8.570499D ▪ 1 CD ▪ DDD Normalerweise stehen die Kinder prominenter Eltern oft im Schatten Read More …

Opus Arte releases the world-premiere recording of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s The Minotaur

“Thanks to a superb cast and impeccable playing under Antonio Pappano, the evening is a glittering success. … What Birtwistle has done is give us one opera inside another. The outer one is strident and earthbound; the inner one-ending with the Minotaur’s Caliban-like dying aria-burns with visionary fire.” – The Independent On November 18, Opus Read More …

Looking to the future

Let’s face it, we haven’t been hearing a lot of good news about the economy lately. These tough times have also pushed the already strapped classical music industry into making some very tough decisions. Eleven layoffs at the City Opera, followed by workers asked to stay home for two days because there wasn’t enough money Read More …