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Until 11th January 2021, we are offering up to 40% off the usual low price on the complete Naxos catalogue including downloads (please note that the download prices shown are already discounted).
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Offer, Schoenberg - Chamber Symphony No. 2
Mark Beesley (bass)
Simon Joly Chorale, New York Woodwind Quintet & Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft
Mark Beesley, the Simon Joly Chorale and the Philharmonic achieve a remarkable precision and bloom in this Abbey Road recording, while Robert Craft's direction… is more decisive and informed... — More…
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Offer, Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat: Concert Suite & Renard
Catherin Ciesinski (mezzo-soprano) & Susan Naruki (soprano)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, Robert Craft
Wistful is not a word one expects to use to describe a composition of Stravinsky but the Pastorale which opens this collection has just that kind of charm. Written originally as a vocal piece... — More…
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Offer, Webern - Vocal and Orchestral Works
Tony Arnold (soprano), Claire Booth (soprano) & David Wilson-Johnson (bass)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, Simon Joly Chorale & Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft
Craft's approach seems to have mellowed somewhat; he allows more space for the impacted lyricism of Webern's writing to make its mark, though still without quite the Viennese flavour that composers... — More…
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Offer, Stravinsky: Duo Concertant
Jennifer Frautschi (violin) & Jeremy Denk (piano), Ralph van Raat and Maarten van Veen (pianos), Sally Burgess (contralto) & Roderick Williams (bass), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Richard O’Neill (Viola)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, Robert Craft
It's the performances of the two late serial works [the Requiem Canticles and Abraham and Isaac] that make this disc worthwhile. Craft brings real urgency to these masterpieces, and a dramatic... — More…
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Offer, Schoenberg - String Trio, Op. 45
Rolf Schulte (violin), Richard O’Neill (viola) & Fred Sherry (cello), Fred Sherry (cello), Christopher Oldfather (piano), Charles Neidich and Alan R. Kay (clarinets), Michael Lowenstern (bass clarinet) & Toby Appel (viola)
Simon Joly Chorale & Members of the London Sinfonietta,...
An intriguing assortment...Insightful performances — More…
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Offer, Schoenberg - Pelleas Und Melisande & Erwartung
Anja Silja (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft
Anja Silja could hardly be more persuasive in Erwartung, Schoenberg's 1909 monodrama for soprano and large orchestra. Silja is magnificent at conveying the tortured intensity of Schoenberg's... — More…
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Offer, Webern: Symphony, Six Pieces, Concerto for 9 Instruments
Jennifer Welch-Babidge (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, The Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, Robert Craft
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Offer, Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, Three Russian Sacred Choruses & other choral works
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Mary Ann Hart (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Bogdan (tenor), Fred Sherry (cello), Stephen Taylor (oboe), Melanie Feld (oboe and cor anglais), Michael Parloff and Bart Feller (flutes) & David Wilson-Johnson (narrator)
The Simon Joly Chorale, The Gregg Smith Singers, Orchestra of St. Luke’s &...
Any Stravinsky recording making the point that the 20th century's paramount composer wrote more than just a few early ballet scores (however great those are) is resoundingly welcome, and even... — More…
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Offer, Schoenberg - Violin Concerto
Rolf Schulte (violin), David Wilson-Johnson (Narrator, Reciter) & Jeremy Denk (Piano)
The Fred Sherry Quartet, Simon Joly Chorale & Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft
Hilary Hahn's recording of Schoenberg's Violin Concerto (see above) paraded cool beauty where others could find only sweat and tears. Yes, an overstatement perhaps – Louis Krasner and Israel... — More…
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Offer, My First Classical Music Album
Josef Bogacz (violin), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano), Jenö Jandó (piano), Jurgen Schuster (trumpet), Idil Biret (piano), Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano), Georg Tichy (baritone)
Zagreb Festival Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Cappella Istropolitana,...
