Naxos Classical Music Spotlight Podcast

Podcast: Wild Grass - the music of Zhou Long and Chen Yi

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:00:59 +0000

Zhou Long and Chen Yi studied together at the Beijing Conservatory of Music, and at Columbia University in New York. They are now both on the composition faculty at University of Missouri, Kansas City. This podcast looks at a new CD of their chamber music with the Beijing New Music Ensemble

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570604

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Podcast: Ge Gan-ru’s String Quartets - Fu, Angel Suite & Fall of Baghdad

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:00:50 +0000

Ge Gan-ru was the first avant garde composer in China, and now lives in the United States. In this podcast, he discusses his journey - from China to America, and from traditional Chinese music to being at the forefront of modern music while talking about the new recording of his String Quartets with ModernWorks.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570603

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Podcast: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Arranged for Solo Piano

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:00:35 +0000

Many people, from Bach on, have turned their hand at arranging Vivaldi’s music.

This podcast looks at his Four Seasons and Mandolin and Lute Concertos arranged for solo piano by Jeffrey Biegel and Andrew Gentile.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570031

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Podcast: Child Prodigy Erich Wolfgang Korngold [Extra]

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:53:07 +0000

Erich Korngold was described as a genius at the age of 9, went on to become one of the finest young composers in Vienna, then had to leave Europe. He ended up in Hollywood, and became one of the finest film composers of his generation.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570791

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Podcast: John Lynch Talks Millenium Canons [Extra]

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:00:53 +0000

Millenium Canons, the new CD featuring the University of Georgia Wind Ensemble, features a wide range of contemporary American and British band music, including Millenium Canons by Kevin Puts.

In this podcast, conductor John Lynch talks about working with contemporary composers, and why he chose this music for his CD.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.572231

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Podcast: Rued’s Langgaard’s Visionary Music for Organ and for Orchestra

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:00:59 +0000

Danish composer Rued Langgaard was mostly ignored, or shunned during his lifetime. It was only in the decades that people began to realize what an amazing composer he was. Langgaard wrote more than 430 pieces, including symphonies, choral works, an opera, and some incredible organ music, including Messis, the piece featured in this podcast.

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Catalogue No.: Dacapo 6.220528-29

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Podcast: In This Hid Clearing - Interview with conductor Thomas J. O’Neal

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:00:48 +0000

In This Hid Clearing, the latest CD with the University of Missouri Wind Ensemble features a huge range of music, including the first ever recordings of works by Gordon Jacob and Jack Stamp.

This podcast features an interview with Tom O’Neal, Director of Bands and conductor on this CD.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.572108

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Podcast: An American Romantic - Arthur Foote

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:00:17 +0000

Arthur was one of America’s finest Romanic composers, and one of the first completely trained in the United States. His gorgeous melodies and lush orchestrations beg the question: Why isn’t the music performed much more often?

In this podcast, conductor Gerard Schwarz tries to answer that question.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559365

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Podcast: Wild Nights! Exciting New Music for Wind Ensemble

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:00:46 +0000

A podcast featuring the new University of Kansas Wind Ensemble CD, Wild Nights. This recording features five new band pieces, all written in the 21st century.

In this podcast conductor Scott Weiss talks about the music on this disc, and his ongoing commitment to creating new works for winds.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.572129

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Podcast: The World’s Largest Instrument - Bertolozzi’s ‘Bridge Music’

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:00:56 +0000

When Joseph Bertolozzi decided to use the Mid-Hudson Bridge in New York as an instrument, he may just have created the world’s largest instrument… over 3,000 feet long.

This podcast features an interview with the composer plus some examples of what this remarkable piece sounds like.

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Catalogue No.: Delos DE1045

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Podcast: Dark Side of the Moon - the Music of Klaus Ib Jørgensen (Extra)

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:01:54 +0000

An interview with conductor Paul Hillier about a new CD of works by Danish composer Klaus Ib Jorgensen. Moon-Pain is a multi movement work that includes songs based on the poetry of Portugese poet Fernando Pessoa.

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Catalogue No.: Dacapo 8.226505

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Podcast: Schütz’s Passion - an Interview with Paul Hillier

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:00:18 +0000

Heinrich Schutz was one of the greatest German composers of the 17th century. His music inspired generations of composers who followed, including J.S. Bach.

In this podcast, conductor Paul Hillier talks about Schutz’ importance as a composer, and about his new recording of the Lukas Passion with Ars Nova Copenhagen.

