The very first Blu-ray CD and DVD releases from Naxos are now available!
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Mark Adamo: Little Women
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Patrick Summers, conductor
Naxos DVD 2.110613
Based on Louisa May Alcott’s enduringly popular novel about the adventures of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy in civil-war era New England, Mark Adamo’s opera Little Women has been performed in more than 70 national and international engagements since its 1998 première by Houston Grand Opera and has achieved the status of an American classic. This recording, with a superb cast expertly directed for television, vividly brings to life an opera that The New Yorker hailed as “A beautifully crafted work, brilliantly molding Alcott’s tale into operatic form,” and The New York Times dubbed a “masterpiece.” Performance by the Houston Grand Opera, featuring Joyce DiDonato, recent winner of two prestigious awards: the Gramophone Artist of the Year and the German Echo Singer of the Year.
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John Corigliano: Circus Maximus
The University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Naxos Audio Blu-ray
Review: “This new Naxos audio Blu-ray is an astounding collection of sonorities, all the more remarkable in that both of the large scale pieces contained on it, the Third Symphony, otherwise known as Circus Maximus, and Gazebo Dances, are orchestrated for wind ensemble…. Experience what a surround recording actually can deliver, especially when it’s a recording of music which has been composed with a heightened awareness of space and movement. Corigliano certainly deserves a much wider audience, and my ardent wish is that this new audio Blu-ray helps to make that happen. Very highly recommended.”
— blu-ray.com, Jeffrey Kauffman, October 23, 2010
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Malcolm Arnold: Ballet Music BBC Philharmonia Rumon Gamba, conductor Chandos 10550 |
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Avner Dorman: Variations Without a Theme, for Large Orchestra “New Music from Bowling Green” Bowling Green Philharmonia Emily Freeman Brown, conductor Albany Records |
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Tristan Keuris: Complete Works Box Set An incredible collection of Keuris’ life work featuring the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Utrecht Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Saxophone Quartet, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and many more. Quattro Live |
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Peter Lieberson: Rilke Songs “I Am No Longer of this World” Don Krim, counter tenor Suzanne Bradbury, piano Don Krim, countertenor |
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Witold Lutos?awski: Partita; Interlude; Chain I; Chain II; Chantefleurs et Chantefables Last Concert New Music Concerts Orchestra, Witold Lutos?awski, conductor Fujiko Imajishi, violin Valdine Anderson, soprano Robert Desnos lyricist Naxos 8.572450 |
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Michael Nyman: Documentary and Concert – DVD A portrait by Sylvia Beck The Michael Nyman Band live at Studio Halle, featuring Steve Reich and Volker Schlondorff Arthaus Musik 101526 |
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Michael Nyman: Trysting Fields Dmitri Shostakovich: Adagio, from Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District De Profundis Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica. Nonesuch 278228 |
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Kaija Saariaho: Graal Théâtre for Violin and Chamber Ensemble Toward the Inside (Nach Innen) musicFabrik Hannah Weirich, violin WERGO 68562 |
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