CONTENTS Symbols used in this catalogue . 2 Foreword by Klaus Heymann . .3 Navigating Through naxos .com . 4 Alphabetical List of Works by Composer . .5 Collections . .131 Alphorn 131 Eternal Composers Series 141 Orchestral 149 American Classics 131 Film Music 141 Organ 151 American Jewish Music 131 Flute 141 Piano 152 Ballet 132 Funeral Music 142 Russian 154 Baroque 132 Glass Harmonica 142 Saxophone 154 Bassoon 133 Guitar 142 Timpani 154 Best Of series 133 Gypsy 145 Trombone 154 Brass 133 Harp 145 Trumpet 154 British Music 133 Harpsichord 145 Tuba 155 Cello 133 Horn 145 Very Best Of series 155 Chamber Music 134 Light Classics 145 Viennese 155 Chill With 134 Lute 146 Viola 156 Christmas 134 Mandolin 146 Violin 156 Cinema Classics 136 Music for Meditation 146 Vocal and Choral 156 Clarinet 136 Oboe 147 Wedding Music 158 Early Music 137 Ondes Martenot 147 Wind 159 Easter 140 Operatic 147 Easy Listening 140 Operetta 148 Naxos Historical . .160 Naxos Nostalgia . .178 Naxos Jazz Legends . .181 Naxos Musicals . 183 Naxos Blues Legends . 184 Naxos Folk Legends . .184 Naxos Gospel Legends . .184 Naxos Jazz . 184 Naxos World . 185 Naxos Educational . .186 Naxos Super Audio CD . 187 Naxos DVD Audio . .188 Naxos DVD . 188 Marco Polo . .190 List of Naxos Distributors . 202 Naxos Website: www.naxos.com Symbols used in this catalogue # New release not listed in 2009 Catalogue $ Recording scheduled to be released before the end of Dec . 2010 Η Historical Recording (Not available in the USA – some titles may also not be available in Australia and Singapore and other countries with copyright protection terms other than the international standard of 50 years) † 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 recordings are f Pizzicato: Supersonic Rating included in various editions of the authoritative Penguin Guide . The very highest rating is with a awarded only m Pizzicato: Excellentia to recordings of exceptional**** quality . Otherwise, the rating is the highest awarded to other recordings …**** it means that a recording features an outstanding performance and has L Klassik heute: Performance 10 equally outstanding sound . Brackets around one star signify a slight reservation regarding either sound or performance . In this Diapason: This is the French equivalent of Gramophone but catalogue we only list the , , extensively covers live in addition to recorded music . It accords and recordings although**** many more*** of our recordings**** recordings ratings from one to five tuning forks (diapasons) . A also ***received ratings, indicating a good performance and select few recordings are awarded a Diapason d’Or . recording of today’s** normal high standard . 6 Diapason d’Or 2 An outstanding performance and recording 9 Five-Diapason Rating 3 An outstanding performance and Répertoire: This is a record collectors’ publication rating recordings recording in every way 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 A really exceptional issue on every count g Répertoire Recommended Gramophone: This is the oldest monthly British magazine A Répertoire Historical devoted to recorded music . It does not have a rating system and CD of the Month we can therefore only indicate which of our Naxos recordings were included in the monthly Editor’s Choice category and B Répertoire CD of the Month which were pronounced Disc of the Month . Le Monde de la Musique: This is the third of the French magazines . 4 Gramophone Editor’s Choice It rates recordings according to a star system, four stars being the highest rating . A few select recordings are awarded the CHOC 5 Gramophone Record of the Month 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 publication devoted to recorded Le Monde de la Musique music but to music in general (as its title indicates) . Nevertheless, the publication has been increasing its coverage K Classica: Recommended by Classica of classical and other recordings and must now be considered a serious rival to Gramophone . The highest rating given to a ( Stereoplay: 9 Rating recording is ✩ outstanding . ) Stereoplay: 9 .5 Rating * 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 Best Classical Album of 2003, F The Absolute Sound: Super CD New Zealand Music Awards + 3 FOREWORD BY KLAUS HEYMANN, Founder, NAXOS Since its foundation in 1987, Naxos has grown from its charismatic young conductor Vasily Petrenko to a humble budget classical music label into a music- record a new cycle of Shostakovich Symphonies . based media and distribution company which is the undisputed industry leader in terms of the depth In 2009, Naxos also won three Grammy® Awards: and breadth of its catalogue and the number of new Best Chamber Music Performance (Elliott Carter: releases . String Quartets Nos . 1 & 5 / Pacifica Quartet 8 .559362), Best Classical Vocal Performance and Best With subsidiaries in all important music Classical Contemporary Composition (John Corigliano: markets, the Naxos group of companies is also Mr . Tambourine Man / Hila Piltmann, Buffalo now the leading distributor of independent Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta 8 .559331) . classical CD and DVD labels and a pioneer Naxos congratulates these artists for their outstanding in the digital distribution of classical music . achievements . In 2007, we launched the new download site www.classicsonline.com which immediately began We are investing in exciting new digital delivery making an important contribution to the worldwide formats with our Naxos Music Library, which enables accessibility of classical music recordings . The Naxos a university library or music faculty to offer students catalogue, and other leading classical catalogues, complete unlimited access to all Naxos and Marco became available in the unprotected MP3 format, Polo recordings [and the recordings of more than 100 the most convenient digital format, and in the high other independent labels] at the click of a mouse . It resolution of 320 kbps . has also become an invaluable resource for professional musicians, many of whom confess to not being able to By the end of 2009, our catalogue will include close live without the service anymore . The Naxos instinct to 4,000 recordings, offering music lovers a veritable for innovation ensures that it will continue as what encyclopedia of classical music . On average, we release the Los Angeles Times has called an “industry leader” more than 20 titles per month, newly recorded in in the digital distribution of music . more than 20 countries – more than any other record label, independent or major . Our website www.naxos.com is driven by a highly sophisticated database which allows unprecedented As important as the sheer breadth of choice is the access to information about musical works and quality of Naxos’s recordings . Naxos enjoys immense about all the recordings in our catalogues; those who critical respect, as witnessed by more than 800 subscribe can listen to every single track . The site Penguin Guide 3-star recommendations and over 130 also offers information about other independent CD “Editor’s Choices” in Gramophone magazine, dozens and DVD labels, making it a veritable portal for the of excellent reviews from leading music publications world of recorded classical music . See page 4 for a and websites around the world, as well as thousands quick guide to ‘Navigating Through Naxos’ to find of enthusiastic letters and emails received every year the details you want . from delighted customers . Our dedication to classical music has been rewarded A sense of adventure keeps us all fresh and innovative, with unparalleled acclaim from the media . too . In addition to superb new versions of the established core classics, we have made remarkable The ongoing success which Naxos enjoys, especially treasures accessible to adventurous music lovers – during tough economic times, would not be from British string quartets and ‘Japanese Classical possible without the dedication and support of our Favourites’ to 20th-century American music and distributors, retailers and individual customers . symphonies of the 18th century that have never Making classical music more affordable and accessible been recorded before . We will never lose the joy of has always been at the core of what we do and will discovering and sharing something new with you . remain so for many years to come . Naxos is a label created, developed, marketed and distributed by music lovers for other music lovers; and, yes, we are