CONTENTS Foreword by Klaus Heymann . 4 Alphabetical List of Works by Composer . 6 Collections . 88 Alphorn 88 Easy Listening 102 Operetta 114 American Classics 88 Flute 106 Orchestral 114 American Jewish Music 88 Funeral Music 106 Organ 117 Ballet 88 Glass Harmonica 106 Piano 118 Baroque 88 Guitar 106 Russian 120 Bassoon 90 Gypsy 109 Samplers 120 Best Of series 90 Harp 109 Saxophone 121 British Music 92 Harpsichord 109 Trombone 121 Cello 92 Horn 109 Tr umpet 121 Chamber Music 93 Light Classics 109 Viennese 122 Chill With 93 Lute 110 Violin 122 Christmas 94 Music for Meditation 110 Vocal and Choral 123 Cinema Classics 96 Oboe 111 Wedding 125 Clarinet 99 Ondes Martenot 111 White Box 125 Early Music 100 Operatic 111 Wind 126 Naxos Jazz . 126 Naxos World . 127 Naxos Educational . 127 Naxos Super Audio CD . 128 Naxos DVD Audio . 129 Naxos DVD . 129 List of Naxos Distributors . 130 Naxos Website: www.naxos.com NaxCat2005 ABRIDGED VERSION2 23/12/2004, 11:54am Symbols used in this catalogue # New release not listed in 2004 Catalogue $ Recording scheduled to be released before 31 March, 2005 † Please note that not all titles are available in all territories. Check with your local distributor for availability. 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 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). r***ecordings … 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 indicate which of our Naxos recordings were Répertoire CD of the Month 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 Best Classical Album of 2003, New Zealand Music Awards f Pizzicato: Supersonic Rating m Pizzicato: Excellentia NaxCat2005 ABRIDGED VERSION3 23/12/2004, 11:55am 4 FOREWORD BY KLAUS HEYMANN When I started the Naxos label eighteen years ago I had which combines music and commentary to such no great ambitions other than making classical intelligent effect. recordings available on CD at a price comparable to that Another telling example of our intent to broaden of LPs. Not in my wildest dreams did I expect Naxos to and develop our remit is the commissioning of Sir Peter become the world’s leading label for classical repertoire. Maxwell Davies to write 10 “Naxos Quartets”, the first In many countries, including the UK, it is also now the of which appeared in late 2004, in a ground-breaking best-selling classical label. venture which sees a composer writing and naming a As of January 2005, our catalogue comprises over series of works after a label. 2750 releases and we add about fifteen new releases That passion to develop the market extends to every month. By the end of the year 2005, our technology too, and here we have a significant lead over catalogue will be close to 3000 recordings, offering others. Already we are indisputable technological music lovers a veritable encyclopedia of classical music. leaders in 5-channel surround sound recording, As important as sheer breadth of choice is the quality pioneering the DVD-A format and adopting the of the offering. After all, one’s natural love of a bargain SACD/CD Hybrid format. That means being able to is always tempered by the suspicion of possible corner purchase a future-proof CD ready for 5-channel SACD cutting. With us you can purchase with utter as soon as you install it at home. confidence. Look at the reviews and you’ll see that We are likewise investing in exciting new digital Naxos enjoys immense critical respect. 500 Penguin delivery formats with our Naxos Music Library which Guide 3-star recommendations and over 100 “Editor’s enables a university library or music faculty to offer Choices” in The Gramophone magazine attest to that as students complete unlimited access to all 80,000 Naxos do the thousands of enthusiastic letters and emails we and Marco Polo tracks at the click of a mouse. Naxos receive every year. Radio (available from the website, www.naxos.com) So, how do we manage to issue brand new recordings enables an individual to enjoy 60 channels of streamed at less than half the price of full-price recordings? classical music through a computer for 24 hours a day Particularly, one wonders, since we work with many of at a very modest cost. In fact, the way we are able to the same orchestras as other independent record distribute music is undergoing exciting changes: for companies, employ some of the same producers and instance, the time is not far off where you could be engineers and thus have costs similar to most other filling up your Apple iPod at a kind of musical gas record companies. The answer is simple: our station, most likely your favourite retailer. consumer-friendly price and wide distribution allow us We continue to invest a great deal of effort and to spread that recording cost across 20,000 to 30,000 money into www.naxos.com with a highly sophisticated copies. database that allows unprecedented access to A sense of adventure keeps us all fresh and innovative information about musical works and enable the visitor too. In addition to superb new versions of the to the site to find all 80,000 tracks in our catalogues. established core classics, we have made remarkable Those who subscribe to the site can also listen to every treasures accessible to adventurous music lovers – from single track. Our website also offers information about British String Quartets to Japanese Classical Favourites, other independent CD and DVD labels, making it a from 20th Century American Music to symphonies of veritable portal for the world of recorded classical the 18th Century that had never been recorded before. music. I hope we never lose the joy of discovering something Our dedication to classical music has been rewarded new and remarkable. with unprecedented acclaim from the media but also, In fact, a key benefit to music of the Naxos approach and more importantly, from our customers. is that works once considered unusual, such as a Glass Constantly rising sales have enabled us to hold the Violin Concerto or the Hummel Masses [which our remarkable Naxos price whilst consistently raising affiliated publishing company, Artaria Editions, also standards. published], can actually become popular enough to Given the quality and breadth of Naxos releases, enter the mainstream repertoire, and of that I confess to there’s always a reason to go back to Naxos every being very proud. month. Where else today can one enjoy such an Naxos is a label created, developed, marketed and extraordinary musical adventure for such a modest distributed by music lovers on behalf of other music outlay? lovers and yes, we are serious about our music.