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DECEMBER 2014
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NEW ON NAXOS
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DECEMBER 2014
Includes
World Première
Recordings
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47313 33157 4
Playing Time
53:57
© Róbert Bublik
8.573315
Sensations
Music for Bandoneon
Miran Vaupotić
Cesare Chiachiaretta, Bandoneon • Krunoslav Marić, Solo Violin*
Croatian Philharmonic Orchestra • Miran Vaupotić
Roberto DI MARINO (b. 1956)
Ástor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)
†
Concerto for Bandoneon and String Orchestra†
Oblivion / Five Tango Sensations*
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Companion Titles
The bandoneon is a type of concertina which has been an essential
part of traditional tango ensembles for the past century. Award-winning
Italian composer Roberto Di Marino explores the breathtakingly
virtuoso and sensual qualities of this distinctive instrument in his
Concerto, with its driving syncopated rhythms and melodies which
tug at the heartstrings. Ástor Piazzolla singlehandedly created
the ‘nuevo tango’ genre, and his haunting Oblivion is one of his
most haunting creations in this style. He described the Five Tango
Sensations as “a musical farewell to life”.
Sales Points • Tango music and the bandoneon are hugely popular,
and Roberto Di Marino rewards our expectations with his brand new
Concerto for Bandoneon and String Orchestra. This impressive
work builds on the romantic idiom of Ástor Piazzolla, spectacularly
extending the virtuoso boundaries of the solo instrument over exciting
rhythms and heartwarming harmonies. Coupling this with some of
Piazzolla’s most evocative music is a natural choice which will add
to the attraction of this release, while acclaimed soloist Cesare
Chiacchiaretta is universally admired amongst fellow musicians and
audiences as a widely travelled ambassador for his instrument.
8.570523
8.572271
8.554760
© Mario Majcan
Cesare Chiacchiaretta devoted himself to the study of the accordion
at a very young age, later taking up the bandoneon. He has been
awarded many prizes at important national and international
competitions, such as the first prize at the 1993 Città di Castelfi
dardo international competition. He is currently an accordion teacher
at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory in Parma. Miran Vaupotić is quickly
establishing himself as a sought after young artist. Currently, he
is Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian Symphony Orchestra
Prokofiev in Moscow, Russia, and Artistic Director of newly founded
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra in Philadelphia, USA. He was
declared Artist of the Year 2008 by the International Art Society &
Academy.
8.572611
Croatian Philharmonic Orchestra
2
NEW ON NAXOS
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DECEMBER 2014
NBD0046
7
30099 00466 4
Playing Time
1:37:48
©Krzysztof Niesporek
Audio Format • Blu-ray Audio
Sound • 24-bit, 96 kHz PCM
Companion Titles
NEW RELEASE
Antoni Wit
Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
Requiem
Christiane Libor, Soprano • Ewa Wolak, Alto
Daniel Kirch, Tenor • Janusz Monarcha, Bass
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Antoni Wit
8.572874-75
8.572031
8.573061
8.572639
Antoni Wit, one of the most highly regarded Polish conductors,
studied conducting with Henryk Czyz at the Academy of Music in
Kraków. He then continued his musical studies with Nadia Boulanger
in Paris. After winning second prize in the International Herbert von
Karajan Conducting Competition in Berlin (1971), he became an
assistant conductor to the patron of that competition. From 2002
to 2013 Antoni Wit was the managing and artistic director of the
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir. He has made over
200 records, including an acclaimed release for Naxos of the piano
concertos of Prokofiev, awarded the Diapason d’Or and Grand Prix
du Disque de la Nouvelle Académie du Disque. In 2012 he received a
GRAMMY® Award for Penderecki’s Fonogrammi, Horn Concerto and
Partita (8.572482). Antoni Wit is professor at the Fryderyk Chopin
University of Music in Warsaw.
Antonín Dvořák’s huge popularity in England was built largely on the
success of his Stabat Mater, which he had conducted there in 1884
and 1885. It was well suited to the country’s choral traditions and led
eventually to a commission for a Requiem, which was premièred in
Birmingham in 1891. Written in ten months during tours to Russia,
England and Germany, its success was immediate. Sitting closer to
the tradition of Cherubini than Verdi, its tone is compassionate and
reflective, devoid of unnecessary drama, and movingly crafted with
great sophistication.
© Dominik Skurzak
Sales Points • Dvořák's Requiem is a work of humanity and
compassion and has attracted a large number of recordings. There is
the classic Ančerl-directed one, and others conducted by Neumann,
Sawallisch and Kertesz have long dominated the catalog since the
1960s and 70s onwards. Conductor Antoni Wit is a Naxos regular
and a renowned interpreter of Slavic music - in the past he has also
recorded Dvořák - the Piano Concerto on 8.550896 and the Czech
Suite coupled with Hero's Song on 8.553005.
