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Defining Naxos

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AMERICAN CLASSICS Since 198 7 , Naxos has redefined how is presented and marketed. Innovative strategies in recording exciting new repertoire as well ...... page 2-3 as classical warhorse literature with exceptional talent have enabled the label to develop one of the largest and fastest growing catalogues of unduplicated repertoire available anywhere currently over 2000 titles with state-of-the-art sound and the consumer-friendly price of $6.99 /CD. The Naxos philosophy has proven to be widely successful and has propelled Naxos of America into the #1 position in defined . . . . . Featured Titles ..... page 4 Independent Classical Music Distribution in the US for the past 18 months with a marketshare of nearly double that of its closest competitor at over 5%. Securing its place at the top of the independent classical music industry, Naxos of America was the only clas- sical music distributor to be honored this year with a nomination for the Best Small Distributor award given by the National . . . . . New Releases .... pages 5-6 Association of Record Merchants (NARM). Naxos has been aggressive in the development of educational and outreach materials, specifically designed to introduce new listeners ...... page 7 to the joys of classical music. Listen, Learn and Grow, music to stimulate and inspire young minds, a CD of classical music for chil- dren, is one example of such a project. Listen, Learn and Grow was initially developed to be given to the newborns in the state of Tennessee in 1999 and is now available for purchase nationwide. Since the Mother’s Day retail debut on May 4th, 1999, Listen, Learn and Grow has sold over 50,000 units and has soared to the top of the Billboard Classical Budget charts. In June of 2000 Naxos ...... page 8 released a follow-up disc of classical music for bedtime entitled Listen, Learn and Grow Lullabies. This title is already in the Billboard White Cloud Classical Budget top 10 and has sold nearly 30,000 units in just 3 months of availability...... The Naxos label has gained stature with consumers and critics by pioneering groundbreaking projects like the American Classics se r i e s da c a p o . . page 9 which, when finished, will be the most comprehensive recording project of American Concert music ever attempted, encompassing over 200 titles. Naxos has also embarked upon a landmark historical project. Several new titles are being released each month in this massive restoration project engineered by leading restoration engineers/artists covering all genres of classical music. The source materials for this cpo . . . . . pages 10- 1 1 series are the original 78 rpm and LP pressings of studio recordings dating from 1905 to 1950. CEDAR¨ equipment is used to carefully restore the original sound of some of history’s most important performances by such immortal talents as Enrico Caruso, Jüssi Björling, , and many more...... page 11 Through these and other accomplishments, Naxos has become the World’s Leading Classical Music Label*, garnering ’ awards from major music publications including the Gr a m o p h o n e Editor’s Choice award, five nominations for the 20 0 0 CR ITI C S PICKS! ...... page 12 Cannes Classical Awards, a recent GR A M M Y ¨ nomination and eight AF I M nominations. Are you listening? Order Kru s c h e ’ s Debut Make AudioBooks The Naxos a Part of Your 2000 Fe a t u r es Catalog! Grammy Win n e r Back to School Pe y t o n Promotion Plans Friendship Pag o d a , Martin Krusche’s debut Naxos Jazz recording The world’s greatest literature – fiction, nonfiction, poetry and Gramophone drama – is available from Naxos AudioBooks. Our current cata- marks an exciting addition to the label’s repertoire. This is due to log contains 190 key classics for adults and younger listeners, Or der Tod a y ! the fact that the release will be the first-ever live project issued by a including over 75 required high school and college reading Naxos Jazz artist. In addition, the album—which was recorded at selections, all presented in the distinctive Naxos style – enhanced New Orleans’ Snug Harbor club—features a band that includes by classical music, digitally recorded, affordably priced and Grammy winner Nicholas Peyton on trumpet, alongside New available on both cassette and CD. We remain the only major Orleans heavy-hitters David Pulphus (bass), Victor Atkins (piano) audiobook company in the world to offer all titles on CD. and Geoff Clapp (drums). "What’s exciting about jazz is the Whether you’re looking for the works of Homer, Chaucer, process" the German-born, New Orleans/New York transplant Austen, Stevenson or Shakespeare, Dickens, Dostoyevsky or Krusche says. "…if anything will keep this music alive, it’s that Twain, or the 20th century giants James Joyce and Marcel particular excitement of a performance. It’s not that it’s new or Proust, Naxos has the answer. Classics are defined by their abili- perfect—it’s that it’s happening on the spot." And happen it does as ty to survive the passing years and fashion… Naxos AudioBooks presents superior recordings that do just that. the very able Krusche leads through a combination of his originals, complimented by new To receive a complete catalog featuring our takes on a couple of standards, including 190 titles currently available, please contact us at 1- 8 7 7 - N A X OS CD, extension 32. Billy Strayhorn’s Ch e l s e a Bridge. NEW RELEASES • SEPTEMBER 2000 H I S T O R I C A L SERIES

8 .110703 – SRP: $6.99 Great Singers - Enrico Caruso The Complete Recordings Volume 1 Franchetti: : "Studenti, udite" – "Ah, vieni qui…No, non chiuder gli occhi" – "No, non chiuder" / Verdi: : "Questa o quella" – "La donna è mobile" - :"" / Massenet: : "O dolce incanto (Il sogno)" / Donizetti: L’Elisir d’amore: "" / Boito: : "Dai campi, dai prati" – "Giunto sul paso estremo (Epilogue)" / Puccini: " E lucevan le stelle" / Mascagni: : "Apri la tua finestra (Serenata)" – : "O Lola (Siciliana)" / Giordano: : "Amor ti vieta" / Ponchielli: : "Cielo e mar!" / Leoncavallo: I : " / Denza: "Non t’amo più" / Tosti: "La mia canzone" / Cilèa: : "No, più nobile" / Zardo: "Luna fedel" / Trimarchi: "Un bacio ancora" Enrico Caruso, - Playing Time: 72:19 The young Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, was responsible, more than any other artist, for establishing the fledgling invention of the gramophone, and at the same time made himself the most famous name in . The story of paying the singer an "exorbitant fee" to make those first recordings in 1902, is one of the most documented events in classical music. This disc brings together all the early recordings made by Caruso before signing his first exclusive contract in 1904. The twenty-seven tracks, recorded 1902-03, include many of the best-known tenor arias, including three from Franchetti’s Germania, the opera’s premiere in 1902 bringing Caruso to international attention. This is the first volume in the complete recordings of Caruso. Ward Marston is the Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer.

