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Marin Alsop © Theresa Wey
8.574620 Release date: 26 Sep 2025
Click to listen to Abstractions for orchestra: II. Auguries LISTEN
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Anna CLYNE (b. 1980) Abstractions Within Her Arms • Abstractions Restless Oceans • Color Field Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop
About Marin Alsop, Conductor Marin Alsop is one of the foremost conductors of our time, internationally recognised for her innovative approach to programming and audience development, and for her deep commitment to education. She is the first and only conductor to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, and the first woman to serve as the head of major orchestras in the United States, South America, Austria and Great Britain. Alsop is the chief conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, artistic director and chief conductor of the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, music director laureate and OrchKids founder of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and principal guest conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra. DIGITAL PRE-RELEASE SINGLE
Anna Clyne, described as a ‘composer of uncommon gifts and unusual methods’ by The New York Times , is one of the most in- demand composers today, working with orchestras, choreographers, filmmakers and visual artists around the world. Clyne’s unique voice combines tradition with postmodern techniques, giving her listeners a sense of musical adventure that is grounded in the past. From the beautiful elegy Within Her Arms to the defiant power of Restless Oceans , Anna Clyne’s music strikes a positive and resilient tone. Anna Clyne is rapidly becoming one of today’s leading lights in the world of new classical music, with success upon success enhancing her reputation with each commission. This Naxos debut includes one of her most popular and widely performed works, Within Her Arms for strings, which the Chicago Classical Review described as ‘a powerful work, a sombre, deeply felt meditation on loss’. This album is also representative of Clyne’s close relationship with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra . Abstractions was a Baltimore commission, and Color Field was also written for them. • Key features: • Clyne’s music is represented on several record labels. Her works Prince of Clouds and Night Ferry were nominated for 2015 GRAMMY Awards, and Clyne’s cello concerto DANCE , recorded by soloist Inbal Segev, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Marin Alsop, has garnered over 12 million plays on Spotify. • The combination of Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is a mark of quality when it comes to recordings of all kinds of repertoire, from an ‘an intense, voluptuous and pliant account’ ( The Guardian ) of Prokofiev’s complete ballet music Romeo and Juliet (Naxos 8.573534-35), to modern works by composers such as Kevin Puts, whose Marimba Concerto (8.559926) is ‘filled with virtuosity and creative inspiration’ ( Pizzicato ).
Anna CLYNE Abstractions – III. Seascape * Only available for download and streaming
9.50345 * Release date: 29 Aug 2025
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Companion titles – Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
8.508018
8.559926
8.573534-35
8.572207
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8.574615 Release date: 12 Sep 2025
JoAnn Falletta © David Adam Beloff
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Click to listen to DEBUSSY, C.: Images – No. 2. Ibéria: I. Par les rues et par les chemins – LISTEN
The French in Spain DEBUSSY • IBERT • RAVEL Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra JoAnn Falletta
About JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Multiple GRAMMY-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta serves as music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) and music director laureate of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. She has guest-conducted many of the most prominent orchestras in America, Canada, Europe, Asia and South America. As music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta became the first woman to lead a major American orchestra. Her discography includes over 135 titles, and she is a leading recording artist for Naxos. Her GRAMMY- winning Naxos recordings include Richard Danielpour’s The Passion of Yeshua (8.559885-86) and John Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan (8.559331), both with the BPO, and Kenneth Fuchs’ Spiritualist with the London Symphony Orchestra (8.559824).
This album presents orchestral works by three French composers who saw Spain as a paradise of warmth, fragrance and colour, whether real or imagined. From the vivid evocations of Debussy’s Images and Ibert’s Escales , to the dances and landscapes that inspired Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole , these masterpieces of Impressionism show the considerable impact Spanish culture had on French composers in the early 20th century. This release joins an ever-growing catalogue of fascinating repertoire recorded by JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra . This team has already created a sensation with their recording of Respighi’s evocative Roman Trilogy (Naxos 8.574013), an album that was considered ‘absolutely first rate’ by David Hurwitz of ClassicsToday.com , and their previous Respighi recording of Church Windows , Brazilian Impressions and Rossiniana (8.557711) was a Gramophone Editor’s Choice. In other words, when it comes to this kind of evocatively sun-baked Mediterranean repertoire, this is a place to which collectors will flock, however famous the repertoire. • Key features: • JoAnn Falletta comments: ‘I have personally always been drawn to 20th century French repertoire, and the Buffalo Philharmonic has a gift for playing this music with an extraordinary sense of colour, from the most subtle and muted to a blazing brilliance that paints a breath-taking landscape of sound’.
