Prices shown exclude VAT. (UK tax is not payable for deliveries to United States.)
See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Chill with Collection
Chill with Bach Chill with Beethoven Chill with Chopin Chill with Debussy Chill with Handel Chill with Mozart Chill with Ravel Chill with Satie Chill with Tchaikovsky Chill with Vivaldi
Everything you’ve ever needed to chill out; a sublime 10 disc set featuring the most beautifully tranquil extracts from your favourite composers. Now available at the special price of 10 CDs for the price of 8. “Lifestyle mood dominates the compilations charts, but this series from Naxos goes a stage further by assuming you want to hear a certain composer’s style of relaxing classics. It’s reflected too in the more detailed sleeve notes, which are unusual for a CD like this.” Classic FM Magazine | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
|
|
| |  | Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue
Lisa Goode Crawford (harpsichord) 1624 Ruckers harpsichord, Musée d’Unterlinden, Colmar The American harpsichordist and teacher, Lisa Goode Crawford, known for her performances of French baroque music and the music of Bach, is Emerita Professor of Harpsichord at the Oberlin Conservatory. On this disc she plays a 1624 harpsichord built by Ioannes Ruckers. | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
|
|
| |  | Easy Listening Piano Classics: JS Bach
CD 1 - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I – Prelude & Fugue No.1 - Partita No.1 – Allemande, Menuet I & II - 2-Part Invention No.14 - 3-Part Inventions Nos 3 & 8 - Minuets BWV 841 & 843 - Partita No.4 – Allemande - Partita No.5 – Allemande, Sarabande & Tempo di Minuetta - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I – Preludes & Fugues Nos 17 & 23 - English Suite No.1 – Prelude, Sarabande, Bourrée I & II - Prelude in C major - Prelude in D major - Praeambulum in F major CD 2 - 3-Part Inventions Nos 10 & 11 - Minuets BWV Anh. II 114 & 115 - French Suite No.6 – Allemande, Sarabande, Gavotte, Menuet polonais & Petit Menuet - Goldberg Variations – Aria, Variations 3, 6 & 7 - Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I – Prelude & Fugue No.13 - English Suite No.6 – Gavotte I & II - Partita No.4 – Aria, Sarabande & Menuet - 3-Part Invention No.1 - 2-Part Invention No.13 - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II – Prelude & Fugue No.19 - 2-Part Invention No.8 - French Suite No.2 – Allemande, Air & Menuet - English Suite No.4 – Courante CD 3 - Italian Concerto – I (Allegro) - Prelude & Fughetta in G major - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II – Preludes & Fugues Nos 7 & 9 - English Suite No.3 – Gavotte I & II - English Suite No.4 – Prelude & Allemande - Italian Concerto – II Andante - 2-Part Inventions Nos 1, 4 & 5 - Minuet BWV Anh. II 116 - March BWV Anh. II 122 - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II – Preludes & Fugues Nos 11 & 12 - Goldberg Variations – Variations 9, 13, 18 & 19
Wolf Harden, Jeno Jando, Wolfgang Rübsam & Janos Sebestyen Naxos’ Easy-Listening Piano Classics presents a delightful range of music from Baroque masterpieces to beautiful works of the Classic and Romantic eras, as well as Impressionist classics, specially selected for discerning listeners to enjoy at home or work, while relaxing, entertaining or travelling. Featuring some of the finest pianists from Naxos’ extensive roster, these 3-CD albums are both an excellent introduction to the piano repertoire and delightful listening for the connoisseur. | | | (also available to download from $13.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
|
|
| |  | Stephen Kovacevich live at Verbier FestivalRecorded at Verbier Festival, July 2009
This series of TV programmes presents the very best of the 16th Verbier Festival with worldwide renowned artists such as Susan Graham, Martha Argerich, Stephen Kovacevich, Yuri Temirkanov and Philippe Jaroussky. Stephen Kovacevich, distinguished highly regarded American pianist and conductor, is famous for his tremendous interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart and Schumann which are renowned. He has conducted many of the world’s finest orchestras, for example the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Mozart Players, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra or Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. He has won unsurpassed admiration for his interpretations of the piano oeuvre by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart and Schubert for the thoughtful and intense creativity; his concert appearances are always unique. Kovacevich made his concert debut as a pianist at the age of 11. When he was 14, he already played Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major and Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. His international reputation has been built both on his concert appearances, renowned for their thoughtfulness and re-creative intensity, and on the highly acclaimed recordings he has made throughout his career. 