Companion Catalog Title: 8 .110 7 01 – SRP $6.99 Jussi Bjorling - Opera Arias UPCCode: to complement your Historical Recordings 1936 - 19 4 8 • Playing Time: 7 8 : 0 0 636943170120 Caruso Complete Recordings Vol. 1 D o n i z e t t i / Ve r d i / Po n c h e l l i / M e y e r b e e r / F l o w t o w / G o u n o d / B i z e t / M a s s e n e t / M a s c a g n i / L e o n c a v a l l o / G i o r d a n o / P u c c i n i

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8 . 5 5 9 0 76 – SRP: $6.99 (1874 - 19 5 4 ) No. 2 Symphony No.2 – Robert Browning Overture Nashville Symphony / Kenneth Schermerhorn Playing Time: 66 :30 World premiere recordings of the Ives Society critical editions by Jonathan Elkus Despite composing in a radically experimental style even before Schoenberg, Berg and Webern had formulated their ideas on atonality, Ives saw himself as the "continuing spirit" in the tradition of Beethoven. His Second Symphony, written between 1902 and 1910, but not premiered until 19 51, is one of the most "American" and accessible of , drawing on patriotic marches, Stephen Foster tunes, a college song and revival hymns for much of its thematic material. By contrast, the Robert Browning Overture is as challenging a work as some of the poems of the writer that it celebrates.

8 .5 5 9 0 7 2– SRP $6.99 Howard Hanson - Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 Companion Catalog Title: UPCCode: Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Schermerhorn • Playing Time: 6 0 : 5 6 to complement your 636943907221 Ives Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 1 / “Merry Mount” Suite / / Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns This second disc on the American Classics series by Naxos of America’s hometown orchestra, The Nashville Symphony led by Kenneth Schermerhorn, follows the brilliant debut of Howard Hanson’s orchestral works released on Naxos in July. The release of this disc of Ives’ Symphony No. 2, the first using the new scholarly edition of the symphony edited by Jonathan Elkus for the Ives Society c o i n c i d e s with the group’s world premiere performance of this edition of the work at on September 25th. "This exceptional new recording accomplishes many things at once: it brings to disc for the first time on label a fine American orchestra; it offers CD premiers of some excellent unknown music; and most important of all, it imbues Howard Hanson's work with a stature and significance that previous performances, including the 's own, barely suggest…resplendently recorded…An event!" - David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com (on Howard Hanson: Orchestral Works Vol. 1 8.559072)

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8 .110 915 - 16 – SRP: $13.99 Great Cellists - Pablo Casals J.S. Bach ( 16 8 5 - 17 5 0 ): Cello Suites Nos. 1 - 6 Suite No.1 in G major – Suite No.2 in D minor – Suite No.3 in C major – Suite No.4 in E flat major – Suite No.5 in C minor – Suite No.6 in D major – Adagio in A minor from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major BWV 564 – Musette (Gavottes I and II from English Suite No.6 in D major, BWV 811) – Komm, Süsser Tod, BWV 478 – Andante from No.2 for Un a c c o m p a n i e d , BWV 1003 – Air from Suite No.3 in D, BWV 10 6 8 Pablo Casals, Cello - Playing Time: 14 8 : 4 7 The Spanish cellist, Pablo Casals, was one of the most famous musicians in the early part of the 20th century. Never a flamboyant performer, he placed his formidable technical accomplishments at the service of the composer, removing any thought of personal fame from his concert appearances. His playing was both memorable for his beauty of tone and his unaffected musicianship. He was a champion of Bach when the composer’s music had lar g e l y fallen from the repertoire, the Unaccompanied Cello Suites being among his great legacy of recordings. They were made over the period 1929 to 1939, and are a romantic view of the scores, full of the affection that Casals brought to ev e r y work he performed. This recording is expertly restored by Ward Marston.

Companion Catalog Title: 8 .110 9 3 6 – SRP $6.99 Jascha Heifetz, violin - Violin UPC Code: to complement your Historical Recordings 1939 - 1940 • Playing Time: 76 : 3 9 636943193624 Casals Bach Cello Suites Beethoven: Violin , Op. 61 / Brahms: Violin Concerto, Op. 77

8 .110063-64 – SRP: $13.99 Great Opera Recordings Camille Saint-Saëns ( 18 3 5 - 19 21 ): Samson et Dalila Hélène Bouvier / José Luccioni / Paul Cabanel / Charles Cambon / Chorus and Orchestra of the National Opera of / Louis Fo u r e s t i e r Playing Time: 141 : 4 9 Camille Saint-Saëns' dramatic setting of the biblical saga of Samson and Delilah filled with seduction, revenge, grand scenes which fill the stage with pageantry and intimate moments of love between the Hebrew warrior and a Philistine tem p t r e s s is quintessential romantic opera at its best. Here it is interpreted in its entirety by Hélène Bouvier, José Cabanel and the chorus and orchestra of the National Opera of Par i s . Recorded in September of 1946, this recording has been restored by renowned operatic restoration engineer Ward Marston.

8 .110 9 26 – SRP: $6.99 Great Conductors - ( 17 7 0 - 18 2 7 ): Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op. 67 – Symphony No.7 in A major, Op. 92 Berlin Orchestra / Richard Strauss - Playing Time: 6 0 : 01 Though already a highly prolific composer, Richard Strauss spent much of his early career as a conductor working with a number of of modest attainments. With his growth of stature as a composer, came the more auspicious conducting and recording engagements. These Beethoven symphonies reveal his view that the composer’s tempo indications should be strictly adhered to, result- ing in exciting performances at the expense of orchestral perfection. At the same time he often stamped his own thoughts on the music, which at times add considerably to our own perception of the score. At the time of these recordings in the late 1920’s, the Berlin State Opera Orchestra was a major force in . This recording was transferred from 78s by David Lennick.