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Companion titles – JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
8.574013
8.573521
8.574139
8.574556
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Cameron Shahbazi as Tolomeo and Julie Fuchs as Cleopatra © Monika Ritterhaus
2.110779 Filming dates: 25 January and 2 February 2023 Filming venue: Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands Picture format: NTSC 16:9 Sound format: AC3 Stereo and Surround 5.1 Language: Italian Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Dutch, Japanese, Korean Region code: 0 (worldwide) No. of disc/s: 1 (DVD 9) Release date: 12 Sep 2025 Spanish opera and theatre director Calixto Bieito , renowned for his visceral and visually striking approach, impressed audiences and critics with his gripping modern interpretation of Giulio Cesare . Bieito had a first-class ensemble of Handel singers at his disposal for this production, including two rising opera stars that both made their debut with Dutch National Opera – French soprano Julie Fuchs as Cleopatra, and Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Molinari as Sesto. In addition, French countertenor Christophe Dumaux , who has made a name for himself as a Handel specialist, returned to Dutch National Opera in the opera’s title role. Key features: •
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George Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759) Giulio Cesare in Egitto Dramma per musica in three acts (1724) Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym Julie Fuchs, Soprano Teresa Iervolino, Cecilia Molinari, Mezzo-sopranos Christophe Dumaux, Cameron Shahbazi, Countertenors Le Concert d’Astrée Emmanuelle Haïm, Musical director Calixto Bieito, Stage director Set during the Roman Civil War (49–45 BCE), Handel’s Giulio Cesare is an intense drama filled with romance, tragedy and political intrigue. The plot centres on Cleopatra’s campaign to seduce Julius Caesar in order to enlist his support in her becoming Queen of Egypt. Handel’s music breathes the atmosphere of the Baroque with virtuosic vocal fireworks and subtle arias. This acclaimed production is given a modern setting populated by power-hungry oligarchs who are placed by director Calixto Bieito into ‘a digital dream world in a desert paradise’.
Making their Naxos debut here, both conductor Emmanuelle Haïm , a specialist in Baroque repertoire and with an impressive and much- praised discography to her name, and her ensemble Le Concert d’Astrée , also made their Dutch National Opera debut with this production. ‘This was a masterful production, and not just for the wonderful performances from Haïm and Le Concert d’Astrée or for the excellent contributions from all the singers. It succeeded because it was both a gripping drama, superbly directed by Bieito and relevant to the present day’ ( Operawire.com ).
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Also available on Blu-ray video: NBD0187V Filming dates: 25 January and 2 February 2023 Filming venue: Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands Picture format: HD 16:9 Sound format: PCM stereo and DTS-MA Surround 5.1 Language: Italian Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Dutch, Japanese, Korean Region: A, B, C No. of disc/s: 1 (BD 50) Release date: 12 Sep 2025
Le Concert d’Astrée
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Companion titles – Recommended Italian Operas
2.110752 (NBD0166V)
2.110750 (NBD0161V)
2.110733 (NBD0152V)
2.110739 (NBD0155V)
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Jaap van Zweden © Bert Hulselmans
8.660572-73 Release date: 26 Sep 2025
Click to listen to Ouverture LISTEN
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Richard WAGNER (1813–1883) Der fliegende Holländer (‘The Flying Dutchman’) Romantische Oper in three acts Libretto by the composer (version compiling revisions from 1842 to 1880) Jennifer Holloway, Soprano • Maya Yahav Gour, Mezzo-soprano
About Jaap van Zweden, Conductor Esteemed conductor Jaap van Zweden served as music director of the New York Philharmonic from 2018 to 2024 and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra from 2012 to 2024, and in January 2024 took on the same role with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. He has appeared with renowned orchestras worldwide, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony. During the 2024/25 season, he led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on its European tour. He was awarded the Concertgebouw Prize in 2023, and is conductor emeritus of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and honorary chief conductor of the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest where he was chief conductor from 2005 to 2013.