'In a period when Beethoven interpretation has become fairly standardized, Kovacevich remains a free spirit, making a profoundly personal response to the music and playing in an improvisatory style, which fits descriptions of how Beethoven performed his own music.' Boston Globe Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sounds formats DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 95 min FSK: 0 “Filmed in his seventieth year, this recital is proof that pianist Stephen Kovacevich is still very much in his prime...And the unfussy camera-work is just what we need to savour the mechanics of his art: most of the shots are of his hands in close-up, showing the surgical precision of his finger-work. The film draws us intimately in.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2010 **** “The [Bach] Partita is quite outstanding while the Schumann, with each little poem gratifyingly linked without pause, is charmingly characterised...If you need an illustration of masterly production on the piano, look no further.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2010 “The positive aspect of this aprticular DVD is what it reveals about Stephen Kovacevich's personal approach...His interpretation of Bach's Partita No. 4 in D major is exemplary. There is absolutely no attempt at harpsichord imitation...He plays the music as if Bach intended it for the modern piano...it is a great privilege to hear him play these works.” International Record Review, December 2010 “[The Diabellis are] custom built for Kovacevich. Nothing this artist does is less than compelling...Martial Barrault's camera angles achieve a nice balance to catch both an overall picture and a close-up of his hands.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
|
|
| |  | A Ballet by John Neumeier
Peter Schreier (Evangelist and tenor arias), Bernd Weikl (Jesus), Mitsuko Shirai (soprano), Marga Schiml (alto) & Franz Grundheber (bass) Hamburg Ballet, St.-Michaelis-Orchester, St.-Michaelis-Chor, Knabenchor Hannover & Knabenchor St. Michaelis, Günter Jena Live Recording from Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 2005. Choreography, Staging, Scenography by John Neumeier. “I am both Christian and a Dancer” 'John Sebastian Bach‘s Matthew Passion has deeply moved me. Bach‘s musical incarnation of the Passion in both its general and personal aspects created the need in me to fi nd a choreographic equivalent. I am both Christ and a dancer. My whole life, all my thought and feeling are the dance, and choreography is my real language. That is why I have attempted to express my own religious convictions and experiences in choreographic terms and to organize them in artistic form. In my entire career as a choreographer, I have never known a period in which I enjoyed such complete harmony with the dancers, as I have enjoyed throughout the creation of the St. Matthew Passion. It was a period of learning from one another, of experiencing instinctively together the emotion of text and music, of positive cooperation and concentration. Even if this ballet had never got beyond rehearsals and had never been performed, the process of its creation will remain the most profound experience of my working life.' John Neumeier „One‘s imagination can feast on this ballet and its implications, one can become personally involved, but it is difficult if not impossible to imagine any other company performing it. It is the unique expression of this man and this company he has forged.“ Dance Magazine BONUS: Includes a Multi-Angle-View Sound Format: PCM Stereo Picture Format: 16:9 DVD Format: 1 x DVD5, 2 x DVD9, NTSC Running Time: 211 mins FSK: 0 “Neumeier, who bows out here as Christ-like dancer, sees this as his finest achievement. Balletomanes may agree; music lovers might be baffled by choreographed Bach.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2011 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
|
|
| |  | Cherry Rhodes at the Kimmel Center
| | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
|
|
| |  | J.S. Bach: Complete Edition
157CD+2DVD+1DVD-ROM. Complete works on CD MANY NEW AND PERIOD-INSTRUMENT RECORDINGS Includes Diapason award-winning recordings NEW EDITION INCLUDES MARKUS-PASSION DVDs of Matthäus Passion & Johannes-Passion DVD-ROM Includes: Complete Scores, Booklet Notes and Sung Texts, Brilliant Classics Catalogue
Extra postage costs:
As this set is very heavy (around 5kg) we unfortunately need to charge some extra postage costs to certain countries.