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
3
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DECEMBER 2014
© Martin Malý
NEW ON NAXOS
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Includes
World Première
Zdeněk FIBICH (1850–1900)
Orchestral Works, Vol. 4
Recordings
Czech National Symphony Orchestra • Marek Štilec
This fourth volume in the first complete recording of the orchestral
works of Zdeněk Fibich features shorter orchestral works and
occasional pieces for theatre projects. They include the evocative
overture A Night at Karlštejn Castle, the Mendelssohnian overture to
the incidental music for The Jew of Prague, as well as the witty and
elegant ballet music from the opera Hedy. Specially prepared from
original sources for this recording by Marek Štilec, the four Tableaux
vivants (‘staged pictures’) reflect a 19th-century Central European
fashion for staged pieces, including fanfares, majestic ceremony and
regal splendour, not intended to outlive their immediate purpose.
Sales Points • This fourth volume in our première edition of the
complete orchestral works of Zdeněk Fibich has rich pickings in
terms of rarely heard works and first recordings of pieces in special
new editions prepared by conductor Marek Štilec. Acclaim for
previous releases in this collection saw volume 1 (8.572985) made
a MusicWeb International ‘Recording of the Year’, the same source
considering volume 2 (8.573157) “excellent enough to withstand the
most exalted competition. The recording is rich and full, giving full
justice to the luscious scoring. The use of scholarly versions of the
music… gives this new CD a real edge over its rivals”. Volume 3 is
available on 8.573197.
8.573310
7
47313 33107 9
Playing Time
66:00
Previous Releases
“If you’re just starting
out with Fibich, this
is a good choice; I’m
hoping there will be
more to come.”
– American Record
Guide
8.572985
8.573157
“Here…is a composer
from the heart of
19th-century Bohemia
…whose voice is
one of a distinct
musical vocabulary
and style uniquely
his own. Definitely
recommended.”
– Fanfare
4
“…appealing and
attractive music
winningly performed.”
– MusicWeb
International
8.573197
NEW ON NAXOS
7
47313 32497 2
DECEMBER 2014
Playing Time
66:57
© Ondřej Klíma
8.573249
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Franz Ignaz BECK (1734–1809)
Symphonies
Op. 4, Nos. 4-6 • Op. 3, No. 5
Marek Štilec
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice • Marek Štilec
The court at Mannheim, one of Europe’s great eighteenth-century
musical centres, provided myriad opportunities for creative
development. Having absorbed the ideas of his teacher, Johann
Stamitz, and of other luminaries, Beck wrote a series of symphonies
notable for their dramatic contrasts, breadth and sweep, the
progressive inclusion of woodwinds and a willingness to explore
expressive intensity. Further Beck Symphonies may be heard on
Naxos 8.553790, 8.554071, 8.570799 and 8.573248.
Marek Štilec was born in Prague in 1985 and began his studies
at the Prague Conservatoire in the violin class of Dana Vlachová.
He studied conducting with Leoš Svárovský, graduating from
the Prague Academy of Performing Arts. He works regularly with
a number of orchestras, including the Czech Radio Symphony
Orchestra, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the
Swan, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Chamber Orchestra,
Prague Philharmonia, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Pardubice, Kammerphilharmonie Graz and the Berlin Camerata.
He founded the Chamber Orchestra Quattro with which he has
given dozens of concerts and has made a number of internationally
successful recordings. He works with Czech Television and Czech
Radio and his recordings have also been broadcast by the BBC.
Sales Points • Franz Ignaz Beck composed symphonies from the
1750s, when the genre was in its infancy, and they have long been
regarded as some of the most important early symphonic statements.
Couched in the Mannheim school they can rank with the symphonies
of Stamitz in the structural clearness and melodic ingenuity. This is
the second in the Beck series – the first was on 8.573848. The rival to
this disc is on CPO where Michael Schneider conducts La Stagione
in Op.3 No.5; All the symphonies have since been collected in a
CPO 3-CD box, released at the beginning of 2014 on 777880, but La
Stagione is an original instrument band and both Naxos releases are
with modern instrument ensembles.
© František Renza
Companion Titles
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
5
8.573248
8.553790
8.554071
8.570799
NEW ON NAXOS
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DECEMBER 2014
Makoto Ueno and Kazunori Seo
Ignaz MOSCHELES (1794–1870)
Works for Flute and Piano
Sonate concertante in G major
Grande Sonate • Divertimento
Kazunori Seo, Flute • Makoto Ueno, Piano
Pianist, composer and conductor Ignaz Moscheles was one of
the most respected musicians of his time, and throughout his long
life was at the social and musical heart of Europe. Studies with
Beethoven’s old teachers, Albrechtsberger and Salieri, equipped him
with a first-class compositional technique used to notable effect in
a series of works for his own instrument, the piano. Moscheles also
wrote a delightful corpus of works for flute and piano, seldom heard
today, yet full of vivacious tunes, contrapuntal interest, and some
technically demanding passages which reflect his own status as a
virtuoso pianist.