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Catalogue No.: Dacapo 8.226019

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Podcast: Towards the Flame - Scriabin’s Mystical Piano Music

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:00:48 +0000

Xiayin Wang is establishing herself as one of the “must watch” pianists of the young generation. With a new CD of the music of Alexander Scriabin, and a recital at Alice Tully Hall in New York, there is plenty to pay attention to.

This podcast includes hightlights from her new CD, and an interview with Ms. Wang.

Note: Xiayin Wang personal web site and Facebook fan page.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570412

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Podcast: Montréal’s Mighty Organ - Vincent Boucher Plays Tournemire (Extra)

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:01:50 +0000

An introduction to the pipe organ - the King of Instruments -with organist Vincent Boucher at the console of the giant Casavant organ at Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Montreal.

In this podcast he explains and demonstrates how the instrument works, and talks about his ongoing project to record the complete organ music of Charles Tournemire.

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Catalogue No.: ATMA ACD22470

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Podcast: The Phoenix and the Composer - an Interview with Bright Sheng

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:00:49 +0000

Bright Sheng has spent half his life in his homeland China, where he survived the Cultural Revolution by playing piano and percussion in a folk music group on the border with Tibet, and has spent the other half of his life in the United States where he has become one of the most saught after composers.

A fascinating story and interview.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559610

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Podcast: Telemann, Fantasies for Solo Violin

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:00:43 +0000

George Philip Telemann wrote his 12 Fantasias for Solo Violin with student and amateur violinists in mind… and the fact there were lots of them to sell the music to. Still, they are wonderful lively pieces, expecially in these performances by Augustin Hadelich.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570563

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Podcast: An Interview with Composer Mark Grey

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:00:12 +0000

Composer Mark Grey talks about his piece “Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio”. The development of this piece was a massive undertaking involving the Phoenix Symphony and chorus under the direction of Music Director Michael Christie, along with members of the Navajo community

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559604

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Podcast: An Interview with Peter Breiner (Extra)

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:20:46 +0000

An interview with Peter Breiner who was commissioned to create orchestral suites from the operas of Czech composer Leos Janacek.

These brilliant arrangements truly reflect the unique musical language that make Janacek’s operas some of the best written in the 20th century.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570555 & 8.570556

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Podcast: Daron Hagen’s Opera Shining Brow

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:00:17 +0000

The 1993 opera Shining Brow is based on the life of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

In this podcast, both composer Daron Hagen and librettist Paul Muldoon talk about how this opera was created.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.669020-21

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Podcast: An Interview with Conductor JoAnn Falletta

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:00:42 +0000

Conductor JoAnn Falletta talks about her new CD with the Buffalo Philharmonic that features 2 “new” works by Schubert - a completion of his Symphony No. 8 (often called the Unfinished), and a transcription of his Death and the Maiden String Quartet for full orchestra.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.572051

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Podcast: An Interview with Robert Ian Winsten of ERM

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:00:12 +0000

An interview with Robert Ian Winstin as he talks about his work as a composer, conductor, pianist, and as founder of the CD label ERM Media.

All of the music in this podcast comes from the CD Taliban Dances, which features Winstin in all four different roles.

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Catalogue No.: ERM ERM-5555

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Podcast: An Introduction to Karol Szymanowski

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:00:13 +0000

Karol Szymanowski is one of many composers who should be better known and more often played than they are.

This podcast introduces the man, and three of his works for the theatre.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570723

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Podcast: An interview with Jason Vieaux (Extra)

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:10:10 +0000

Jason Vieaux is one of the busiest of all classical guitarists. He is also the Head of the Guitar Department at the Cleveland institute of Music.

In this podcast, he talks about the guitar, and about performing the music of J.S. Bach.

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Catalogue No.: Azica ACD-71250

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Podcast: An Interview with John Corigliano

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:00:42 +0000

An interview with Grammy-winning composer John Corigliano about his monumental piece for wind band, Circus Maximus. In this interview, the composer talks about writing this work, how he approaches composition, and why he especially enjoyed writing music for band.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559601

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Podcast: Lincoln Portraits

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:00:14 +0000

For generations Americans from all walks of life have been inspired by Abraham Lincoln. This includes generations of American composers who have written a long list of works dedicated to or inspired by the history and words of the 16th President of the United States.

This episode looks at eight Lincoln-inspired works by eight different American composers.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559373-74

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Podcast: Passaggi Featuring The Hartt School Wind Ensemble

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:00:05 +0000

A podcast featuring a new CD by The Hartt School Wind Ensemble under director Glen Adsit, along with soloists Ben Toth and Joe Alessi.