Bryan Register, Richard Trey Smagur, Tenors Brian Mulligan, Baritone • Ain Anger, Bass Netherlands Radio Choir Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra Jaap van Zweden
The Flying Dutchman was Wagner’s breakthrough opera. Though Wagner still employed independent arias and choruses, his operatic concept transcended earlier works such as Rienzi , which was influenced by French grand opera. The supernatural tale of the Dutchman, condemned to roam the seas unless redeemed by a wife who will be faithful to him unto death, inspired an ambitious work in which Wagner was able to unite his dramatic and musical vision with a powerful combined effect for the first time.
Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus
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A leading international dramatic soprano, Jennifer Holloway returned to the Bavarian State Opera as Senta ( Der fliegende Holländer ) in the 2023–24 season. She has been lauded for her ‘nuanced dramatic impulses’ and a ‘voice that is liquid, lambent, and lit from within’.
• ‘The performance of Wagner opera with HK Phil Chorus and Netherlands Radio Choir [is] a fitting reminder of Dutchman Jaap van Zweden’s work with the orchestra’, wrote Ken Smith in the South China Morning Post of this production of The Flying Dutchman . • ‘The Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden, the music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra , deserves an award for steering his players through initially unfamiliar music with such a firm hand and sustained panache. Trophies should equally go to the musicians for their warmth, robustness and precision. When the horns call out before Siegfried’s fateful return to the Rhine forest in Act II, or in the Act III prelude, you’re hearing one of the best Wagner orchestras in the world’, wrote The Times (UK) on 8.660428-31. 5
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Companion titles – Jaap van Zweden’s Wagner Ring Cycle
8.660374-75 8.660394-97 8.660413-16 8.660428-31
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8.551487 Release date: 26 Sep 2025
Titus Engel © Kaupo Kikkas
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Sofia GUBAIDULINA (1931–2025) Figures of Time 1 Introitus 2 • Chaconne 3 Revue Music for Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band 4 Alice Di Piazza, Piano 2, 3 • NDR Bigband 4 Basel Sinfonietta 1, 2, 4 • Titus Engel 1, 2, 4
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Considered by international critics as one of the most talented pianists of her generation, Alice Di Piazza has performed at prestigious venues including the Leipzig Gewandhaus Concert Hall, KKL Festival in Lucerne, Stadtcasino in Basel, Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory Hall, and collaborating with distinguished conductors and orchestras all over the world.
Sofia Gubaidulina was an iconoclastic maverick whose work is synonymous with unprecedented openness and autonomy. The rarely performed Revue Music for Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band is an eclectic subversive masterpiece that caused a scandal at its premiere in the USSR in 1978 – the official reaction to which posed a considerable threat to Gubaidulina’s entire family. It contrasts greatly with the sensual piano concerto Introitus , heard here in the revised version created by the composer in collaboration with Alice Di Piazza. Worlds collide in Figures of Time – a work that combines chaotic effects with unifying harmony. The programme also includes the Chaconne for solo piano with its atmospherically dense process of transformation. About Titus Engel, Conductor Titus Engel has served as principal conductor of the Basel Sinfonietta since the 2023/24 season. He has appeared as guest conductor with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the SWR and WDR Symphony Orchestras, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Zurich and Munich Chamber Orchestras, Ensemble Modern and Klangforum Wien. He regularly conducts at the opera houses in Stuttgart, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Hanover, Basel and Lyon, and was named Conductor of the Year in 2020 by Opernwelt magazine. Respected for his expertise in historical performance practice as well as his precise conducting of complex contemporary projects, the Swiss conductor and Berliner-bychoice can also be heard regularly with central works of the opera literature.
• Gubaidulina said of her that ‘It is no exaggeration to say that we are dealing with an artist of great talent. What a revelation! Technical perfection and artistic virtuosity, sense and willpower. I am sure that a personality of such stature and depth will be seen by the public as a real gift’.