Sales Points • Moscheles is remembered as a pianist and composer,
almost exclusively for his own instrument. His big concertos were
performed by many of the leading virtuosi of the past century. Interest
in his piano works has revived of late, but this disc is devoted to
his much rarer, seldom heard works for flute and piano. Naxos has
already released a Concertante in F major for flute and orchestra
by him in a disc called The Romantic Flute [8.555977]. The works
in this current disc are lively, full of delightful tunes and occasionally
demanding. They have many lighter features too, and should surprise
those who know only Moscheles’ piano works.
8.573175
7
47313 31757 8
Playing Time
77:42
Companion Titles
The flautist Kazunori Seo studied flute in Paris with Raymond Guiot,
Kurt Redel, Patrick Gallois, Benoît Fromanger and Alain Marion at
the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, where he was
awarded the Premier Prix in flute in 1998. Pianist Makoto Ueno was
a prize-winner at various international competitions. In June 2005 he
won Second Prize at the First Sviatoslav Richter International Piano
Competition in Moscow. Since 1996, he has been teaching as a piano
faculty member at Kyoto University of Arts.
8.554747
6
8.554748
8.570378
8.572038
NEW ON NAXOS
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DECEMBER 2014
World Première
Recordings
8.573236
7
47313 32367 8
Playing Time
65:56
© Katrin Eberhardt
Johann Simon MAYR (1763–1845)
Il sogno di Partenope
(Cantata Opera)
Andrea Lauren Brown, Sara Hershkowitz and Caroline Adler, Sopranos
Florence Lousseau, Mezzo-Soprano
Cornel Frey and Robert Sellier, Tenors
Andreas Burkhart, Bass
Members of the Bavarian State Opera Chorus
Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble
Theona Gubba-Chkheidze, Concert-master
Franz Hauk
Franz Hauk
Companion Titles
Franz Hauk and the Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble have
spearheaded the revival of the music of Johann Simon Mayr who
was born in Bavaria but lived in Italy. In the latest instalment of their
critically acclaimed recordings they turn to Il sogno di Partenope, an
allegorical staged cantata composed to mark the rebuilding of the
Teatro San Carlo in Naples following a fire in February 1816. Mayr’s
significance as an intermediary between the opera seria of the late
eighteenth-century and the melodrama of the early-nineteenth is
reflected in this important work, a unique kind of ‘cantata opera’ of
which only the second act survives.
Sales Points • Naxos’ discs of the music of Johann Simon Mayr have
pretty much single-handedly restored his music to public awareness.
Franz Hauk, with the Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble, has
spearheaded this revival, and they remain the composer’s leading
champions. Il sogno di Partenope is a staged cantata that has strong
operatic elements. Its appeal is not simply as a choral work as it
prefigures much that Rossini was later to write, and will appeal to
admirers of German and Italian music of the early nineteenth-century.
Only the second act survives, and is played in this performance. This
is its first-ever recording.
Born in Neuburg an der Donau in 1955, Franz Hauk studied
church and school music, with piano and organ, at the Munich
Musikhochschule and in Salzburg. He established the Simon Mayr
Chorus and Ensemble in 2003. The repertoire of the choir includes
works from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. A special emphasis
is laid on authentic historical performance and on the promotion of
music by Simon Mayr at the highest cultural level. Members of the
choir are vocal students from the Munich Hochschule für Music und
Theatre and singers selected from Ingolstadt and the region. The
orchestra is formed by leading professional players.
8.572719-20
8.572721-22
8.573065
8.573360
Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble
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NEW ON NAXOS
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DECEMBER 2014
Sir Peter MAXWELL DAVIES (b. 1934)
The Beltane Fire
The Turn of the Tide* • Sunday Morning
Threnody on a Plainsong for Michael Vyner
Sir Charles his Pavan
The Manchester Cathedral Girls’ Choir*
The Boys of the Manchester Cathedral Choir*
The Boys of the Manchester Cathedral Voluntary Choir*
The Choir of Manchester Grammar School*
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra • Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
© John Batten
The works on this recording embrace a varied miscellany of Peter Maxwell Davies’
orchestral output from the early 1990s. The ‘choreographic poem’ The Beltane
Fire pits the sternness of the Reformation clergy against the pagan traditions of
the Orkney Islands. Concerned with environmental pollution, The Turn of the Tide
ultimately reaches “a triumphant dance of all creation”, while the Threnody and
Pavan are poignant memorial tributes for significant figures in the composer’s life.
