CONTENTS Foreword by Klaus Heymann . 3 Alphabetical List of Works by Composer . 5 Collections . 105 Alphorn 105 Easy Listening 113 Operetta 120 American Classics 105 Flute 113 Orchestral 120 American Jewish Music 105 Funeral Music 114 Organ 122 Ballet 105 Glass Harmonica 114 Piano 124 Baroque 106 Guitar 114 Russian 125 Bassoon 106 Gypsy 117 Saxophone 125 Best Of series 106 Harp 117 Timpani 126 British Music 107 Harpsichord 117 Trombone 126 Cello 107 Horn 117 Trumpet 126 Chamber Music 107 Light Classics 117 Tuba 126 Chill With 107 Lute 118 Very Best Of series 126 Christmas 108 Mandolin 118 Viennese 127 Cinema Classics 109 Music for Meditation 118 Violin 127 Clarinet 109 Oboe 118 Vocal and Choral 127 Early Music 110 Ondes Martenot 119 Wedding Music 129 Easter 113 Operatic 119 Wind 129 Naxos Historical . 130 Naxos Nostalgia . 144 Naxos Jazz Legends . 146 Naxos Musicals . 148 Naxos Blues Legends . 148 Naxos Folk Legends . 148 Naxos Gospel Legends . 148 Naxos Jazz . 149 Naxos World . 149 Naxos Educational . 150 Naxos Super Audio CD . 151 Naxos DVD Audio . 152 Naxos DVD . 152 List of Naxos Distributors . 153 Naxos Website: www.naxos.com Symbols used in this catalogue # New release not listed in 2006 Catalogue $ Recording scheduled to be released before 31 March, 2007 ♦ Titles transferred from LP † Please note that not all titles are available in all territories. Check with your local distributor for availability. 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 L Klassik heute: Performance 10 recordings are included in various editions of the authoritative Penguin Guide. The very highest Diapason: This is the French equivalent of rating is with a awarded only to Gramophone but extensively covers live in recordings*** of exceptional quality. Otherwise, the addition to recorded music. It accords recordings rating is the highest awarded to other ratings from one to five tuning forks (diapasons). recordings*** … it means that a recording features A select few recordings are awarded a Diapason an outstanding performance and has equally d’Or. outstanding sound. Brackets around one star signify a slight reservation regarding either sound 6 Diapason d’Or or performance. In this catalogue we only list the 9 and recordings although many Five-Diapason Rating more*** of our recordings*** also received ratings, indicating a good performance and recording** of Répertoire: This is a record collectors’ publication today’s normal high standard. rating recordings on a scale of 1 to 10. 2 A recording in a very special class 8 Répertoire 10 Rating 3 An outstanding performance and 7 Répertoire 9 Rating recording in every way g Répertoire Recommended A Gramophone: This is the oldest monthly British Répertoire Historical magazine devoted to recorded music. It does not CD of the Month have a rating system and we can therefore only B Répertoire CD of the Month indicate which of our Naxos recordings were included in the monthly Editor’s Choice category and which were pronounced Disc of the Month. Le Monde de la Musique: This is the third of the French magazines. It rates recordings 4 Gramophone Editor’s Choice according to a star system, four stars being the 5 highest rating. A few select recordings are Gramophone Record of the Month awarded the CHOC symbol. C Gramophone Award Nomination ^ Special Award of D Gramophone Award Winner Le Monde de la Musique % Highest 4–Star Rating of BBC Music Magazine: Unlike Gramophone, the BBC Music Magazine is not primarily a Le Monde de la Musique publication devoted to recorded music but to music in general (as its title indicates). K Classica: Recommended by Classica Nevertheless, the publication has been increasing its coverage of classical and other recordings and ( Stereoplay: 9 Rating must now be considered a serious rival to Gramophone. The highest rating given to a ) Stereoplay: 9.5 Rating recording is ✩ outstanding. * Stereoplay: Disc of the Month 0 BBC 5–Star rating ClassicsToday: h This is the only website reviewing BBC editor’s choice all new classical releases on a daily basis. i BBC outstanding quality E Its highest rating is 10/10, the first 10 referring to the performance and a Cannes Classical Award the second 10 to the sound quality. F The Absolute Sound: Super CD l n Best Classical Album of 2003, New Zealand Music Awards f Pizzicato: Supersonic Rating m n Pizzicato: Excellentia 3 FOREWORD BY KLAUS HEYMANN When I started the Naxos label 20 years ago I had no great our prestigious 4-CD sets, each devoted to the “Life and ambitions other than making classical recordings available Works” of a great composer. Our “Opera Explained” on CD at a price comparable to that of