CONTENTS Foreword by Klaus Heymann . 3 Alphabetical List of Works by Composer . 5 Collections . 112 Alphorn 112 Easter 121 Operatic 127 American Classics 112 Easy Listening 121 Operetta 128 American Jewish Music 112 Flute 121 Orchestral 128 Ballet 113 Funeral Music 122 Organ 130 Baroque 113 Glass Harmonica 122 Piano 132 Bassoon 114 Guitar 122 Russian 133 Best Of series 114 Gypsy 124 Saxophone 133 Brass 114 Harp 125 Timpani 134 British Music 114 Harpsichord 125 Trombone 134 Cello 115 Horn 125 Trumpet 134 Chamber Music 115 Light Classics 125 Tuba 134 Chill With 115 Lute 126 Very Best Of series 134 Christmas 115 Mandolin 126 Viennese 135 Cinema Classics 117 Music for Meditation 126 Violin 135 Clarinet 117 Oboe 126 Vocal and Choral 136 Early Music 117 Ondes Martenot 126 Wedding Music 137 Wind 138 Naxos Historical . 139 Naxos Nostalgia . 156 Naxos Jazz Legends . 158 Naxos Musicals . 160 Naxos Blues Legends . 160 Naxos Folk Legends . 160 Naxos Gospel Legends . 160 Naxos Jazz . 161 Naxos World . 161 Naxos Educational . 162 Naxos Super Audio CD . 164 Naxos DVD Audio . 164 Naxos DVD . 165 List of Naxos Distributors . 166 Naxos Website: www.naxos.com Symbols used in this catalogue # New release not listed in 2007 Catalogue $ Recording scheduled to be released before 31 March, 2008 ♦ 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 f Pizzicato: Supersonic Rating recordings are included in various editions of the authoritative Penguin Guide. The very highest m n Pizzicato: Excellentia rating is *** with a awarded only to recordings of exceptional quality. Otherwise, the L rating is the highest awarded to other Klassik heute: Performance 10 recordings*** … it means that a recording features an outstanding performance and has equally Diapason: This is the French equivalent of outstanding sound. Brackets around one star Gramophone but extensively covers live in signify a slight reservation regarding either sound addition to recorded music. It accords recordings or performance. In this catalogue we only list the ratings from one to five tuning forks (diapasons). and recordings although many A select few recordings are awarded a Diapason more*** of our recordings*** also received ratings, d’Or. indicating a good performance and recording** of 6 Diapason d’Or today’s normal high standard. 9 - 2 A recording in a very special class Five Diapason Rating 3 An outstanding performance and Répertoire: This is a record collectors’ publication recording in every way rating recordings on a scale of 1 to 10. A ‘Key’ recording which may be used 8 Répertoire 10 Rating as a basis for a personal collection 7 Répertoire 9 Rating g Gramophone: This is the oldest monthly British Répertoire Recommended magazine devoted to recorded music. It does not A Répertoire Historical have a rating system and we can therefore only indicate which of our Naxos recordings were CD of the Month included in the monthly Editor’s Choice B Répertoire CD of the Month category and which were pronounced Disc of the Month. Le Monde de la Musique: This is the third of 4 Gramophone Editor’s Choice the French magazines. It rates recordings according to a star system, four stars being the 5 Gramophone Record of the Month highest rating. A few select recordings are awarded the CHOC symbol. C Gramophone Award Nomination ^ Special Award of D Gramophone Award Winner Le Monde de la Musique BBC Music Magazine: Unlike Gramophone, the % Highest 4–Star Rating of 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 Nevertheless, the publication has been increasing Classica: Recommended by Classica 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 ) Stereoplay: 9.5 Rating recording is ✩ outstanding. * Stereoplay: Disc of the Month 0 BBC 5–Star rating h BBC editor’s choice ClassicsToday: This is the only website reviewing all new classical releases on a daily basis. i BBC outstanding quality E Its highest rating is 10/10, the first a Cannes Classical Award 10 referring to the performance and the second 10 to the sound quality. l n Best Classical Album of 2003, F The Absolute Sound: Super CD New Zealand Music Awards 3 FOREWORD BY KLAUS HEYMANN, Founder, NAXOS In 2007 Naxos celebrated its 20th anniversary with parties Naxos is a label created, developed, marketed and and concerts in Sydney, Paris, London, Cologne, Madrid, distributed by music lovers for other music lovers; and yes, Athens, Wellington, New York, Nashville, Tokyo and Hong we are serious about our music. Also, we know that a Kong. In these 20 years, what started