8.572362
Playing Time:
72:50
7
47313 23627 5
Sales Points • Our catalog of works by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
has for some time had sufficient critical mass to make each new
release an automatic purchase for connoisseurs of the best in
contemporary music. This new collection was preceded by our June
release of The Lighthouse (8.660354), acclaimed by BBC Music
Magazine as a work to “grip the imagination from start to finish…
incisively superb.” This new release is a collection with a great
deal of variety, reviving a Collins Classics recording of The Beltane Fire which
Gramophone considered “excellent performances… from the Maxwell Davies/
BBC Philharmonic partnership; the recordings are clean and vivid”. The BBC
Music Magazine also admired “the combined forces of four children’s choirs from
Manchester [who] acquit themselves magnificently in the final hymn to unsullied
nature” in The Turn of the Tide, a work which holds as much resonance today as
it did in the 1990s for those concerned about our environment.
Companion Titles
8.572359
World Première
Recordings
8.572350
8.660354
8.660359-60
John McCABE (b. 1939)
Composer, Pianist, Conductor
Symphony No. 1 ‘Elegy’1
Fantasy on a Theme of Liszt2
Capriccio3 • Sostenuto4 • Tuning5
London Philharmonic Orchestra1 • John Snashall1
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland5
John McCabe, Piano 2,3,4; Conductor5
This collection brings together several significant recordings of the music of John
McCabe, none of which has appeared before on CD. The First Symphony, heard
here in its only recording to date, is a work of striking emotional directness and
explosive energy. The Fantasy on a Theme of Liszt was described by Harold
Truscott as ‘wonderfully organic… a concert piece which should interest any
pianist worth his salt’. Scored for very large orchestra, Tuning develops layers of
texture and sonority of overwhelming richness. This is the only recording of John
McCabe as conductor.
8.571370
Playing Time:
62:21
7
47313 13707 7
Sales Points • This collection brings together several significant recordings
of the music of John McCabe, none of which has appeared before on CD. It
joins our recent release of McCabe’s choral music, Visions (8.573053) was
described by BBC Music Magazine as “raptly atmospheric and consummately
crafted”, and provides insights into the wide variety of character McCabe’s music
has communicated over the years, embracing the importance of his solo piano
music and contrasting the focused intensity of the First Symphony against the
improvisatory fields of sound which emerge from Tuning. This performance
of Tuning was regarded by critic Kenneth Walton as “quite remarkable… [and
played with] all-out commitment, consummate skill (especially the wind section
of which the bassoons must be the envy of many a professional orchestra), and
not a little enjoyment.
Companion Titles
8.571351
8
8.571353
8.571354
8.573053
NEW ON NAXOS
Includes
World Première
Recordings
|
DECEMBER 2014
Leonardo BALADA (b. 1933)
Symphony No. 6 ‘Symphony of Sorrows’1†
Concerto for Three Cellos and Orchestra ‘A German Concerto’2†
Steel Symphony3
Hans-Jakob Eschenburg, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt
Michael Sanderling, Cellos2 • Galicia Symphony Orchestra1
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra2 • Eivind Gullberg Jensen2
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra3 • Jesús López-Cobos1,3
†
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDINGS
The ‘romantic avant-gardism’ of Barcelona-born Leonardo Balada pairs complex
techniques with a very direct emotional impact. These characteristics have often
been employed in exploring the impact of historical events, none more so than
the wars of the 20th century. Symphony No. 6 ‘Symphony of Sorrows’ (Dedicated
to the Innocent Victims of the Spanish Civil War) embeds traditional melodic
ideas in a coruscating single-movement exploration of the tragedies of war. The
Steel Symphony reflects the sonorities – in an abstract, non-programmatic way
– of Pittsburgh’s steel foundries, while the Concerto for Three Cellos, inspired
by Germany’s recovery after two catastrophic world wars, combines complex
techniques in a vivid work of almost surrealistic transformations.
8.573298
Playing Time:
59:54
7
47313 32987 8
Sales Points • Balada marries advanced techniques with traditional melodies,
which creates a powerful sense of immediacy and emotional intensity in his music.
He often touches on historical themes, such as the Spanish Civil War, which he
does in the Symphony No.6, which links it to his orchestral work Guernica, also
on the same subject. He is represented on several Naxos releases: Guernica is
coupled with Zapata and Symphony No.4 on 8.557342 and there are concertos
and orchestral works in the catalog as well – the Concerto No.3 for instance is
included in an all-Balada release in the 21st Century Classics series, issued over
a decade ago.
Supplementary Promotional Material
• Podcast (Available December)
Companion Titles
8.572176
8.557342
8.573047
8.557049
Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
Works for Violin and Piano
Duo Sonata on Polish Themes
The Three Gypsies • 2 Elegies
Grand duo concertant on Lafont’s ‘Le marin’
Voytek Proniewicz, Violin • Wojciech Waleczek, Piano
Franz Liszt wrote relatively little chamber music in his long and illustrious career.