8 .110927 – SRP: $6.99 Great Conductors - Ludwig van Beethoven ( 17 7 0 - 18 2 7 ): Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 Symphony No.6 in F major, Op.68 "Pastoral" – Symphony No.1 in C major, Op.21 Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Hans Pfitzner - Playing Time: 63:50 Hans Pfitzner is today remembered as an outstanding, traditional composer of the early 20th century. He was also an outstanding, if somewhat controversial and erratic conductor, his conservatism as a composer equally apparent on the rostrum. These two Beethoven symphony recordings, first released in 1928 and 1930, show a musician whose creative mind prompted him to delve deeply into the music he was conducting, often revealing aspects of the score passed over by others. He had the two outstanding Berlin orchestras at his disposal, the recording quality being of a very high standard for that era. This recording was transferred from 78s by David Lennick.

TOLL FREE FAX: 888-771-9520 • TELEPHONE: 615-771-9393 3 NEW RELEASES • SEPTEMBER 2000 F E A TURED CLASSICAL TITLES 8 . 5 5 4 3 71 – SRP: $6.99 Arnold Schoenberg (18 74 - 19 51 ) Orchestral Wo r k s Chamber Symphony No.2, Op.38 (19 0 6 / 1939) – Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene, Op.34 ( 1930) – Verklärte Nacht, Op.4, arr. for string orchestra (1917 rev. 1943) Ulster Orchestra / Takuo Yu a s a Playing Time: 59:31 At the beginning of the twentieth century, Arnold Schoenberg began to reject tonal music, developing a new style, which was to change the course of composition. Dispensing with the fundamental concept of harmony and melody, he devised a system using all twelve notes of the octave as the "thematic" basis of each work. In his younger years, however, Scheonberg produced works in the style of the Romantic era, Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) being an explicit picture of theillicit love we find in Wagner’s opera, Tristan und Isolde. Though image-makers have cast Schoenberg as a musicalrevolutionar y, he did return to a form of tonal music in later life, the Chamber Symphony and the Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene proving his mastery of a post-modernism style of composition.

Companion Catalog Title: 8 . 5 59 0 5 6 – SRP $6.99 Phillip Glass ( 1937- ) Violin Concerto UPC Code: to complement your Adele Anthony, Violin / Ulster Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa • Playing Time: 51 : 4 6 636943905623 Arnold Schoenberg Orchestral Wo r k s Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company 8.554823 – SRP: $6.99 Psalms for the Soul John Sanders ( b .19 3 3 ): The Reproaches / Henry Lawes ( 15 9 6 - 16 6 2 ): Psalm VIII / Charles Hylton Stewart ( 18 8 4 - 19 3 2 ): Psalm XXIII – Psalm CXXX / Richard Woodward ( c .174 3 - 17 7 7 ) : Psalm CXXII / Herbert Sumsion ( 18 9 9 - 19 9 5 ): They that go down to the sea in ships / Sir Hubert Pa r ry ( 18 4 8 - 1918 ): Psalm LXXXIV / Sir Edward Bairstow (18 74 - 19 4 6 ) : The Lamentations of Jeremiah / Lennox B e r k e l e y ( 19 0 3 - 19 9 0 ): The Lord is my Shepherd / Noel Edison ( b .19 5 9 ): Psalm CXXI / Sir David Wi l l c o c k s ( b .1919 ): Psalm CXXXI / Herbert Howells ( 18 9 2 - 19 8 3 ): Like as the hart / Thomas Attwood Walmisley ( 1814 - 18 5 6 ): Psalm CXLVIII / Sir Ivor Atkins ( 18 6 9 - 19 5 3 ): Psalm CXLIX / Sir Charles Villiers Stanford ( 18 5 2 - 19 2 4 ): Psalm CL Choir of St. Johns’s, Elora / Noel Edison / Michael Bloss, Organ Playing Time: 63:12 The Book of Psalms has been described as "the most precious heritage which the Christians received from the Jews." Filled with vivid poetic imagery these texts have provided with inspiration over the centuries. One has only to call to mind the lines from Psalm CXLIX and CL, O sing unto the lord a new song, Praise him in the sound of the trumpet, praise him upon the strings and pipe, or Sing praises unto him with timbrel and harp, to realize that these are words to be sung. The settings on this disc are by some of the most celebrated organist/composers of the Anglican tradition.

Companion Catalog Title: 8 .5 5 4 6 5 9 – SRP $6.99 Herbert Howells (18 9 2-19 8 3) R e q u i e m UPC Code: to complement your Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson / Ian Farrington • Playing Time: 7 5 : 5 3 636943465929 Pslams for the Soul Requiem / Take Him Earth, For Cherishing and other choral works

8.554507 – SRP: $6.99 Sir Arnold Bax ( 18 8 3 - 19 5 3 ) Quintet for harp and strings – Elegiac Trio for harp, viola and – Fantasy Sonata for harp and viola – Sonata for flute and harp Mobius - Kanako Ito, violin / Philippe Honoré, violin / Ashan Pillai, viola / Martin Storey, cello / Lorna McGhee, flute / Alison Nicholls, harp Playing Time: 65:11 Arnold Bax, English by birth, found, through the poetry of Yeats, a latent affinity with things Irish. The Celtic element, in consequence, plays a large part in his work and thought. Bax imbibed all things Irish, wrote poetry and short stories under the pseudonym of "Dermot O’Byrne", and learned Irish Gaelic. When in Dublin he moved in literary and nationalist circles, and his friends included the poet and writer Padraic Colum, founder of the Irish Review, and Padraig Pearse, champion of the Irish language who was executed after the Easter Rising in 1916. There is no doubt that the Elegiac Trio, written immediately after this shocking event, celebrated a world that was lost, but in a sense the later works with harp – the harp being, perhaps, a symbol of Ireland – had this function too.