This CD features works by five contemporary American composers, including a work newly composed for this CD.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.572109

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Podcast: An Introduction to Vittorio Giannini

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:00:57 +0000

Vittorio Giannini is best known to other composers as one of America’s most important composition teachers. Curiously, his own music has been largely forgotten.

This episode looks at the the music of Vittorio Giannini.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559352

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Podcast: An Interview With Per Norgard

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:00:03 +0000

An interview with Danish composer Per Norgard. In this podcast, he discusses the influences on him as a composer, and shares how he thinks about music while composing.

The music in this podcast comes from a new CD of his Symphony No. 3, and the world premiere recording of his Symphony NO. 7

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Catalogue No.: Dacapo 6.220547

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Podcast: An Interview With Susie Napper

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:00:43 +0000

An interview with gamba player Susie Napper as she discusses her ongoing love affair with the viol da gamba.

The music in this podcast comes from a recording featuring Susie Napper and Margaret Little playing music by Sainte-Colombe for two viols.

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Catalogue No.: ATMA Classique ACD2 2278

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Podcast: An Interview With Jose Serebrier

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:00:55 +0000

The fourth and final CD featuring Jose Serebrier and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra performing the transcriptions of conductor Leopold Stokowski. This CD includes the famous transcription of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, plus 16 other classical and baroque favourites.

The podcast includes an interview with Jose Serebrier who was a protege of Leopold Stokowski.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.572050

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Podcast: Introducing Bright Sheng

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:00:47 +0000

Bright Sheng is equally a Chinese composer and an American composer. He was born in Shanghai, spent the Cultural Revolution years in a remote Chinese province, then studied in the United States, where he now teaches, and is one of the busiest composers.

His music defies easy labeling, but it’s wonderful sounds have been captivating audiences around the world.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570601

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Podcast: Northern Winds with the Toronto Wind Orchestra

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:00:56 +0000

An interview with Tony Gomes, Music Director of the Toronto Wind Orchestra as he talks about their new CD Northern Winds. Besides the ensemble, this recording features Wallace Halladay, solo saxophone, and Simon Docking.

The featured music includes works by Louis Applebaum, Michael Colgrass, Harry Freedman, Henry Kucharzyk, Gary Kulesha and Olivier Messiaen.

Note: the An interview with Per Norgard episode scheduled for this date will now be posted on February 17th.
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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.572248

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Podcast: Mozart’s Operas Arranged for Winds

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:00:35 +0000

In 1782 the Emperor Jozef II formed a wind ensemble at his court - launching a golden age of wind ensemble music. During this time, it was very popular to arrange Mozart operas for wind ensemble.

This podcast looks a new CD of arrangements of The Magic Flute and La Clemenza di Tito, as played by the Saxonian Wind Academy.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570027

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Podcast: The Theatre Music of Jean Sibelius

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:00:03 +0000

The great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius is best known for his seven great symphonies. Lost in the shadow of these monunental works is some equally wonderful music he wrote for various theatre productions.

This podcast looks at this music, and a new recording by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pietari Inkinen.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570763

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Podcast: Naxos New Year’s Podcast 2008

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:00:32 +0000

A musical New Year’s podcast, with a Viennese twist.

In this podcast, Raymond Bisha looks at the long tradition of New Year’s concerts from Vienna, the conductors, the composers. Of course, in any discussion of Vienna and New Year’s, the music of Johann Strauss Jr. figures prominentaly.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.553281

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Podcast: Naxos Christmas Podcast 2008

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:00:15 +0000

A Christmas Podcast featuring Christmas music from the ages, along with recipes from the time when the musical selections were written.

A mouth watering podcast, thanks to the recipes from The Old Foodie.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.557099

	SCHUTZ: Christmas Story Naxos 8.553514		HANDEL: Messiah Naxos 8.553258
	TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Naxos 8.550515		PONCE: Guitar Music Naxos 8.554199

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Podcast: Leopold Mozart’s Toy Symphony (and other delights)

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:00:59 +0000

Leopold Mozart is best known as the father of his son, Wolftang Amadeus Mozart. Although he was completely overshadowed by his brilliant son, he was a fine composer in his own right.

This podcast looks at a new CD of his orchestral music, including the Toy Symphony.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570499

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Podcast: Leroy Anderson’s Christmas Music

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:00:57 +0000

Leroy Anderson was one of America’s finest composers of what is now often called “light music”.

He as a master of the memorable melody and the catchy rhythm. Over the years, he composed or arranged many pieces for the holiday season, including Sleigh Ride and A Christmas Festival.

This podcast looks at a new recording of his holiday music, featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra and Leonard Slatkin.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559621

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Podcast: Handel’s Israel in Egypt

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:00:37 +0000

An introduction to Handel’s oratorio Israel in Egypt - less well known than the Messiah, but equally good.

