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GRIEG
Piano Music Vol 1 (Piano Sonata, Four Piano Pieces) Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "The playing is full of imagination, character and sensitivity and the recordings... are very natural too. I would recommend them strongly even had they been at full price." (Gramophone) |
DISCOVER CHAMBER MUSIC
Discover Chamber Music: a combination of illustrative music and a richly filled book Jeremy Siepmann (writer) / Various artists and performers [ Naxos Educational / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/2008 ] Chamber music is the most intimate, and arguably the most joyful and sociable, form of music-making in the world. It may also be the oldest, and its scope is all-embracing, ranging from infectious light entertainment to profound explorations of the... |
DISCOVER OPERA
Discover Opera: a combination of illustrative music and a richly filled book Nick Kimberley (writer) / Various artists and performers [ Naxos Educational / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/2008 ] For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of our lives, its best-loved tunes heard on football terraces, in films and advertisements, and even... |
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique / Le Corsaire Overture Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "one of its admirable qualities is the lucidity of playing that responds well to the particular palette of sonorities that Berlioz envisaged...the performance has its merits in precision and in some dramatic explosions" (Gramophone) |
CHORAL MUSIC
Discover Choral Music: a combination of illustrative music and a richly filled book Various artists and performers [ Naxos Educational / 2 CD - released 17/Sep/2007 ] Discover Choral Music surveys and explains the development of choral music from medieval plainchant to contemporary favourites such as John Rutter and Arvo Pärt, via Renaissance motets, oratorios by Bach and Handel, and symphonies by Beethoven,... |
MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Discover Music Of the 20th Century: a combination of illustrative music and a richly filled book Various artists and performers [ Naxos Educational / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] The 'Discover' series opens the door to key areas of classical music. Through a combination of illustrative music tracks and a richly filled booklet, the exploration is both revealing and enjoyable. Discover Music of the Twentieth Century is a... |
MUSIC OF THE CLASSICAL ERA
Discover Music Of The Classical Era: a combination of illustrative music and a richly filled book Various artists and performers [ Naxos Educational / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] In music, the period from the middle of the eighteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth is usually referred to as the 'Classical' Era. This was a period in which the art, literature and architecture of Ancient Greece and Rome were being... |
DISCOVER EARLY MUSIC
Discover Early Music: a combination of illustrative music and a richly filled book Various artists and performers [ Naxos Educational / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/2008 ] The Middle Ages began with the collapse of the Roman world. This left a military and political system in ruins - but a cultural world-view largely intact. Artistically rich and varied in themselves, the Medieval centuries also sparked both the... |
MUSIC OF A BAROQUE ERA
Discover Music of the Baroque Era: a combination of illustrative music and a richly filled book Various artists and performers [ Naxos Educational / 2 CD - released 10/May/2005 ] "One of the important features of "The Naxos Wonder", besides their successful way of making important music available at very affordable prices, is their achievements in the field of education..." |