The Duo Sonata is a tribute to Chopin, drawing on one of his famous Mazurkas as
well as other Polish themes. The gracefully charming Epithalamium was Liszt’s
wedding present to the great violinist Eduard Reményi, for whom the gipsy style
of Die drei Zigeuner was also intended. The two lyrical Elegies commemorate the
passing of members of Liszt’s circle, while the demandingly virtuoso variations of
the Grand Duo concertant make no concessions to either player.
8.573145
Playing Time:
70:01
7
© Przemek Paśnik
© Damian Porter
Sales Points • Best known for his remarkable piano,
vocal and orchestral works, Liszt’s chamber music
is relatively unfamiliar but is highly entertaining,
tending to avoid the heavier romanticism of his more
extensive solo pieces. This sparkling new recording
brings together two star performers. Awardwinning violinist Voytek Proniewicz has already
Voytek Proniewicz Wojciech Waleczek
appeared on one of our Pupils of Chopin albums
(8.572460), and winner of the 1997 Ferenc Liszt National Piano Competition in
Wrocław. Wojciech Waleczek, is recognized internationally as a pianist with
uncompromisingly high standards in performance.
Companion Titles
47313 31457 7
8.573011
9
8.570562
8.570516
8.509004
NEW ON NAXOS
World Première
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DECEMBER 2014
Chris Paul HARMAN (b. 1970)
After JSB-RS
Recordings
Works for Keyboards and Percussion
After Schumann I1
3712 • Concertino3 • Der Tag mit seinem Licht4
After Schumann II5
MeiYi Foo, Piano1,5 • Toca Loca2
Yoori Choi and Jin Hyung Lim, Keyboards3
McGill Percussion Ensemble3 • Soloists4
Aiyun Huang, Conductor3,4
Drawing inspiration from Bach’s Chorales and Two Part Inventions and two of
Schumann’s piano cycles, the works on this recording create fresh and unique
sound worlds from a variety of percussion and keyboard instruments such as
tubular bells, crotales, prepared piano, celesta and toy piano. “The five solo
and chamber works collected here span a period of seven years, from 2006 to
2013, and illustrate the significance of keyboard and percussion instruments
in my music throughout this period. The enigmatic reference to ‘JSB’ (Johann
Sebastian Bach) and ‘RS’ (Robert Schumann) underlines the importance of preexistent music or ‘source material’ in most of my works since the mid-1990s.”
– Chris Paul Harman
8.573303
Sales Points • Winner of the CBC Radio National Competition for Young
Composers in 1990 and the Jules Léger Prize in both 2001 and 2007, Chris
Paul Harman’s music is performed worldwide and has generated considerable
international interest. The few recordings of his works have tended to remain with
less widely available Canadian labels, and this new release of some remarkable
recent output represents a deserved breakthrough for one of Canada’s brightest
musical minds. Amongst the performers is pianist Mei Yi Foo, who was BBC
Music Magazine Newcomer if the Year in 2013 and hailed as a “rising star” by
International Piano.
Playing Time:
55:54
7
47313 33037 9
Companion Titles
8.572812
8.573395
8.573091
8.572765
POINT BLANK Music for Wind Band
World Première
Recordings
Ben Stiers, Percussion*
Illinois State University Wind Symphony
Daniel A. Belongia
Paul DOOLEY (b. 1983)
Steve DANYEW (b. 1983)
Roy David MAGNUSON (b. 1983)
Scott McALLISTER (b. 1969)
Jennifer HIGDON (b. 1962)
Point Blank
Lauda
Innsmouth, Massachusetts – 1927
Gone
Percussion Concerto*
© Pete Guither
Each of these five contemporary American pieces for wind band, performed
by one of the country’s leading ensembles, explores its own very personal
soundscape. Paul Dooley delves into the world of Drum & Bass with electronically
inspired orchestrations, whilst for Steve Danyew the exploration of counterpoint
is paramount. In composer Roy David Magnuson’s own words, Innsmouth,
Massachusetts – 1927 is ‘pulpy horror music’ which depicts a night in H.P.
Lovecraft’s terrifying The Shadow Over Innsmouth. In contrast, Scott McAllister’s
Gone is meditative and prayerful. Pulitzer and GRAMMY® Prize-winner Jennifer
Higdon’s Percussion Concerto is heard here in its arrangement for wind ensemble.
8.573334
Playing Time:
60:19
7
47313 33347 9
Sales Points • This quintet of
contemporary American works is full of
contrast, dynamism and surprise. It’s
part of the Naxos Wind Band Classics
series and will be of particular interest to
adherents of the wind band – not least
Illinois State University Wind Symphony
because the popular Pulitzer and Grammy
prize winner Jennifer Higdon is represented by her Percussion Concerto in
its arrangement for wind ensemble. The music fizzes from the Drum & Bass
electronic inspirations of Paul Dooley to Scott McAllister’s reflective Gone,
a transcription of a movement from his Epic Concerto for clarinet. A particular
please is the self-confessed ‘pulpy horror music’ conjured up by Roy Magnuson.