as a humble budget responsible market leader must do everything possible to classical music label has developed into a music-based develop the market as a whole. To this end, we invest media and distribution company which is the undisputed heavily in educational projects to build tomorrow’s industry leader in terms of the depth and breadth of its audience. Entire series are now devoted to this, including catalogue and the number of new releases. our prestigious 4-CD sets, each devoted to the “Life and Works” of a great composer. Our “Opera Explained” In the anniversary year, Naxos was scheduled to release audiobooks combine music and commentary to intelligent more than 200 albums recorded in 25 countries, from New effect, and we offer a 7-CD set devoted to The Instruments Zealand in the South to Norway in the North, and from of the Orchestra. Dublin in the West to Tokyo in the East. With subsidiaries in all important music markets, the Naxos group of Another telling example of our intent to broaden and companies is also now the leading distributor of develop our remit is the commissioning of Sir Peter independent classical CD and DVD labels and a pioneer in Maxwell Davies to write 10 “Naxos Quartets”, the first of the digital distribution of classical music, through its Naxos which appeared in late 2004, in a ground-breaking venture Music Library online subscription streaming service. which sees a composer writing and naming a series of works after a label. The last two quartets, Nos 9 and 10, will Also in 2007, we launched the new download site be released during 2008. www.classicsonline.com which immediately began making an important contribution to the worldwide accessibility of We are likewise investing in exciting new digital delivery classical music recordings. The Naxos catalogue, and other formats with our Naxos Music Library, which enables a leading classical catalogues, became available in MP3 university library or music faculty to offer students format, the most convenient digital format, and in the high complete unlimited access to all Naxos and Marco Polo resolution of 192 kbps. Furthermore, Naxos Books recordings [and the recordings of more than 50 other expanded its range of classical music books, offering independent labels, as well] at the click of a mouse. The biographies and histories in traditional book form but with Naxos instinct for innovation ensures that it will continue as accompanying CDs and dedicated websites containing what the Los Angeles Times has called an “industry leader” more free music. in the digital distribution of music. By the end of 2007, our catalogue included close to 3,400 We continue to invest a great deal of effort and money into recordings, offering music lovers a veritable encyclopedia www.naxos.com. A highly sophisticated database allows of classical music. On average, we are releasing 20 newly unprecedented access to information about musical works, recorded titles per month – more than any other record and enables the visitor to the site to find all recordings in label, independent or major. our catalogues; those who subscribe can listen to every single track. The site also offers information about other As important as the sheer breadth of choice is the quality of independent CD and DVD labels, making it a veritable what is there. Look at the reviews and you’ll see that Naxos portal for the world of recorded classical music. enjoys immense critical respect, as witnessed by more than 800 Penguin Guide 3-star recommendations and over 130 Our dedication to classical music has been rewarded with “Editor’s Choices” in Gramophone magazine, as well as unparalleled acclaim from the media, not only from thousands of enthusiastic letters and emails received every specialized magazines such as Gramophone, BBC Music year. Magazine and Stereophile but also from major international newspapers such as The Times, The New York Times, The A sense of adventure keeps us all fresh and innovative too. Wall Street Journal, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, In addition to superb new versions of the established core Chicago Tribune and others. classics, we have made remarkable treasures accessible to adventurous music lovers – from British string quartets and However, a more important testament to Naxos is the large ‘Japanese Classical Favourites’ to 20th-century American number of letters of appreciation we receive from music music and symphonies of the 18th century that have never lovers around the world.