Companion Catalog Title: 8 . 55 4 6 4 6 – SRP $6.99 William Walton ( 19 0 2 - 19 8 3 ) UPC Code: to complement your Maggini Quartet / Peter Donohoe, piano • Playing Time: 5 7: 3 8 636943464625 Bax Quintet for Harp and Strings in A minor / in A minor

4 TOLL FREE FAX: 888-771-9520 • TELEPHONE: 615-771-9393 NEW RELEASES • SEPTEMBER 2000 C L A S S I C A L 8.556687 – SRP: $6.99 Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov ( 18 6 6 - 19 3 6 ) The Best of Glazunov Finnish Sketches, op.89: Solemn Procession–The Seasons, Op.67: XIII. Quatrième Tableau, L’Automne, XIV. Petit Adagio, XV. Allegro–Symphony No.2 in F sharp minor, Op.16: Andante – Scènes de ballet, Op.52: VI. Danse orientale, VII. Valse, VIII. Polonaise–Symphony No.4 in E flat major, Op.48: Scherzo: Allegro vivace– Chant du ménestral, Op.71- Raymonda: Grande valse-Pizzicato-Reprise de las valse, Prélude et La Romanesca, Grand pas espagnol–Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.82: Allegro–Concert Waltz No.1, Op.47 Various Pe r f o r m e r s - Playing Time: 75:46 Alexander Glazunov was the leading Russian Romantic composer after the time of Tch a i k o v s k y . A scholar, professor and academe, Glazunov was influential in securing the prestigious reputation of the St. Petersburg Conserva t o r y where he served as director in the early 20th century. At this post Glazunov instructed and influenced the young talents Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Glazunov is best known for his lush orchestral music full of rich, satifying melodies the best of which are included in this offering. Another essential title from the growing Naxos "Best Of..." series. 8.554570 – SRP: $6.99 Frederic Mompou ( 18 9 3 - 19 8 7 ) Piano Music Volume 3 Variations sur un thème de Chopin – Trois variations – Souvenirs de l’exposition – Paisajes – Pessebres – Impression íntimes. Planys Jordi Masó, piano - Playing Time: 73:47 Born in Barcelona, Frederic Mompou was a pianist of phenomenal technique, though throughout his life he preferred to compose. His piano works reflect his own personality – essentially quiet, of exquisite quality, and making few demands on the virtuosity of the performer. Many of his scores are built from a series of miniatures, such as the Impressions intimes, P l a n y s and Pe s s e b r e s, but the Variations sur un thème de Chopin is his longest and most ambitious work based on Chopin’s well-known Prélude in A major.

8.553642 – SRP: $6.99 ( 18 9 9 - 19 6 3 ) Mélodies Banalités – Montparnasse – Rosemonde – Bleuet – Quatre poèmes d’Apollinaire – Tel jour telle nuit – Chansons gaillardes – C’est ainsi que tu es – C – Dernier poème - Priez pour paix – Chansons villageoises , / Christine Lajarrige, Piano - Playing Time: 66:57 Francis Poulenc did not undertake formal musical training - with Charles Koechlin - until 1921, by which time he had already become identified with Les Six, the six French composers of the circle of Jean Cocteau, including Honneger, Auric and Milhaud. Initially deemed light-weight in style, Poulenc’s music acquired a new depth, following the death of a close friend in 1935. At the same time his long collaboration with the singer began. Poulenc made a significant and idiomatic contribution to the art of French solo song, in addition to a number of choral works. His solo songs range from settings of Apollinaire and Cocteau to settings of Ronsard. 8 . 5 5 3 8 71 – SRP: $6.99 ( 18 8 2 - 19 71 ) Piano Music Sonata (1924) – Les cinq doigts (19 2 0 - 21) – Piano Rag Music (1919) – Tang0 – Chorale (1920) Serenade (1925) – Three movements from Petrushka (19 21 ) Peter Hill, piano - Playing Time: 55:09 The riot that took place at the first performance, in Paris, of Stravinsky’s ballet Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), brought a notoriety to the young composer that placed him in the vanguard of contemporary music. In later years he passed through a neo-classical period before he finally adopted an astringent modernism. His output for solo piano consists of just seventeen original works which provide a comprehensive overview of the composer’s stylistic changes. This disc features the simplicity of Les cinq doigts (eight easy pieces), the lyrical Sonata and the dazzling Three movements from Petrushka, one of the composer’s most popular works.

8.550848 – SRP: $6.99 Pyotr Tchaikovsky ( 18 4 0 - 18 9 3 ) String Quartets Vo lume 2 String Quartet No.3 in E flat minor, Op.30 – String Quartet in B flat major (1865) – Four movements for string quartet New Haydn Quartet, Budapest (János Horváth, violin I / Péter Sárosi, violin II / György Prozsolt, viola / Gábor Magyar, cello) / István Tóth, double bass Playing Time: 55:12 Though Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky was a highly prolific and successful composer, he offered only six chamber works for publication. This brief catalogue included three complete string quartets and four single movements, which remained among his manuscripts until published as Four Early Pieces. With its vivacious scherzo and vigorous finale, the Third Quartet is as fine and powerful a score as the composer’s popular First Quartet.

8 . 5 5 4 749 – SRP: $6.99 (176 0 - 18 4 2) Requiem Marche Funebre ( 18 2 0 ) - Requiem for chorus and orchestra in C minor ( 1816) - Introitus et Kyrie - Graduale - Dies irae - Offertorium - Sacntus - Pie Jesu - Angus Dei Coro della Radio Svizzera Italiana - Gruppo Vocale Cantemus - Orchestra della Radio Svizzera Italiana - Diego Fasolis - Playing Time: 5 5 : 3 5 “The greatest of the greatest of his work” wrote Berlioz after hearing Cherubini’s Requiem Mass. Though born in , Luigi Cherubini, belonged to the French school of composition, and was a dominant musical figure there for over half a century. Best known as a composer of opera and sacred music, the Requiem Mass of 1816 became his most frequently performed work. Commissioned by the French government as a Requiem for Louis XVI, it omits the conventional soloists, the directness of the religious communication, avoiding any unnecessary embellishments. The Funeral Marche, which completes the disc, is in grand ceremonial style and was composed in 1820.

