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D I S T R I B U T I ON NEW RELEASE GUIDE • SEPTEMBER 2000 EXCLUSIVE INDUSTRY BUYER’S GUIDE TABLE OF CON T E N TS .............. page 2 DEFINING NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS Since 198 7 , Naxos has redefined how classical music 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, Pablo Casals, Jascha Heifetz 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 Ð fiction, nonfiction, poetry and Gramophone drama Ð 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 Ð 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 the band 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 Ð SRP: $6.99 Great Singers - Enrico Caruso The Complete Recordings Volume 1 Franchetti: Germania: "Studenti, udite" – "Ah, vieni qui…No, non chiuder gli occhi" – "No, non chiuder" / Verdi: Rigoletto: "Questa o quella" – "La donna è mobile" - Aida:"Celeste Aida" / Massenet: Manon: "O dolce incanto (Il sogno)" / Donizetti: L’Elisir d’amore: "Una furtiva lagrima" / Boito: Mefistofele: "Dai campi, dai prati" Ð "Giunto sul paso estremo (Epilogue)" / Puccini: Tosca" E lucevan le stelle" / Mascagni: Iris: "Apri la tua finestra (Serenata)" Ð Cavalleria Rusticana: "O Lola (Siciliana)" / Giordano: Fedora: "Amor ti vieta" / Ponchielli: La Gioconda: "Cielo e mar!" / Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba" / Denza: "Non t’amo più" / Tosti: "La mia canzone" / Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur: "No, più nobile" / Zardo: "Luna fedel" / Trimarchi: "Un bacio ancora" Enrico Caruso, tenor - 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 opera. The story of Fred Gaisberg 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 Ð 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 NEW RELEASES • SEPTEMBER 2000 A M E R I C A N C L A S S I C S 8 . 5 5 9 0 76 Ð SRP: $6.99 Charles Ives (1874 - 19 5 4 ) Symphony No. 2 Symphony No.2 Ð Robert Browning Overture Nashville Symphony Orchestra / 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 symphonies, 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 2Ð 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 / Symphonic Poem / 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.