NDR Bigband
Companion titles – Sofia Gubaidulina, Composer
Basel Sinfonietta
8.572772
8.553557
8.573379
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8.574660 Release date: 26 Sep 2025
Goran Filipec © Elisa Caldana
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Click to listen to Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 LISTEN
Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810–1849) Preludes, Ballades and Scherzos Goran Filipec, Piano
Key features: • Chopin’s piano works are deservedly popular and have been widely recorded, but this new album from pianist Goran Filipec explores a now forgotten aspect of 19th-century performance style, in which pianists, while preserving the composer’s original ideas, were happy to give his works a more extrovert aspect in alignment with the more powerful Romantic repertoire in vogue at the time. This approach, while preserving the spirit of Chopin’s creative genius, provides a valuable glimpse into the flexibility with which pianists treated his works in this period, and a new angle on the ever-evolving search for all kinds of musical authenticity. • Filipec’s recordings for Naxos have received significant critical acclaim, and his albums Paganini Studies (8.573458) and Hungarian Fantasy (8.573866) were awarded the International ‘Grand Prix du Disque F. Liszt’ by the Ferenc Liszt Society of Budapest. Other albums with Goran Filipec in our Liszt Complete Piano Music include Poems (8.573794) which has been described as ‘nothing short of superb’ ( Gramophone ) and ‘Filipec is another prestidigital superman’ ( Fanfare ). Filipec has also recorded the Braga Santos Piano Concerto (8.573903) in a release considered ‘a terrific disc full of wide-ranging music’ by ClassicsToday.com. About Goran Filipec, Piano Widely renowned for his exceptional interpretations of the Romantic repertoire, Goran Filipec (b. Rijeka, 1981) is a pianist of fiery virtuosity and evocative pianistic style, often performing his own arrangements and adaptations. Initially a pupil of Evgeny Zarafiants and Oxana Yablonskaya, Filipec studied with Naum Grubert and Natalia Trull at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague and the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He also holds a PhD in music from Sorbonne Université and the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse of Paris.
The extreme delicacy and finesse of Chopin’s pianistic style was unusual in an era when star pianists such as Liszt and Anton Rubinstein were developing more virtuosic and experimental effects. It led some performers of the day to adapt Chopin’s works to suit the context of their time. Goran Filipec has traced the practices of these pianists to fashion a programme of Chopin’s works performed in the spirit of the ‘grand style’. A digital EP featuring four bonus tracks is also available to stream and download (9.70383).
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Fryderyk CHOPIN Preludes Nos. 4 and 18 Fantasy in F minor Polonaise No. 6 ‘Heroic’
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9.70383 * Release date: 26 Sep 2025
Companion titles – Goran Filipec, Piano
8.573458
8.573866
8.573794
8.574588
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8.574586 Release date: 12 Sep 2025
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Nicolò Giuliano Tuccia © John Geblier
Julius BENEDICT (1804–1885) Romantic Piano, Vol. 1 Piano Works Sonata No. 1 Andante and Rondo Brillante • Rêverie Nicolò Giuliano Tuccia, Piano
Click to listen to Scherzo in E major LISTEN
About Nicolò Giuliano Tuccia, Piano Nicolò Giuliano Tuccia is an accomplished pianist, educator and cultural organiser. As president of Forlì Cultura, he has launched numerous artistic projects, including the renowned Guido Agosti season, which has drawn significant public and critical acclaim. He enjoys an extensive performance career, and has appeared on prestigious stages across Europe, including the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Berlin, Casa Menotti in Spoleto and Schloss Bensberg in Cologne, collaborating with leading orchestras and conductors. Tuccia’s repertoire spans from Baroque to contemporary works, with highlights such as Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales , Schumann’s Kreisleriana and Prokofiev’s Third Sonata. DIGITAL PRE-RELEASE SINGLE
Julius Benedict studied with Hummel and Weber, beginning as a virtuoso pianist and then becoming a conductor and operatic composer. In 1835 he moved to England where he spent the next 50 years as a much-admired composer, teacher and writer. His most famous work is the opera The Lily of Killarney but the music for his own instrument displays a precocious talent. This is most evident in the Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major , where novelty and beguiling modulations co-exist with the influence of his teachers. The smaller pieces exhibit his taste, finesse and maturity, while the Andante and Rondo Brillante is a glittering showpiece. Pianist Nicolò Giuliano Tuccia has launched numerous artistic projects, including the renowned Guido Agosti season, which has drawn significant public and critical acclaim: ‘A rough diamond appeared at the Steinway Hall last night for the Keyboard Trust and astonished and seduced us with playing of innocent passion and musicianship of such uncontaminated mastery’, wrote keyboardtrust.org . He is also considered by [the great Lisztian] Leslie Howard as one of the most sensitive and interesting musicians of his generation. Key features: •