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8.554503 – SRP: $6.99 Bohuslav Martinu ( 18 9 0 - 19 5 9 ) Works for Cello and Piano Volume 2 Variations on a theme by Rossini – Variations on a Slovakian theme – Pastorales – Nocturnes -- Quatre études pour violoncelle – Suite Miniature Christian Benda, Cello / Sebastian Benda, Piano - Playing Time: 74 : 4 9

In the course of a life that took him to Paris, America and then back to Europe, Martinu added significantly to the cello repertoire. He may be less well-known than his compatriots Dvorak, Smetana and Janácek, but his output is large and varied. The delightful miniatures included on this recording make much use of Czech thematic material.

8 . 5 5 5 0 01 – SRP: $6.99 Franz Berwald ( 17 9 6 - 18 6 8 ) Piano Trios Nos. 1 - 3 Piano Trio No.1 in E flat major – Piano Trio No.2 in F minor – Piano Trio No.3 in D minor Hona Prunyi, piano / András Kiss, violin / Csaba Onczay, cello - Playing Time: 63:56 For much of the nineteenth century in , music-making was confined to small-scale chamber music at home and ambitious composers had to move abroad to seek acceptance of their work. While Berwald enjoyed some success in continental Europe, only a handful of his orchestral works were performed in Sweden during his lifetime. This caused him in later years to concentrate on chamber music, completing two piano quintets, three string quartets, four piano trios as well as duos for violin and piano and cello and piano. Berwald received much encouragement from his friend Liszt who praised Berwald’s invention, skill and elegant style while adding, somewhat prophetically: "you truly possess originality but you will not enjoy success during your lifetime. Nevertheless you must persevere."

8 . 5 5 4 213 – SRP: $6.99 Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger ( 18 3 9 - 19 01) Organ Works Volume 2 Sonata No.5 in F sharp major, Op.111 – Sonata No.6 in E flat minor, Op.119 – Sonata No.7 in F minor, Op.12 7 Wolfgang Rübsam, Organ of Fulda Cathedral - Playing Time: 68:41 Organist, conductor, composer and teacher, Rheinberger was born in Vaduz, in Lichtenstein, where he held his first appointment as organist. He moved in 185 1 to Munich, and studied at the Conserva t o r y, where he later taught. His pupils included Humperdinck, Wol f - F errari and Furtwängler. Rheinberger was an amazingly prolific composer in many genres. Today he is chiefly remembered for his organ music, a continuing element in any performer’s training and repertoire. His twenty Organ are varied, impressive and technically accomplished, testifying to the continuing tradition of fugal writing that stems from Bach.

8 . 5 5 3 313 – SRP: $6.99 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ( 15 2 5 / 6 - 15 9 4 ) Missa de Beata Virgine I (15 6 7 ) Gaudeamus (Plainchant) – Kyrie – Gloria – Benedicta (Plainchant) – Ave maris stella by Girolamo Cavazzoni (c.1525-after 1577) – Alleluia – Credo – Beata es Virgo Maria (Plainchant) – Sanctus – Beata viscera (Plainchant) – Agnus Dei I – Agnus Dei II Soloists of the Capella Musicale di S. Petronio di Bologna / Sergio Vartolo, Director - Playing Time: 55:24 Born in Italy in the 16th century, Palestrina ranks with Lassus and Byrd as one of the most important figures in the music of this time. Though conservative in style, he was one of the first composers to bring together the influences of Italian, French and Flemish music. His output was prolific, and among his sacred works are 104 Masses, 375 Motets and 35 Magnificats. This performance of the plainsong-based Missa de Beata Virgine I, with its interpretation of Gregorian chant and the use of the organ, seeks to restore earlier performance traditions and draws attention to the liturgical context in which Palestrina’s music was heard.

8.554733 – SRP: $6.99 ( 18 31 - 19 0 7 ) Violin Concerto No.3 Violin Concerto No.3 in G major – Overture "Hamlet", Op.4 – Overture "In Memoriam ", Op.13 Takako Nishizaki, Violin / Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra / Meir Minsky - Playing Time: 63:29 Joseph Joachim was regarded as one of the greatest violinists of his generation. Born in 1831, he entered the Leipzig Conservatory at the age of twelve, and was guided through his musical education by Mendelssohn. Joachim’s association with Brahms and his sympathy with the classicism of Mendelssohn and Schumann can be clearly heard in the Violin Concerto No.3, with its very touching slow movement written in memory of one of the composer’s friends. Although the Concerto makes strenuous demands of the soloist, it avoids any suggestion of technical brilliance for its own sake.

8 . 5 5 4 315 – SRP: $6.99 Karol Szymanowski ( 18 8 2 - 19 3 7 ) / Igor Stravinsky ( 18 8 2 - 19 71 ) String Quartets Szymanowski: String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op.37 – String Quartet No.2, Op.56 / Stravinsky: Concertino - Three Pieces – Double Canon Goldner String Quartet (Dene Olding, Violin I / Dimity Hall, Violin II / Irena Morozova, Viola / Julian Smiles, Cello) - Playing Time: 54:27 Karol Szymanowski was born in 1882, of mixed Swedish and Polish parentage, living in a part of Poland annexed to the Ukraine. Following his higher education in , he spent many years visiting Western Europe, and there fell under the influence of composers as musically diverse as Ravel and Wagner. He eventually settled in Poland and became deeply patriotic, though his music was little appreciated there. Cut off from the outside world during the First World War, he entered a period of compositional activity that brought the First String Quartet, a three-movement score of sensuous colors. Ten years later he added a Second Quartet imbued with strong Tatra folk-music elements. From the colourful Three Pieces of 1914, to the astringent modernism of the Double Canon, Stravinsky’s works for string quartet reflect three very differing phases in the composer’s career. 6 TOLL FREE FAX: 888-771-9520 • TELEPHONE: 615-771-9393 DVD TITLES NOW AVAILABLE! - (These titles have been previously solicited) ART H AU S MU S I K MU S I C EN T E R T A I N M E N T O N D V D VI D E O