UK and most of Western Europe: No extra charges - Normal rates apply.
Rest of World: Varies by country. Please contact us for further details. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
|
|
| |  |
Bach’s ‘Passions’ have been said to employ the word with more than one meaning – as well as telling the story of Christ’s sacrifice, they are simultaneously a celebration of human feeling in the joy and suffering of man’s pilgrimage on earth. The expert early music chamber orchestra Yorkshire Baroque Soloists bring all of these feelings to life in a dramatic and resonant performance of Bach’s Passio Secundum Johannem. Joined for this recording by the excellent Charles Daniels, Stephen Varcoe and Stephan Loges, the Yorkshire Baroque Soloists have been a leading light in the world of Early Music performance since their formation in 1973. “...there is nothing nostalgic about Peter Seymour's lean, purposeful direction, the imposing opening chorus fastidiously 'sprung' yet maintaining gravitas...Charles Daniels's level-headed Evangelist anchors the narrative thrust with suave sagacity.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2010 *** “The results are indeed as dramatically coherent and satisfying as I've heard for a while. Seymour's considered pacing begins with a pungent and deliberately graphic opening chorus - the choir are disarmingly flexible and communicative throughout - but extends into a brilliantly judged world of elision between crowd chorus, aria, chorale and narrative” Gramophone Magazine, January 2011 “Seymour has a small, flexible group of singers at his command and their singing is never less than incisive. They’re especially strong in the crowd scenes in Part II...Charles Daniels brings all his experience to the role of the Evangelist and offers a great deal of finesse and insight...[Seymour] is clearly steeped in this score and he puts across his vision of it convincingly.” MusicWeb International, May 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
|
|
| |  |
After having recorded the complete organ works of Bach, Bernard Foccroulle rounds off his musical voyage with the Art of Fugue; Bach himself did not state on which instrument he intended the work to be performed. A true example of ars perfecta, the Art of Fugue is not simply a demonstration of contrapuntal theory for musicians adept in refined polyphonic technique; each piece is a small jewel, whose harmonic language and expression are revealed to all who listen. “Foccroulle relishes the colours at his command, eschewing 16' pedal tone, though clearly using his feet to spread the contrapuntal load! The dryish acoustic copes well with the strong registrational juxtapositions...Another hallmark is the judicious choice of tempi. Movements in compound time signatures dance and bounce along with ease.” Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
|
|
| |  | Classic Originals: Pieces in the Original Style 2
Bach, J S: | Arioso (Largo) from Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV1056 András Schiff (piano) Chamber Orchestra of Europe Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 1 in C major, BWV846: Prelude András Schiff (piano) | Bellini: | Ah, non credea mirarti (from La Sonnambula) Renée Fleming (soprano) Orchestra of St Luke’s, Summers | Elgar: | Nimrod (from Enigma Variations) Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit | Fauré: | Requiem: In Paradisum Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit Pavane, Op. 50 Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit | Grieg: | Peer Gynt: Morning San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt | Puccini: | O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Renée Fleming (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | Saint-Saëns: | Le carnaval des animaux: Aquarium London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit | Tchaikovsky: | Swan Lake: Scene (Swan Theme) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti | Vaughan Williams: | The Lark Ascending Iona Brown (violin) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner |
10 years after the massive success of 'Pieces In A Modern Style' which sold more than 350,000 albums, Decca will release a new album of trip-hop classics from superstar producer William Orbit in August 2010 (Catalogue number: 4782546) This special mid-price companion disc presents the original works which inspired the new album Includes classic hits by Puccini, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Fauré, Elgar and more. Classic recordings by classical stars including soprano Renée Fleming, pianist András Schiff and conductors Sir Georg Solti and Sir Neville Marriner. | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
|
|
| |
|
