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We would like to invite you to join Naxos, the world's leading independent classical music label, in exploring the best of today's classical music. Each week we bring you a new program: sometimes a look at Naxos new releases, and sometimes a look at the performers and composers who make our recordings.

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New Release Spotlight: Fall River Legend by Morton Gould

In this New Release Spotlight, Naxos takes a look at Fall River Legend, composed by Morton Gould. Based on the story of Lizzie Borden, the famous alleged murderess who �took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks,� the Fall River Legend ballet is one of Gould�s most frequently performed and best known works....

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[ Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:30:00 -0500 ]

Ariel Ramirez: Misa Criolla and Navidad Nuestra

Naxos presents this new recording of Ariel Ramirez� beloved masterpiece Misa Criolla, performed by The Choral Arts Society of Washington. Ramirez, widely acclaimed for his unique synthesis of popular and liturgical styles, based his Misa Criolla on South American folk music. Missa Luba, which adapts traditional Congolese melodies and rhythms to the Latin texts of the Mass, has been described by its creator, Father Guido Haazen, as a collective improvisation. It includes a prominent and exciti...

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[ Fri, 20 Jan 2006 02:00:00 -0500 ]

The American Horn Quartet: Concertos for Four Horns

Naxos presents highlights from an exciting new CD featuring the American Horn Quartet, Concertos for Four Horns, with music by Schumann, Handel, Telemann and Haydn. This podcast also includes an interview with group leader Kerry Turner, who talks about the music, the group, and why horn players put their hand in the bell of the horn....

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[ Fri, 13 Jan 2006 04:08:00 -0500 ]

Highlights - Naxos 2006 Grammy Nominated Titles

Naxos is proud to present highlights of the fourteen Naxos recordings nominated for Grammy awards this year....

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The Symphonies of William Boyce

William Boyce was among the most important English composers of the late Baroque period. His Eight Symphonies are the best known and most recorded of all his works. Today Kevin Mallon, director of the Aradia Ensemble, speaks about the recent Naxos recording of the Eight Symphonies....

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Christmas Around the World

Naxos presents a Christmas tour of Europe and North America, with stops in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Poland, Italy, England, Canada and the USA. Every country that celebrates Christmas develops its own music to celebrate � this podcast takes a look at some Christmas favorites from around the world....

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[ Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:33:00 -0500 ]

Ana Maria Martinez: Soprano Songs and Arias

On the eve of her Metropolitan Opera debut, soprano Ana Maria Martinez released a new CD on Naxos entitled Soprano Songs and Arias. This CD makes it abundantly clear why she is a rising star in the opera world. This edition of Classical Music Spotlight features Ms. Martinez in interview, plus highlights from the CD....

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Sean Hickey: Left at the Fork in the Road

Sean Hickey is a New York-based composer whose new CD, Left at the Fork in the Road, has been recently released on Naxos American Classics. This podcast features both music from the CD and an extended interview with the composer. Mr. Hickey speaks about his major influences (from van Halen to Stravinsky), how he composes, and what?s next in his busy schedule....

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New Release Spotlight: The Romantic Harp

This recital of mainly late Romantic harp repertoire not only illustrates the important contribution of French composers to the genre but some of the innovative techniques introduced by composers of the early twentieth century....

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[ Fri, 9 Dec 2005 11:56:00 -0500 ]

Heitor Villa Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras

Heitor Villa-Lobos was one of Brazil?s most important composers, and one of its most prolific. His Bachianas Brasileiras (all nine of them) combine two of his greatest loves ? the music of Bach, and his homeland of Brazil. Colorful, tuneful, and sometimes magical, these pieces helped put Villa-Lobos, and Brazilian music, on the map....

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William Bolcom: Music for Two Pianos

William Bolcom is one of today?s finest American composers. His music combines various influences ? from Stravinsky to ragtime ? to produce a sound that is unique, intriguing and very American. This podcast looks at his works for two pianos? music that shows his fascination with the traditional ragtime music of a century earlier....

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[ Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:54:00 -0500 ]

Stravinsky's Firebird

The spotlight looks at one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, Igor Stravinsky, and his ballet The Firebird. This was the first of three ballets Stravinsky wrote just prior to World War I, and over the course of these pieces, he changed the direction and history of classical music. Stravinsky had a unique sense of melody and rhythm, and his imagination for orchestral color led him to create music unlike anything heard before....

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[ Fri, 18 Nov 2005 10:37:00 -0500 ]

New Release Spotlight: The Symphonic Music of Respighi

This release presents a fascinating survey of the early orchestral works of Ottorino Respighi. Although the influence of Rimsky-Korsakov, Dvorak, and others is readily discernible, these works also demonstrate Respighi?s growing mastery of a form of music - the symphonic - that was largely neglected at that time in Italy....

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[ Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:25:00 -0500 ]

Leonard Bernstein, Kaddish Symphony No. 3 and Chichester Psalms

Leonard Bernstein was one of the best known musicians of the past century. He was a star conductor, pianist, and a composer who wrote terrific music for both symphony orchestras and Broadway. He was also a larger-than-life personality who seemed in his element whenever he was in front of an audience. This podcast looks at a two pieces influenced by his Jewish heritage - the Chichester Psalms, and the Symphony No. 3, named the Kaddish...

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[ Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:20:00 -0500 ]

Virtuoso Timpani Concertos

Though many people think of the timpani as a purely orchestral instrument, timpani have been in use as solo instruments for centuries. It was not unusual for virtuoso timpanists of the 18th century to perform on between 10 and 16 drums, which were smaller than those in use today. This Naxos recording presents several styles of music for multiple timpani. These include the semi-improvised style used by military drummers, elegant court symphonies by Molter and Graupner, and Fischer?s ?Symphony ...

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Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2

Johannes Brahms waited more than 40 years before he composed a symphony, then he wrote four in the space of ten years ? all of them masterpieces. Conductor Marin Alsop is now recording all of these symphonies with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. This podcast looks at Symphony No. 2 ? German Romanticism at its glorious best, this new recording, and the composerbehind it. It also asks why Brahms Symphonies are 45 minutes long, while Beatles songs last five minutes....

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The Life and Music of Arvo P?rt

On September 11, 2005 the great Estonian composer Arvo P?rt turned 70. This documentary looks at his musical journey: the youthful years in Estonia, years of struggle with the repressive forces of Soviet cultural policy, emigration to the West, and finally, finding his mature voice in pieces such as Passio and Spiegel im Spiegel. In P?rt?s life, musical, spiritual and religious threads that may have started out unconnected weave together into one connected tapestry giving his music an almost mys...

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Celebrate America with the Music of Peter Boyer

What was it like to be one of the millions of immigrants coming to America through Ellis Island early in the 20th century? Peter Boyer's Ellis Island: The Dream of America brings that experience to life in a unique and powerful way. This work combines elements of symphonic music, theatre and history to celebrate the American immigrant experience. Boyer chose stories from the Ellis Island Oral History Project, wove them together into a narrative describing the hopes, dreams and struggles of these...

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[ Fri, 8 Jul 2005 09:39:07 -0500 ]

Classical Music Spotlight - Elgar's Sea Pictures

Written for the striking contralto Clara Butt, who gave the work's premiere in a dress said to resemble a mermaid, Sea Pictures is Elgar's only song cycle with orchestra. These exquisite miniatures depict the sea in all its guises, peaceful and storm tossed by turns. The heartfelt Where Corals Lie is perhaps the most remarkable three minutes in all of Elgar. Inspired by the notion that artists are the real creators and the true makers of history and society, The Music Makers is a largely intimat...

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