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86057-2 – SRP: $6.99 Martin Krusche Friendship Pa g o d a Phoenix – Southern Belles – Chelsea Bridge – I’d Like to Sing – Bad Breakfast – Fatima – The Night Has a Thousand Eyes Martin Krusche, tenor sax / Nicholas Payton, trumpet / Victor Atkins, piano / David Pulphus, bass / Geoff Clapp, drums Playing Time: 71 : 4 9 On his debut release for Naxos Jazz, this Munich-born, U.S. based tenor saxophonist has recruited a host of impeccable sidemen— including Grammy winner Nicholas Payton—to help launch what appears to be the start of an promising musical career. Recorded live in New Orleans (a first for Naxos Jazz), Friendship Pagoda captures the essence of improvisation in the warmth of the Big Easy. Krusche says of the live process, "What’s exciting about jazz is the process. …if anything will keep this music alive, it’s that particular excitement of a performance. It’s not that it’s new or perfect—it’s that it’s happening on the spot."

86056-2 – SRP: $6.99 Jere Laukkanen’s Finnish Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra Teen Town – Hispaniola – Manteca – Three Prayers: 1.Obatalá, 2.Changó, 3.Ochun – Tercer verano – Ped a z o s Finnish Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra / Jere Laukkanen Playing Time: 59:51

Finland's best come together for a Nordic/Latin alliance of Afro-Cuban influenced celebrations and infectious rhythm and percus- sion—all alongside touches of Scandinavian melodies. Led by Jere Laukkanen, this uplifting project truly reflects the global impact which Latin music has created. Featuring six original compositions alongside the Orchestra’s personalized versions of Jaco Pastorius’ "Teen Town," and "Manteca" by John Birks, and Chano Pozo Gonzales.

NEW RELEASES • SEPTEMBER 2000 NAXOS WORLD 76 012-2 – SRP: $6.99 Bhangra Beatz Anakhi: Lok Boliyan / Jassi Premi: Ludiane Nachdi Nu / Balbir Bittu: Soundz From The Des / Jazzy B: Lak De Hulareh / Balbir Bittu: Meri Maa Boli Punjabi / Balwinder Safri: Aaja Billo / Sukshinder Shinda: Dhamiwala Da Dhol / K.B. & the Gang: Nachde Punjabi / Soni: Doli / The Sahotas: Sahotas Bolivan / Bhinda Jatt: Putt Sardaran Playing Time: 61 : 3 8 This Naxos World release should prove exciting to fans ranging from the musical traditionalist to college radio listeners. A compilation culled exclusively from the UK’s notorious Kiss Records, the release features the best of the Indian folk-fusion movement whose cultur- al blend has been sweeping the underground dance clubs. Combining traditional Punjabi Bhangra music with modernized dance sounds, this release should help further introduce a wide array of fans to an incredible world blend.

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White Cloud WHITE CLOUD 11050-2 – SRP: $15.99 James Wilkinson From a Distant Shore Sedgemere Hedge – Skyclad – Two Tales – Views – Melisma – For Far – Singing Sands – Something There – Jordi in the Sea Cave – Wes t w a r d James Wilkinson, guitar - Playing Time: 52:29 Wilkenson’s debut release Because Of The Rain garnered exceptional response from both critics and retail, and also earned an Association For Independent Music (AFIM) award nomination for Best Acoustic Instrumental release. Recognized internationally for his work in Europe and Australia with the Celtic band Rua, the New Zealander’s solo music and ability is frequently held in comparison to the late guitarist Michael Hedges. On his latest solo-guitar recording, the New Zealander incorporates awe-inspiring technique (using alternative and traditional tunings, as well as instruments such as a twelve-string fretless), individual creative style, and crafted songwriting. 8 TOLL FREE FAX: 888-771-9520 • TELEPHONE: 615-771-9393 NEW RELEASES • SEPTEMBER 2000 DACAPO JAZZ

DCCD 9452 – SRP: $15.99 ART ENSEMBLE ANGELS’ SHARE Fredrik Lundin: A Fantastic Story / Helge Albin: 7 Secrets /Ture Larsen: Chorale / Jon Balke, arr. rev. by Ture Larsen: Twisted Song / Peter Danemo: Echoes of a Memory / Jan Levander: Three Faces of Intimate Game / Joakim Milder: Angel’s Share / Thomas Agergaard, arr. by Ture Larsen: Jumps Playing Time: 64:52 This exciting dacapo release is the result of a collaboration between the esteemed Copenhagen Art Ensemble and a number of very distinct and individualistic com- posers from Norwa y , Sweden and . Having already earned notoriety for their own particular style and approach, Angels’ Share is a great opportunity to witness the pairing of the ensemble with these new influences as they meander through the unique sounds of traditional, modern and experimental jazz.

DCCD9457 – SRP: $15.99 TAKUAN PUSH 24 Nanno – Wyoming Bill Kelso – Whirling – Water Ballet – Zul – Okam – Bona Fide – Fire! Fire? FIRE!!! – Spring Surprise – The Beginning Flemming Agerskov, trumpet, flugelhorn, vocal, effects / Jakob Davidsen, keyboards, samples / Lars Juul, drums, percussion - Playing Time: 42:10 This disk is specifically geared for the art-music fan who is in the mood for exploration. Somewhere between the -inspired piano of Jakob Davidsen and the fascinating percussive and sample techniques of the trio as a whole lies Takuan. Intensely rep r esentative of the esoteric Eu r opean fascination with jazz (and other musical) experimentation, Pu s h again furthers dacapo’s reputation as purveyor of all things improvised.

