New from Medici Arts “Music for Airpots” Along with Documentary Film “In the Ocean”

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 …

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 …