It’s a piece full of great choruses, colourful orchestrations and memorable tunes. All music examples from from a new Naxos recording featuring the Aradia Ehsemble and soloists, conducted by Kevin Mallon.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570966-67

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Podcast: An interview with Sir Charles Mackerras

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:00:33 +0000

Sir Charles Mackerras is one of the leading conductors of our time. He is now 83, though he shows no sign of slowing down.

In this podcast he talks about studying the original scores of Mozart and Handel, about studying with Maestro Vaclav Talich in Prague right after the Second World War, and about the operas of Janacek and Strauss.

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Catalogue No.: CHAN 3157(2)

	Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) CHAN 3121(2)		Handel Julius Caesar CHAN 3072
	Janacek Makropolous Case CHAN 3138		Janacek Glagolitic Mass CHAN 9310
	Smetana Bartered Bride CHAN 3128(2)

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Podcast: An Interview with Dmitri Hvorostovsky

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:00:35 +0000

A feature interview with the great Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky as he talks about his CD Heroes and Villains, about singing Verdi, and about working with Amelia Haygood, founder of the Delos CD label.

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Catalogue No.: DE3365

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Podcast: Tomas Breton, Music for Piano Trio

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:00:31 +0000

Tomas Breton was a major figure in Spanish music at the end of the 19th century, and into the 20th century. He was a highly respected conductor, composer, and teacher who numbered Pablo Casals among his pupils. This podcast looks at his works for piano trio, elegant music with a definite Spanish lilt.

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Catalogue No.: 8.570713

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Podcast: Chloe Hanslip Plays Music by Antonio Bazzini

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:00:59 +0000

Antonio Bazzini was one of the great violin virtuosos of the 19th century. Like many soloists of his day, he also composed music, often so he could play it in his own concerts.

In this podcast, British violinist Chloe Hanslip shows herself to be a worthy successor to Bazzini.

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Catalogue No.: 8.570800

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Podcast: Kronos plays Holmgreen

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:00:10 +0000

Danish composer Pelle Holmgreen and the Kronos Quartet have been doing musical projects together for almost 20 years.

This podcast looks at a new Da Capo CD that presents three of these pieces: Concerto Grosso, Moving Still and Last Ground.

The podcast includes a full-length interview with the composer.

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Catalogue No.: CHSA 5066

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Podcast: John Corigliano talks about Mr. Tambourine Man

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:00:59 +0000

American composer John Corigliano talks about his song cycle Mr. Tambourine Man, a setting of lyrics by Bob Dylan to his own music.

In this interview he talks about the challenges of setting Dylan’s lyrics, and how, by reading just the words, he realized that Bob Dylan is one of the finest of all American poets.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559331

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Podcast: Spotless Rose - Hymns to the Virgin Mary

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:00:23 +0000

In 2008 the Phoenix Chorale won a Grammy Award for the newest recording.

This podcast looks at their brand new recording of Hymns to the Virgin Mary.

The interesting thing about this CD is that all of the music was written in the 20th century, including music by four composers who are still very much alive and composing.

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Catalogue No.: CHSA 5066

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Podcast: Pictures at an Exhibition

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:00:02 +0000

Nashville Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin has just released a new recording of Pictures at an Exhibition with each movement transcribed for orchestra by a different arranger.

Some of the arrangers, like Vladimir Askhenazy and Leopold Stokowski are well known, others are not.

But all have been moved by Mussorgsky’s music, and all have created brilliant arrangements.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570716

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Podcast: Music from the Republic of Georgia

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:00:33 +0000

The Republic of Georgia, now in the news for all the wrong reasons, has a very ancient history, and a very long musical tradition.

This podcast looks at that tradition, and introduces music by two contemporary Georgian composer: Sulkhan Tsintsadze and Giya Kancheli.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570324

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Podcast: Bériot Violin Concertos

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:00:17 +0000

Charles-Auguste Bériot was one of the great violinists of the 19th century.

He was a great performer and composer, and he was also a renowned teacher who helped create the Franco-Belgian school of violin playing.

This podcast looks at his music, and his legacy as a teacher.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570360

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Podcast: American Music for Cello and Orchestra

customer.service@naxos.com (Naxos) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:00:01 +0000

William Perry, William Schuman and Virgil Thomson share several important traits.

They are all 20th American composers (though Perry is stil alive, which makes him a 21st century composer), and all have written works for solo cello and orchestra.

This podcast introduces threse three beautiful but still unknown works.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559344

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