DCCD 9458 – SRP: $15.99 CHRISTINA NIELSEN + CARSTEN DAHL DUO LYS PÅ HIMLEN Pigen I Rødt – Drømmen – Jeg har en angst – Lys på himlen – Christina’s Sang – Blå – Jeg ved en dejlig rose – Haven – Sol – Tit er jeg glad Christina Nielsen, saxophone / Carsten Dahl, piano - Playing Time: 55:39 Representing the more traditional and melodic angle of European jazz, this release easily envelops the listener with appealingly minimalist com- positions, performed on soprano saxophone and piano. All works, save two (including an interpretation of a traditional Swedish folk song) were written by Nielsen and Dahl, and express a kindred relationship within their music.

NEW RELEASES • SEPTEMBER 2000 da c a p o DACAPO CLASSICAL 8.224123 – SRP: $15.99 Vagn Holmboe (1909-96) Pr eludes for Sinfonietta Volume 1 To the Unsettles Weather, Op.188, No.10 (1991) – To a Living Stone, Op.172c, No.5 (1987) – To the Victoria Embankment, Op.184, No.8 (1990) – To a Maple Tree, Op.168, No.3 (1986) – To a Dolphin, Op.166, No.2 (1986) Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen / Giordano Bellincampi Playing Time: 50:02 The spirit of folk culture played an important role in the music of the Danish composer Vagn Holmboe. As was the case with Béla Bartók, folklore studies contributed significantly to his compositional process. Holmboe was the most influential Danish composer of his generation, after and his large output includes 14 symphonies, chamber concertos and many fine string quartets.

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8 . 2 2 516 4 – SRP: $ 15.99 Ángel Barrios ( 18 8 2 - 19 6 4 ) / Manuel Infante ( 18 8 3 - 19 5 8 ) Music for Piano B a r r i o s: Angelita-Tango – Jueanele-Garrotín – Danza de la cautiva – Suite Seguidilla Gitana – La Ronda – Alcaicería-Farruca – En las cuevas del Darro-Seguidilla – Guajiras / I n f a n t e: Gitanerías – Gracia-Variaciones sobre un tema popular y danza original para piano – Danse andalouse – Sevillana-Impresiones de fiesta en Sevilla, fantasía para piano – Pochades andalouses (Primo cuaderno) Eugenia Gabrieluk, piano Playing Time: 79:06

Ángel Barrios and Manuel Infante became two of the leading Spanish composers during the first half of the 20th century. Both composers were strongly influenced by the traditional music and rhythms of Spain, and this disc presents a series of colorful and vivacious works by these uncommonly gifted composers.

8 . 2 2 3 8 6 4 – SRP: $15.99 Franz von Suppé ( 1819 - 18 9 5 ) Marches – Waltzes – Po l k a s Einzugmarsch aus "Prinz Liliput" – Herrjegerle-Polka – Coletta-Walzer – In der Hinterbrühl, Marsch – Tiroler Tanz und Frischka – Le Voyage en Afrique, Polka française – L’Orientale, Polka mazur – Bellman-Marsch – Romankapitel, Polka française – Glückswalzer aus "Die Jagd nach dem Glück" – Erzherzog Wilhelm-Marsch – Danza delle Chiozzotte – Liebeswalzer aus "Lohengelb oder Die Jungfrau v. Dragant" Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra / Christian Po l l a c k Playing Time: 61 : 5 8

Franz Suppe's most famous legacy are his operetta's, which hint at the influence the genre was to have on the early Broadway musicals. Suppe's operettas incorporate Italianate melodies-gleaned from theinfluence of Rossini and Verdi on the composer's stylewith traditional Viennese idioms. The orchestral works on this disc are all excerpted from these stage works.

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999640-2 – SRP: $16.99 Ku r t Atterberg Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6

Radio Philharmonie • Playing Time: 68:18 Kurt Atterberg’s Symphony No. 3 shows a great enthusiasm for the beauty of his country, lively imagination and temperament. With the programmatic title of Vae s t k u s t b i l d e r (Sea Symphony or West Coast Pictures), the musical poetry and vividness developed by Atterberg in the three movements with the headings Sun Smoke, Storm, and Summer Night are unparalleled in the symphonic literature of the early twentieth century. After the great success of this symphony, Atterberg went on to gain worldwide recognition with his Symphony No. 6 op. 31 of 192 7 , which was awarded the first prize in an international competition in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Schubert’s death. These two magnificent symphonies inaugurate part two of our recording of Atterberg’s complete symphonies.

999666-2 – SRP: $11.99 Fe r dinand Ries No. 2 Op. 21

Various Artists • Playing Time: 62:702 Ferdinard Ries was not only the most talented of Beethoven’s students but also an eminently qualified composer in his own right. Ries also came extraordinarily close to matching his mentor’s excellence and expressive depth in the field of chamber music. Beethoven was certainly the first to lend the cello sonata its classic generic form, and Ries continued directly in this line in his first two sonatas of 1810. A pianist by training, Ries also received boyhood cello lessons from Bernhard Romberg, the first great virtuoso on this instrument. The two sonatas were dedicated to Romberg and enjoyed great popularity. This release presents the recording premieres of the Sonata No. 2 op. 21, Sonata No. 3 op. 125, and Introduction and Russian Dance op. 113 on historical instruments.

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8 . 2 2 5126 – SRP: $15.99 Joseph-Guy Ropartz ( 18 6 4 - 19 5 5 ) - Masses and Motets Missa "Te Deum laudamus" in honour of S. Aloisii Gonzagae, for , , basses and organ – Sub tuum praesidium, for sopranos, altos and organ – Five motets for four voices, a cappella – Salve Regina, for four voices and organ – Hic vir despiciens mundum, for tenors, basses and organ – Missa brevis in honour of Saint Anne, for sopranos, mezzos, altos and organ – Ave verum for sopranos, tenors, basses and organ – Ave Maria for four voices, a cappella – Mass in honour of Saint Odile, for sopranos, tenors, , basses and organ Ensemble Vocal Michel Piquemal / Eric Lebrun, Organ / Cavaillé-Coll Organ, Saint Antonie des Quinze-Vingts, Paris / Michel Piquemal - Playing Time: 79:05

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999743-2 – SRP $11.99 Ignaz Pleyel - & Tri o s C o n s o rtium Classicum • Playing Time: 56:26 The three compositions by Pleyel brought together on this recording clearly demonstrate the composer’s versatility in the chamber sector. Pleyel, a student of Haydn, lends the string instruments splendid virtuoso sparkle. The engaging Trio concertant for two clarinets and bassoon is a work that stands comparison to Mozart’s Divertimenti.