Higdon’s concerto is the only piece to be represented in the Arkivmusic catalog
– played by conventional orchestra on the LPO label and by wind ensemble on
the GIA label.
Companion Titles
8.573206
10
8.573184
8.573121
8.573205
NEW ON NAXOS
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DECEMBER 2014
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Piano Music
Fugues, Rondos and Fantasias
Sang Woo Kang, Piano
© Jessica Ho
Mozart married Constanze Weber in 1782, and it is thanks to her diligent curation
of ‘these marvellous relics’ that we have these rarely heard fragments including
fugues which reveal the influence of Bach and demonstrate Mozart’s agility with
sophisticated contrapuntal techniques. The more substantial Rondos have gained
popularity with their memorable themes and musical depth, while forays into
Baroque style can be heard in the unfinished Suite. These, the improvisational
Fantasias and a mocking parody of a Funeral March all highlight neglected facets
of Mozart’s œuvre.
8.573114
Playing Time:
71:03
7
Sales Points • This recording of Mozart’s fugues, rondos,
and other smaller piano works joins our various editions and
collections of Mozart’s complete works with piano. With its
rich variety of rarely recorded or performed fragments as well
as more substantial completed repertoire, this is a valuable
resource for pianists, scholars, and general listeners alike.
Pianist Sang Woo Kang is well known internationally as a
recitalist and educator, and is director of the Piano Institute and Seminar at the
Atlantic Music Festival and Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of
Music at Providence College.
Companion Titles
47313 31147 7
8.550449
8.550611
8.550612
8.554769
Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992)
La Nativité du Seigneur
(The Birth of the Saviour)
Tom Winpenny, Organ
© Simon Tottman
Before he was thirty, Olivier Messiaen had written the work that established
his worldwide reputation as a visionary composer for the organ, La Nativité du
Seigneur (The Birth of the Saviour). A synthesis of his innovatory compositional
style, it is rich in colourful harmonies and precisely noted but flexible rhythms,
many derived from Hindu tâlas and from the metre of Gregorian chant. This
musical commentary on the Christmas story is divided into nine movements
evoking timeless grace, beauty, radiance, exhilaration, and majesty. Tom
Winpenny is Assistant Master of the Music at St Albans Cathedral, the oldest site
of continuous Christian worship in Britain.
8.573332
Playing Time:
61:07
7
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Sales Points • La Nativité du Seigneur has been recorded by
many eminent organists; the composer’s own 1956 recording,
very famous, is in a 14-CD box Warner tribute, released in 2008;
Marie-Claire Alain’s performance is housed in a bigger 18-CD
Warner box devoted to the composer’s music; Simon Preston’s
1965 recording is in a 2-CD set on Decca; Jennifer Bate (UnicornKanchana) and Oliver Latry (on DG) recorded the complete organ
music back in the 1980s – Bate’s has resurfaced on single discs on Priory CDs.
And there are other single disc accounts, such as Wilhelm Hafner’s on Motette.
Tom Winpenny is an admired choral director and organist whose Naxos discs
(Rutter, Mozart, Mendelssohn etc) have received critical acclaim.
Companion Titles
8.572436-37
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8.570310
8.572687
8.570892
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Laureate Series Junhong Kuang Guitar Recital
Mario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895-1968)
Agustín BARRIOS MANGORÉ (1885-1944)
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Enrique GRANADOS (1867-1916)
Isaac ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909)
Luigi LEGNANI (1790-1877)
Johann Kaspar MERTZ (1806-1856)
Capriccio diabolico, ‘Omaggio a Paganini’, Op. 85
Un sueño en la floresta / Chôro da Saudade
Ciaconna from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Danza española, Op. 37, No. 4 ‘Villanesca’
Suite española No. 1, Op. 47, No. 3 ‘Sevilla’
Selection from 36 Caprices, Op. 20
Trois morceaux, Op. 65 ‘Fantaisie hongroise’
The exceptional Chinese guitarist Junhong Kuang, who won first prize in the
Thailand International Guitar Competition in November 2011, has made a
remarkable impact on the international stage, receiving standing ovations
at venues in New York (Carnegie Hall), Shanghai and Beijing for his flawless
technique and youthful optimism. Aged just 14 at the time of this recording, he
has since given the opening concert at the 23rd International Guitar Symposium
in Iserlohn, Germany.
Sales Points • This recital by the exceptional 14 year-old guitarist Junhong
Kuang promises to create quite a stir on its release in the West. Renowned
guitarist and recording producer for the album Gerald Garcia states that Kuang
“really is something”, admiring the “youthful optimism about his playing” and
adding, “needless to say, his technique is flawless.” Kuang has already appeared
hundreds of times in concerts in China, Europe and the US, and by the time
this release appears he will have given the opening concert at the Iserlohn
Guitar Symposium in August 2014. Junhong Kuang is also the D’Addario Music
Foundation’s featured artist, and a spokesperson for Altamira classical guitars.