LPs. Not in my audiobooks combine music and commentary to intelligent wildest dreams did I expect Naxos to become the world’s effect, and we offer a 7-CD set devoted to The Instruments leading label for classical repertoire. In many countries, of the Orchestra. including the UK, it is also now the best-selling classical label. Another telling example of our intent to broaden and develop our remit is the commissioning of Sir Peter And Naxos is no longer just a ‘budget’ label - it was named Maxwell Davies to write 10 “Naxos Quartets”, the first of The 2005 Label of the Year at the 2005 Gramophone/ which appeared in late 2004, in a ground-breaking venture Classic FM Awards, and in February 2006, the Naxos which sees a composer writing and naming a series of recording of William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and of works after a label. Experience won three GRAMMY Awards. That passion to develop the market extends to technology As of January 2007, our catalogue comprises over 3,000 too, and here we have a significant lead over others. Naxos releases and we add about fifteen new releases every month. is the only label, major or independent, to have released By the end of 2007, our catalogue will be close to 3,400 important titles in three different formats, CD, DVD-A recordings, offering music lovers a veritable encyclopedia of and hybrid SACD. classical music. We are likewise investing in exciting new digital delivery As important as sheer breadth of choice is the quality of the formats with our Naxos Music Library which enables a offering. After all, one’s natural love of a bargain is always university library or music faculty to offer students tempered by the suspicion of possible corner cutting. With complete unlimited access to all 90,000 Naxos and Marco us you can purchase with utter confidence. Look at the Polo tracks [and the tracks of many independent labels, as reviews and you’ll see that Naxos enjoys immense critical well] at the click of a mouse. Naxos Radio (available from respect. More than 800 Penguin Guide 3-star the website, www.naxos.com) enables a subscriber to enjoy recommendations and over 130 “Editor’s Choices” in The 60 channels of streamed classical music through a Gramophone magazine attest to that as do the thousands of computer for 24 hours a day at a very modest cost. In fact, enthusiastic letters and emails we receive every year. the way we are able to distribute music is undergoing exciting changes: for instance, the time is not far off where So, how do we manage to issue brand new recordings at less you could be filling up your MP3 player at a kind of than half the price of full-price recordings? Particularly, one musical gas station, most likely your favourite retailer. The wonders, since we work with many of the same orchestras as Naxos instinct for innovation ensures that it will continue other independent record companies, employ some of the as what the Los Angeles Times has called an “industry same producers and engineers and thus have costs similar to leader” in the digital distribution of music. most other record companies. The answer is simple: our consumer-friendly price and wide distribution allow us to We continue to invest a great deal of effort and money into spread that recording cost across 20,000 to 30,000 copies. www.naxos.com with a highly sophisticated database that allows unprecedented access to information about musical A sense of adventure keeps us all fresh and innovative too. works and enables the visitor to the site to find all 90,000 In addition to superb new versions of the established core tracks in our catalogues. Those who subscribe to the site classics, we have made remarkable treasures accessible to can also listen to every single track. Our website also offers adventurous music lovers - from British String Quartets to information about other independent CD and DVD labels, Japanese Classical Favourites, from 20th Century American making it a veritable portal for the world of recorded Music to symphonies of the 18th Century that had never classical music. been recorded before. I hope we never lose the joy of discovering something new and remarkable. Our dedication to classical music has been rewarded with unprecedented acclaim from the media but also, and more In fact, a key benefit to music of the Naxos approach is that importantly, from our customers. works once considered unusual, such as a Glass Violin Concerto or the Hummel Masses [which our affiliated Given the quality and breadth of Naxos releases, there’s publishing company, Artaria Editions, also published], can always a reason to go back to Naxos every month.