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TheNEW World’s LeadingON Classical NAXOS Music Label APRIL 2011 1 When you view this PDF on your computer you can click on the hyperlinks to visit the Album Pages, Biographies & Discographies and other web pages. The April 2011 new releases will be live on naxos.com closer to the release month. NAXOS BLU-RAY AUDIO NAXOS BLU-RAY AUDIO ORCHESTRAL NBD0009 | 730099000963 MAHLER Symphony No. 8 Soloists • Polish Radio Choir in Krakow • Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University Choir • Warsaw Boys Choir Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra • Antoni Wit, conductor On this stunning Naxos Blu-ray Audio album Antoni Wit leads the immense forces required for Mahler’s Eighth Symphony in a performance, originally released on Naxos CD 8.550533-34, ‘at once deeply religious and extremely sensual. The playing is tremendous, the choral singing thrillingly beautiful ‘(The Guardian) which ‘combines the best of just about all of the competing versions and offers the most accurate sense of what the piece really does (or should) sound like live’ (10/10 Classics Today). The CD version’s ‘full-bodied sound production’ (Fanfare) is here further enhanced by state-of-the-art high-resolution and extra-wide dynamics, giving ‘one of the top Mahler Eighths’ (Classical CD Review) a new sonic dimension. CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NAXOS RECORDING NOW ON BLU-RAY AUDIO FOR THE FIRST TIME! Warsaw Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra Antoni Wit The Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra are renowned the world over, and perform on an extraordinary number of acclaimed Naxos recordings. Antoni Wit is one of today’s most highly regarded Polish conductors. Their new recording of Karłowicz’s ‘Revival’ Symphony is also being released this month on Naxos CD 8.572487. Also available on CD (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra): The Naxos Mahler Album 8.578124 MAHLER Symphony No 1 ‘Titan’ 8.550522 MAHLER Symphony No 2 ‘Resurrection’ 8.550523-24 MAHLER Symphony No 3, Symphony No 10 - Adagio 8.550525-26 MAHLER Symphony No 4 8.550527 MAHLER Symphony No 5 8.550528 MAHLER Symphony No 6 ‘Tragic’ 8.550529-30 MAHLER Symphony No 8 ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ 8.550533-34 Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Biography & Discography Antoni Wit Biography & Discography Gustav Mahler Biography & Discography For related titles please see the Order Form TheNEW World’s LeadingON Classical NAXOS Music Label APRIL 2011 2 NAXOS BLU-RAY AUDIO NAXOS BLU-RAY AUDIO ORCHESTRAL NBD0016 | 730099001663 VIVALDI ‘The Four Seasons’ & Concertos Op 8 Nos 5-6 Cho-Liang Lin, violin • Anthony Newman, harpsichord & organ • Sejong Praised by Gramophone magazine as ‘an invigorating account of the Seasons’ when first released on Naxos CD 8.557920, Vivaldi’s universally popular Four Seasons, with their virtuoso part for solo violinist, depict the changing seasons in a pastoral landscape with dazzling variety. 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    School of Music – University Band – Collective Repertoire Adams, John - Short Ride in a Fast Machine Adler, Samuel – Southwestern Sketches Agay, Denes – Dance Toccata Anderson, Leroy - A Christmas Festival Arnold, Malcolm/Johnstone - English Dances Arnold, Malcolm/Paynter - Four Scottish Dances Arnold, Malcolm/Paynter - Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo Arutiunian, Alexander/Duker - Trumpet Concerto Bach, Jan - Praetorius Suite Bach, Johann Sebastian/Moehlmann - Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major Bach, P. D. Q. - Grand Serenade for An Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion Bach, P. D. Q. - March of the Cute Little Wood Sprites Barber, Samuel - Commando March Barber, Samuel/Beckel - Toccata Festiva * * * Carla Edwards, organ* * * Barnes, James - Yorkshire Ballad Basler, Paul - Mangulina Beckel, James A. Jr., - The American Dream Beckel, James A. Jr., - The Glass Bead Game * * * Richard Graef, horn * * * Beckel, James A. Jr., - Make A Joyful Noise Beckel, James A. Jr. – Music for Winds, Piano, and Percussion Beckel, James A. Jr. – Symphony for Band Beethoven, Ludwig van/Greissle - Military March in C Bennett, Robert Russell - Suite of Old American Dances Berlioz, Hector/Smith - Marche Hongroise "Rakoczy" from Damnation of Faust Bernstein, Leonard/Krance - Danzon Bernstein, Leonard/Beeler - Overture to "Candide" Bernstein, Leonard /Grundman - Slava! Bernstein, Leonard/Polster - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Bird, Arthur - Suite in D Brahms, Johannes/Buehlman - "Blessed are They" from Ein Deutsches Requiem Britten, Benjamin/Jan Bach - "The