Julius BENEDICT Rêverie Op. 39 * Only available for downcload and streaming
9.40578 * Release date: 15 Aug 2025
Companion titles – Other Romantic period piano releases
8.574704
8.574667
8.574601
8.572901
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8.574594 Release date: 12 Sep 2025
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Giancarlo Guerrero © Matthew Holler
Click to listen to Fantasia Brasileira No. 1 LISTEN
Francisco MIGNONE (1897–1986) Fantasias Brasileiras Nos. 1–4 Fabio Martino, Piano São Paulo Symphony Orchestra Giancarlo Guerrero
About Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero has been a frequent guest conductor in North America, performing with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and the orchestras of Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Seattle, among others. Internationally, he has led orchestras across Europe, New Zealand and Australia. The 2024/25 season marks Guerrero’s sixteenth and final season as music director of the Nashville Symphony, with whom he released 21 commercial recordings, garnering 13 GRAMMY nominations and 6 GRAMMY Awards. Guerrero served as music director designate of Sarasota Orchestra in 2024/25, and became music director in the 2025/26 season.
Francisco Mignone became a leading figure in the Brazilian music scene after his return in 1929 following lengthy studies in Europe. His four Fantasias Brasileiras for piano and orchestra are part of his nationalist phase, with the first in the cycle initiated by soloist João de Souza Lima, who asked Mignone for a work with Brazilian flavour. These works share a festive and exuberant style to which the composer would return in his Burlesca e Toccata , which requires acrobatic virtuosity from the soloist in music that surprises by juxtaposing atonality with popular themes. This release follows on from our recording of Mignone’s complete Violin Sonatas (Naxos 8.574595) regarded as ‘post- war modernism at its most playful’ in The Strad . Mignone’s Concertos and Concertinos (8.574573) appeared in July 2024 and was given a five-star rating in Pizzicato , in which it was summed up as ‘definitely an album worth listening to’. MusicWeb International also remarked that, ‘The hope must be that the Naxos “Music of Brazil” series will be revisiting this rewarding composer soon.’ • Key features: •
With ‘nuanced sensitivity, radical ecstasy and astonishing technical virtuosity’ ( Süddeutsche Zeitung ) pianist Fabio Martino has made a name for himself on the international music scene with his interpretations, which are loved by audiences and highly praised by specialist critics. His recital album for OehmsClassics (OC427) was considered ‘both terrific and memorable’ by the American Record Guide .
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Companion titles – The Music of Brazil
8.574573
8.574595
8.574403
8.574407
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History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 8 The Russian Abroad: Berlin LOPATNIKOFF • JUON The Brahms Trio
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Berlin is the focus of this eighth volume of the History of the Russian Piano Trio , which features two Russian composers who lived in the city. Nikolai Lopatnikoff’s symphonies were premiered by Bruno Walter and Serge Koussevitzky, and he was once ranked alongside Stravinsky. Lopatnikoff’s Piano Trio in A minor is an archetypal example of Russian modernism, unparalleled in its use of allusions, tonalities and form. Paul Juon’s Suite in C major is full of elegant and vivid theatrical imagery, while his Piano Trio No. 1 in A minor employs charming stylised folk material influenced by Brahms. Key features: • This is part of a projected series of 15 albums entitled History of the Russian Piano Trio . These releases have subsequently been nominated for an International Classical Music Award (ICMA), and were named as the best albums of 2021 by Gramophone and American Record Guide . Vol. 5 in this series is on 8.574116: ‘This series has conditioned me to expect excellent playing from the Moscow-based Brahms Trio, and its performances here are fully consistent with its outstanding record’ ( Fanfare ). •
8.574689 Release date: 12 Sep 2025
Companion titles – Previous releases in the series
In 2022, The Brahms Trio was nominated for Opus Klassik Awards in the categories of Best Chamber Music Recording, Ensemble of the Year and Outstanding Contribution to the Expansion of the Repertoire. Violinist Nikolai Sachenko and cellist Kirill Rodin are both winners of the Gold Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow; pianist Natalia Rubinstein was First Prize winner of the Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition in Weimar.