8.573432
Playing Time:
63:55
7
Companion Titles
47313 34327 0
8.573362
8.573306
8.573226
8.573225
Alun HODDINOTT (1929-2008)
Landscapes: Song Cycles and Folksongs
Clair Booth, Soprano • Nicky Spence, Tenor
Jeremy Huw Williams, Baritone
Andrew Matthews-Owen, Piano (primo) • Michael Pollock, Piano (secondo)
Alun Hoddinott dominated musical life in his native Wales for over half a century.
One of the most versatile and gifted composers of his generation he excelled in
all genres, from operas and symphonies to piano sonatas. This recording brings
together all of his songs for high voice and piano, revealing the vivid atmosphere
he was able to evoke in each setting. It includes his Six Welsh Folksongs and
his last vocal work, Towy Landscape, for soprano, baritone and piano duet,
Hoddinott’s epilogue to a lifetime of writing for the voice.
Sales Points • This is another of the discs released by Naxos that were
originally issued by the British Music Society on their own label [BMS437CD].
Alun Hoddinott is Wales’ greatest composer, versatile, prolific and international
in outlook. Cardiff’s new major concert hall is named in his honor. Songs play an
important role in his output, many for high voice – this was the first disc to bring
together all his songs for high voice and piano, but also includes his arrangements
of Welsh Folksongs and his last work, for soprano, baritone and piano called
Towy Landscape. This will appeal strongly to lovers of British song on disc.
Companion Titles.
8.571360
Playing Time:
60:09
7
47313 13607 0
8.571353
12
12
8.571354
8.571362
8.571366
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Digital Exclusives
Inlcudes
World Première
Anthony GIRARD (b. 1959)
Behind the Light
Recordings
L’oiseau d’éternité • Deux Piéces d’après Marc Aurèle
Vers le ciel
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Geneviève Girard, Piano • Isabelle Flory, Violin
Fabrice Bihan, Cello
The intensely personal music of French composer Anthony Girard embodies a wealth of
expressive elements. Influences from oriental and medieval music are as pronounced
as those of his great predecessors Debussy, Fauré, and Ravel. Luminous mysticism is
frequently at the core of his writing, as in Vers le ciel whilst lyrical beauty radiates throughout
Behind the Light. Dreamlike meditative states reflect Girard’s absorption in minimalism and
in the second of the Deux Pièces d’après Marc Aurèle (Two Pieces after Marcus Aurelius) he
explores music of timeless and rapt simplicity.
9.70221
Sales Points • Anthony Girard is a unique voice in contemporary French music, heir to
the tradition established by Fauré and Debussy, whilst he has also absorbed elements of
Minimalism and oriental music. Poetry and mysticism are at the heart of his works. The
works on this disc are for chamber forces – violin, cello, piano – and are very approachable.
A previous Naxos release [8.572993] features work for clarinet and piano - Eloge de la folie
(In Praise of Folly) and the mythic Les Noces d’Orphée (The Marriage of Orpheus), and Le
Cercle de la vie (The Circle of Life), a set of 24 piano preludes.
Playing Time:
60:42
Lodovico GIUSTINI (1685-1743)
Sonatas, Op. 10, Nos 2, 4, 7, 9 and 10
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Enrico Maria Polimanti
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Born into a family of musicians in the same year as Bach, Handel and
Scarlatti, Ludovico Giustini worked as an organist and maestro di cappella
but most of his church music has been lost. He is chiefly remembered for his
Sonate da cimbalo di piano e forte detto volgarmente di martelletti, Op. 1,
the first known work to have been specifically composed for the pianoforte.
Newly invented, few such instruments existed at the time, but its expressive
nuances ultimately saw it take over from the harpsichord. Giustini’s sonatas
take the best of both worlds with their alternation of fast and slow movements from the sonata
da chiesa, and dance forms from the sonata da camera.
ARTWORK AVAILABLE SOON
9.70230
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Naxos Audiobooks
Memoirs of My Life
By Edward Gibbon
Unabridged
Read by David Timson
9 781843 798750
Edward Gibbon (1737−1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament known for
his monumental series The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire, which chronicled the
dissipation of the Roman dynasties in a lofty, majestic style unique to its author.
Memoirs of My Life, published posthumously in 1796, wholly unveils the character of the
world’s greatest historian in full candour and openness. We follow him from birth, through to
his education at Oxford, to his time in Switzerland where he met Voltaire and fell in love with a
Swiss girl. We accompany him on his travels through France and Lausanne, leading on to his
eventual arrival in Rome, where he conceived of his epic Decline and Fall.
Gibbon’s Memoirs is a portrait of a rich and productive life and offers a compelling insight into
a towering figure; it is essential listening for anyone interested in great literature.
