Alphabetical List of Composers and Their Works
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CATALOGUECATALOGUE 20022002 Alphabetical list of Composers and their Works LAST UPDATED 17 -June -2002 SearchingSearching thethe NaxosNaxos CatalogueCatalogue You can search for any word, like the name of a composer, a particular work or an artist’s name, by either clicking the icon on the top right-hand corner of the menu bar, or by pressing Ctrl–F, and then entering the word to start searching. To continue the search for more entries under the same keyword, press the icon again or Ctrl-G (Command+G in Mac). CONTENTS Foreword by Klaus Heymann . 4 Alphabetical List of Works by Composer . 6 Collections . 116 American Classics 116 Flute 130 Organ 138 Ballet 116 Funeral Music 130 Piano 139 Baroque 116 Glassharmonica 130 Russian 140 Bassoon 117 Guitar 130 Samplers 141 Best of series 117 Gypsy 132 Saxophone 142 Cello 120 Harp 132 Trombone 142 Chamber Music 120 Horn 132 Trumpet 142 Christmas 120 Light Classics 132 Viennese 142 Cinema Classics 122 Oboe 132 Violin 142–143 Clarinet 124 Operatic 133 Vocal and Choral 143 Early Music 124 Operetta 134 Wedding 145 Easy Listening 127 Orchestral 135 Wind 145 Naxos Jazz . 146 Naxos World . 146 Naxos Historical . 147 Naxos Nostalgia . 152 Naxos Jazz Legends . 153 Naxos Instrumental . 153 Naxos International . 154 Naxos Audiobooks . 155 Naxos Educational . 158 Naxos DVD . 159 Arthaus DVD . 159 Key Classical Collection . 162 Classical Music Used in Films . 169 List of Naxos Distributors . 180 Cover Painting: Lady seated at a virginal by Jan Vermeer (1632-1675) Naxos Website: www.naxos.com Symbols used in this catalogue # New release not listed in 2001 Catalogue $ Recording scheduled to be released before 31 December, 2001 2 Also available on Mini-Disc (MD)(7.XXXXXX) Reviews and Ratings Over the years, Naxos recordings have received outstanding critical acclaim in virtually every specialized and general-interest publication around the world. In this catalogue we are only listing ratings which summarize a more detailed review in a single number or a single rating. Our recordings receive favourable reviews in many other publications which, however, do not use a simple, easy to understand rating system. Penguin Guide: More than half of all current Naxos Classic CD: This publication has taken a more recordings are included in various editions of the popular approach to classical music and has a authoritative Penguin Guide. The very highest circulation comparable to that of Gramophone. rating is with a awarded only to The highest rating accorded by Classic CD to a ★★★★★ recordings*** of exceptional quality. Otherwise, the recording is (Performance and/or rating is the highest awarded to other Sound). recordings*** … it means that a recording features ! Classic CD 5–Star Rating an outstanding performance and has equally @ Classic CD disc of the month outstanding sound. Brackets around one star signify a slight reservation regarding either sound Diapason: This is the French equivalent of or performance. In this catalogue we only list the Gramophone but extensively covers live in *** and *** recordings although many addition to recorded music. It accords recordings more of our recordings also received ** ratings, ratings from one to five tuning forks (diapasons). indicating a good performance and recording of A select few recordings are awarded a Diapason today’s normal high standard. d’Or. 3 A recording in a very special class 6 Diapason d’Or 2 An outstanding performance and recording in 9 Five-Diapason Rating every way Répertoire: This is a record collectors’ publication Gramophone: This is the oldest monthly British rating recordings on a scale of 1 to 10. magazine devoted to recorded music. It does not have a rating system and we can therefore only 8 Répertoire 10 Rating indicate which of our Naxos recordings were 7 Répertoire 9 Rating included in the monthly Editor’s Choice category g Répertoire Recommandé and which were pronounced Disc of the Month. A Répertoire L’Historique du Mois D Gramophone Awards 2001 B Répertoire Le Disque du Mois 4 Gramophone editor’s choice 5 Gramophone disc of the month Le Monde de la Musique: This is the third of C Gramophone Award Nomination the French magazines. It rates recordings according to a star system, four stars being the BBC Music Magazine: Unlike Gramophone, the highest rating. A few select recordings are BBC Music Magazine is not primarily a awarded the CHOC symbol. publication devoted to recorded music but to ^ Special Award of Le Monde de la Musique music in general (as its title indicates). % Highest 4–Star Rating of Le Monde de la Nevertheless, the publication has been increasing Musique its coverage of classical and other recordings and must now be considered a serious rival to ( Stereoplay: 9 Rating Gramophone. The highest rating given to a ) recording is ✩ outstanding. Stereoplay: 9.5 Rating * 0 BBC 