8.574688
8.574687
Nikolai Sachenko , Natalia Rubinstein and Kirill Rodin
Click to listen to JUON, P.: Suite in C major, Op. 89: II. Giocoso
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8.574115
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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791) Piano Concertos Nos. 18 and 22 (arr. Ignaz Lachner) Alon Goldstein, Piano • Fine Arts Quartet
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Ever mindful of the accessibility of his works for amateur musicians, Mozart wrote, in a letter to his father, that his Piano Concertos Nos. 11–14 could be performed ‘ a quattro ’, with the accompaniment of string quartet rather than with full orchestra. Ignaz Lachner, a contemporary and associate of Schubert, saw great potential in chamber music arrangements and produced performing versions for piano, string quartet and double bass of many of the Mozart piano concertos. His considerable skill as a composer enabled these concertos, among them Nos. 18 and 22 , to flourish in a more intimate setting. Key features: •
The Fine Arts Quartet has made a number of Naxos recordings, for example Mendelssohn’s String Quintets (8.570488) and Glazunov’s chamber music (8.570256) which were named Recordings of the Year by MusicWeb International , Schumann’s string quartets (8.570151) hailed by the American Record Guide as ‘one of the very finest chamber music recordings of the year’. •
8.574693 Release date: 26 Sep 2025
Companion titles – Previous releases in the series
From left to right: Ralph Evans , Efim Boico , Gil Sharon and Niklas Schmidt
Pianist Alon Goldstein performs on Vol. 24 of the complete Scarlatti keyboard edition on 8.574196: Crescendo (France) wrote; ‘The ornamentation is precise, the accents are deliberately striking, even provocative, the beautiful overall architecture well thought out. We ask for more Scarlatti to be played like this!’
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Click to listen to Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K. 482: III. Allegro (cadenza by Alon Goldstein)
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Wilhelm TAUBERT (1811–1891) Romantic Piano, Vol. 2 Piano Sonatas No. 1 • No. 2 ‘Grande Sonate’ • No. 4 • No. 6 Lucas Wong, Piano
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Wilhelm Taubert was a significant composer and teacher in Berlin during a period when the city began to rival Vienna and Paris as a European musical powerhouse. Though it was also a time when the piano had reached its zenith in size and tonal depth, Taubert’s graceful, conservative style was perfectly suited to the instrument. His sonatas fuse Beethovenian elements with those of Weber, and feature slow movements that draw on rich operatic lyricism reminiscent of Rossini or Cherubini. Key features: Fanfare wrote of Lucas Wong that ‘His playing is both brilliant and sensitive, and his tone is like a pearl necklace… Wong builds up a tremendous head of steam, and he does it without ever raising his voice, so to speak. Even in the smaller works, though, he makes a big impression.’ Gramophone praised his ‘gifts for colour, nuance, and tasteful dynamic contrasts’.