999715-2 – SRP $11.99 Franz Lehar - Piano Sonatas Wolf Harden, piano • Playing Time: 73:51 "Give up the violin for good, and compose instead." Antonín Dvorák uttered these prophetic words when the 17 year-old violin student Franz Lehár played his Sonata in D minor for Pianoforte for him in 1887. These early piano works, though not forgotten masterpieces, give us a glimpse of the great talent that Lehár was to become.

999680-2 – SRP $33.99 Johann Joseph Fux - Il Fonte della Salute Various Artists • Playing Time: 133:40 Johann Joseph Fux was, in his time, the absolute authority in ’s music world. His fame as a versatile composer, great contrapuntist and strict teacher was known throughout Europe. The sepolcri were a Viennese spe- ciality in the oratorio field and Fux wrote six of these works, here recorded for the first time.

999749-2 – SRP $11.99 Hans-Gunter Brodman - Musica Sacra Hans-Gunter Bro a d m a n • Playing Time: 52:55 The exotic compositions that the Cabaza quartet have introduced to us "defy classification in any of the current percussion styles typical today" (Klassik heute 12/98). Now the Cabaza cofounder and member Hans-Günter Brodmann is embarking on his first solo CD adventure with seven of his own Percussion Compositions under the title of Musica sacra.

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THE CAPTIVE, Part II Remembrance of Things Past X By Marcel Proust · Adapted and Read by Neville Jason The fractured relationship between Albertine and Marcel continues, Cassette EAN CD EAN C a s s e t t e C D with Marcel’s fixations of his lover’s outside interest driving the affair to a bitter conclusion, in the tenth volume of Naxos’ recording of A la Recherché du Temps Perdu, a novel you will never forget! · Enhanced with French music ofthe period from the Naxos Classical Catalog Approximate Running Time: 3 Hours, 30 Minutes 3 Cassettes · ISBN 9-62634-703-1 · NA320314 · $17.98 / 3 CDs · ISBN 9-62634-203-X · NA320312 · $19 . 9 8

THE WORKS OF JANE AU ST E N Vo l. 1 Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey Also Includes Jane Austen: A Biography Cassette EAN CD EAN C a s s e t t e C D An Outstanding Collection at an Exceptional Price! … This slipcase edition of Naxos AudioBooks’ award-winning productions of the works of Jane Austen, expertly read by world-renown actress Juliet Stevenson, also includes the newly released recording of Jane Austen: A Biography written by Elizabeth Jenkins and read by Teresa Gallagher.

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CRITIC’S PICK CRITIC’S PICK The budget label Naxos has done it again. Here is another excellent record- ing of rarely heard works. As is most often the case with Naxos, overall sound "The most impressive installment yet on this super-budget series…Lloyd- quality is impeccable.” –Cleveland Plain Dealer Winner! Gramophone Editor’s Choice Award Jones’ intelligent, meticulously observant direction pays handsome 8 . 5 5 4 5 0 9 Nominated for 2000 AFIM INDIE Award dividends. RSNO, in turn, responds with sensitivity and ent h u s i a s m … SRP: $6.99 another terrific coupling within what is turning out to be one mightily Arnold Bax (18 8 3 - 19 5 3 ) rewarding enterprise. Roll on with the remaining symphonies with these Symphony No. 5 same fine artists." - Andrew Auchenbach, Gramophone Royal Scottish National July 2000 Editor’s Choice Orchestra ✓✍ "Another splendid performance in David Lloyd-Jones’ Bax cycle with the David Lloyd-Jones Royal Scottish National Orchestra (★★ ★ ★ ★ )" Playing Time: 57: 51 CRITIC’S PICKS - Michael Ken n e d y , BBC Music Magazine BIN DIVIDER CARD CRITIC’S PICK Critic’s Picks "Brilliant, idiomatic performances of color and depth to rival even the greatest Scriabin interpreters, and at super 8 . 5 5 3 9 9 7 Bin Divider Card bargain price... If I add that the Naxos Brandon Hill SRP: $6.99 recordings are outstanding and that David Doughty's Share with your customers accompanying essay, with its reference to Scriabin's later ( 18 7 2 - 1915 ) the excellent critical acclaim 'shimmering and exotic dissolution of tonality' is fascinating, you will Preludes Volume 1 given to recent Naxos realize that everything about this disc is beyond simple praise." Evgeny Zarafiants, piano - Bryce Morrison, Gramaphone Playing Time: 75:41 releases by using our Critic’s Editor's Choice Gramophone August 2000 Pick’s Bin Divider Cards. Bin Divider Cards can be ordered on the accompany- CRITIC’S PICK ing order form in packs of "..a dense sax/bass/drum outing 10. Simply cut and paste the that ricochets between the Lan Xang Critic’s Pick information eye-crossing arrangements of and the spacey H i d d e n each month, attach it to the oriental diatribes by John Zorn." G a r d e n s -New Times cards and place them in your 8 6 0 4 6 - 2 bins for instant recognition "Here, Lan Xang act as your virtual Playing Time: 55:17 tour guides for this most appealing SRP: $6.99 by your customers looking and quite extraordinary voyage.” for the best in classical and –Allaboutjazz.com ja z z . M i d d l e M a r c h George Eliot - Read by Carole Boyd Cassette EAN CD EAN C a s s e t t e C D

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