5–Star rating Stereoplay: Disc of the Month h BBC editor’s choice E ClassicsToday: This is the only website reviewing i BBC outstanding quality all new classical releases on a daily basis. Its highest rating is 10/10, the first 10 referring a Cannes Classical Awards to the performance and the second 10 to the sound quality. f Pizzicato: Supersonic Rating F The Absolute Sound: Super CD 4 Foreword by Klaus Heymann When I started the Naxos label fourteen years ago new, promising artists by assigning important I had no great ambitions other than making projects to them. classical recordings available on CD at a price There is now a critical consensus that Naxos comparable to that of LPs. Not in my wildest recordings are as good as or better than those of dreams did I expect my humble creation to many labels selling at a much higher price. That become the world’s leading classical label 14 years is, of course, not surprising. Naxos works with later, leading at least in terms of genuine new many of the orchestras also used by other releases and of available, unduplicated repertoire. independent record companies, some of the same In addition, in many countries, including such producers and engineers and with artists of similar important classical markets as the UK, Naxos is or better calibre. Our costs are the same as those also now the best-selling classical label in terms of other independent record companies. However, of the number of CDs sold. our consumer-friendly price allows us to sell many Naxos is also now the leading repertoire times more copies of a recording than we could provider in the world. Our catalogue now (as of sell at a high price and we can therefore spread July 2001) comprises more than 2100 releases and our costs across 20,000 to 30,000 copies, where we expect to add about ten new releases every a full-price recording would only sell 3,000 to month so that, by the end of the year 2002, our 5,000 copies. catalogue will list almost 2,300, largely Naxos also invests heavily in educational unduplicated recordings, offering music lovers a projects, thus building future audiences. We not veritable encyclopedia of classical music. only publish numerous educational leaflets and How did we achieve this unexpected success, booklets, from “How to Build a Classical CD unexpected by myself, my colleagues and by our Collection” and “How to Enjoy Classical competitors? Our success is mainly due to the fact Concerts” to the “A-Z of Classical Music” and that Naxos is a label created and developed by the “A-Z of Opera”. We are also funding music lovers for music lovers. At Naxos, we are educational projects for children aged 6 to 10 serious about our music. We re-invest the slim (“Music for Kids”), for secondary school children profits we make at our low price into new (“Attacca”) and are also supporting an Internet- repertoire and in developing a growing number based music appreciation course for college and of new artists. university students (“i-cubed”). New series include But we also invested in a world-wide “Lives and Works of the Great Composers”, distribution network with wholly or partly owned “Classics Explained” and “Opera Explained”. A distribution companies headed by people who are 7-CD set devoted to the “Instruments of the as passionate about classical music as I have been Orchestra” is in preparation. all my life. We are also investing a great deal of effort and Some of these distribution companies now also money into our <naxos.com> website with a distribute today’s other leading independent labels highly sophisticated data base, that will allow such as Hyperion, CPO, BIS, Harmonia Mundi unprecedented access to information about (France), ASV, Haenssler, MDG, Collegium and musical works and enable the visitor to the site others, labels also created and developed by people to find every single work in out Naxos and Marco who are serious about classical music. Polo catalogues. Our website also offers At the same time, most of our major information about other independent labels, competitors focus on crossover programmes, making it a veritable portal for the world of theme compilations and a handful of marketable recorded classical music. stars. Most no longer undertake long-term Our dedication to classical music has been recording projects or invest money in developing rewarded with unprecedented acclaim from the FOREWORD BY KLAUS HEYMANN | NAXOS CATALOGUE 2002 5 media but also, and more importantly, from our in 1987, substantial increases in our costs offset customers. Naxos will continue to serve them, by the decline in the manufacturing cost of CD’s. making ever more exciting repertoire available at Keep supporting our efforts by taking a chance the affordable Naxos price which, incidentally, has on the many new recordings we plan to release remained largely unchanged since we first started over the next few years … at the Naxos price you’re not taking a chance.