8.574585 Release date: 12 Sep 2025
Companion titles – Other romantic piano pieces 8.574628 | 8.574509 | 8.574165 | 8.574427
Click to listen to Piano Sonata No. 6 in D minor, Op. 114: V. Finale: Allegro con fuoco, ma espressivo
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Pierre BOULEZ (1925–2016) Piano Works Thème et variations pour la main gauche Trois Psalmodies • Incises • Fragment d’une ébauche Ralph van Raat, Piano
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Pierre Boulez’s early ambitions to become a concert pianist provided the impetus to write piano music as a composition student at the Paris Conservatoire. The Thème et variations pour la main gauche and Trois Psalmodies reveal his extraordinary talent in their compelling mix of energy, drama and playfulness. Presenting these works alongside two later compositions provides a unique glimpse into the full arc of Boulez’s musical journey. These pieces are powerful, their emotions raw and unfiltered, offering listeners a chance to experience the early foundations and mature reflections of a master composer. Key features: Acclaimed pianist and Boulez specialist Ralph van Raat brings us yet another recording from Amsterdam’s fine Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ concert hall. This follows on from van Raat’s album French Piano Rarities (8.573894), considered ‘a trove of little-known gems’ by The New York Times , which contained an exclusive recording of Boulez’s hitherto unknown student work Prélude, Toccata et Scherzo
8.574398 Release date: 26 Sep 2025
Companion titles – Ralph van Raat, Piano 8.570621 | 8.573894 | 8.572473 | 8.559285
Click to listen to Thème et variations pour la main gauche: Variation 7: Très égal et assez lent – Dans un grand crescendo
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Reginald SMITH BRINDLE (1917–2003) Complete Works for Solo Guitar, Vol. 2 Sonatas, Songs and Dances Duilio Meucci, Guitar
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Reginald Smith Brindle pursued a distinguished academic career with numerous scholarly publications, but as a composer it was the impact of Italy and his studies with Pizzetti and Dallapiccola that coloured much of his music. Works such as Vita Senese (‘Siena Life’) and the Sonatina Fiorentina express the cultural and architectural magnificence of these great Italian cities. The later guitar sonatas expand into ever deeper emotions and moods as Smith Brindle explores the entire range of the guitar to stunning effect. Key features: This release follows on from a first volume (Naxos 8.574476) that represented a Naxos debut both for composer Reginald Smith Brindle and guitarist Duilio Meucci , and was considered ‘a fine sampler of the music of one of the most important guitar composers of the 20th century, dramatically played by a consummate artist who is deeply dedicated to his work’ in the American Record Guide .
8.574634 Release date: 26 Sep 2025
Companion titles – Other works for guitar 8.574476 | 8.579161 | 8.551485 | 8.559948
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Dmitry SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975) Music for Film Basel Sinfonietta • Frankfurt Radio Symphony • Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra • Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Fitz-Gerald • Adriano • Dmitry Yablonsky Shostakovich composed music for film throughout his life, from his teenage years as a pianist accompanying silent films in Leningrad until the early 1970s. New Babylon provoked a political and artistic storm upon its release in 1929 but remains one of Shostakovich’s finest film scores, performed here complete and uncut. Popular favourites The Gadfly and Hamlet are heard in premiere recordings of the complete scores. Also included is the music for Alone , The Girlfriends , Love and Hate and The Fall of Berlin in premiere recordings that have garnered international critical acclaim. Key features: • Conductor Mark Fitz-Gerald has been called ‘one of the indispensable Shostakovich interpreters of our time’. The Japanese premiere of New Babylon (opening concert of the Tokyo Summer Festival in 2000) and at the Rotterdam Gergiev Festival 2001 were major events. • On Marco Polo/Naxos, Adriano initiated and recorded a series of 15 albums mainly of European film music composers and created and directed a series of classical music videos. All of his recording projects, realised with orchestras in Moscow and Bratislava (49 albums, 21 of which featuring music by Swiss composers) have found wide recognition.
8.507016 [7 Discs] Release date: 26 Sep 2025
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Maurice RAVEL (1875–1937) Orchestral Works and Operas including Alborada del gracioso • Boléro • Daphnis et Chloé • La Valse Pavane pour une infante défunte • Piano Concertos Rapsodie espagnole • L’Heure espagnole • L’Enfant et les Sortilèges Orchestre National de Lyon • Leonard Slatkin This collection of Leonard Slatkin and the Orchestre National de Lyon’s complete Ravel recordings on Naxos includes critically acclaimed performances of the composer’s best-loved works. Featured alongside perennial favourites such as Boléro , the two piano concertos, Tzigane , Ma Mère l’Oye and Daphnis et Chloé , among others, are Ravel’s masterful orchestrations of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and works by Schumann, Debussy and Chabrier. Ravel’s one-act operas, L’Heure espagnole and L’Enfant et les Sortilèges , are Conductor Leonard Slatkin has received six GRAMMY awards and 35 nominations. A recipient of the prestigious National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honour. He has received the Prix Charbonnier from the Federation of Alliances Françaises, Austria’s Decoration of Honour in Silver, the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton Award, and the 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award. • ‘Slatkin shows real empathy with this magical repertoire, and he draws playing of uncommon composure and contagious application from his scrupulously prepared Lyon band.’ – Gramophone on Disc 2 Companion titles – Other orchestral boxed set releases also included. Key features: •
8.508022 [8 Discs] Release date: 12 Sep 2025
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