Companion Titles
NA0191
5 CD set
Playing Time:
6:00:00
NA0127
NA0128
NA0129
NA0130
Arabella
By Georgette Heyer
Unabridged
Read by Phyllida Nash
9 781843 798637
Perhaps the most deeply cherished novel among Heyer fans, Arabella is the story of a poor
girl who captures the heart of a handsome and wealthy bachelor.
When Arabella first arrives in London, she has only one mission: to snare a rich husband. With
a mind to beat the competition, she pretends to be a rich heiress and soon finds herself the
talk of the town, pursued by the most eligible bachelors in the city. But she has her sights on
one man only: the much-hunted Mr Beaumaris. Our feisty heroine puts up a fight and deals the
worldly-wise Beaumaris a deft hand in the game of love; at first grudgingly charmed, he soon
becomes smitten. However, what will he think of her deceitful charade? Will it ruin her chance
to be with the perfect man?
Arabella contains some of Heyer’s most witty dialogue and romantic banter; with its delightful
and laugh-out-loud passages it is no wonder it remains the fan favourite.
Companion Titles
NA0185
9 CD set
Playing Time:
11:00:00
NA0180
NA0181
NA0182
NA0183
The Man in the Iron Mask
By Alexandre Dumas
Unabridged
Read by Bill Homewood
9 781843 798699
The Man in the Iron Mask continues the adventures of the dauntless heroes of The Three
Musketeers − Aramis, Athos, Porthos and d’Artagnan. In old age their swashbuckling ought to
have been replaced by a more gentle way of life, but the veteran warriors find themselves at
the centre of a plot in which both hearts and heads are broken, and the very throne of France
is at stake.
Companion Titles
NA203912
NA0188
16 CD set
NA308912
Playing Time:
21:00:00
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NA236912
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ORDER FORM - COMPANION TITLES
QTY.
CAT. NO.
BARCODE
COMPOSER/TITLE
QTY.
Franz Hauk, Conductor + Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble
8.573360
747313336074
DONIZETTI, G.: Aristea - Cantata
8.573065
747313306572
MAYR, J.S.: Arianna a Nasso - Cantata
8.572719-20
747313271979
MAYR, J.S.: Sagrifizio di Jefte (Il) - Oratorio
8.572721-22
747313272174
MAYR, J.S.: Samuele - Oratorio
Zdeněk Fibich, Composer
8.572985
747313298570
FIBICH, Z.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1 / Impressions from the Countryside
8.573157
747313315772
FIBICH, Z.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Symphony No. 2 / At Twilight / Idyll
8.573197
747313319770
FIBICH, Z.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 - Symphonic Poems:
Othello / Záboj, Slavoj and Luděk / Toman and the Woodsprite
CAT. NO.
BARCODE
8.572038
747313203871
COMPOSER/TITLE
RIES, F.: Flute and Piano Works Flute Sonatas / Introduction and Polonaise / Variations on a Portuguese Hymn
Canadian Classics Series
747313281275
Choral Music (Canadian) CORLIS, T. / ENNS, L. / TIEFENBACH, P. / WATSON HENDERSON, R. (I Saw Eternity)
8.573091
747313309177
HATZIS, C.: Departures / Overscript
8.573395
747313339570
HÉTU, J.: Complete Chamber Works for Strings (New Orford String Quartet)
8.572765
747313276578
RYAN, J.: Symphony No. 1, "Fugitive Colours" / The Linearity of Light / Equilateral
8.572812
Wind Band Classics
Antoni Wit, Conductor + Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
8.573205
747313320578
GLASS, P.: Concerto Fantasy for 2 Timpanists and Orchestra
(arr. M. Lortz) / FAIROUZ, M.: Symphony No. 4
8.573061
747313306176
BRAHMS, J.: Deutsches Requiem (Ein)
8.573206
747313320677
VAN DER ROOST, J.: Sinfonia Hungarica / From Ancient Times
8.572874-75
747313287475
DVOŘÁK, A.: Requiem (C. Libor, E. Wolak, D. Kirch, J. Monarcha, Warsaw PO and Chorus, Wit)
8.573184
747313318476
Wind Band Music - CLARKE, N. / TURNBULL, K. / SANTANDREU, J. (Earthrise)
8.572639
747313263974
JANÁČEK, L.: Glagolitic Mass / Sinfonietta
8.573121
747313312177
8.572031
747313203178
PENDERECKI, K.: Utrenja
Wind Band Music - CRESTON, P. / SCHWARZ, G. / GRAINGER, P. / COPLAND, A.
(Above and Beyond)
8.572176
747313217670
BALADA, L.: Caprichos Nos. 2-4
8.554769
636943476925
MOZART, W.A.: London Sketchbook
8.557049
747313204922
BALADA, L.: Cello Concerto No. 2 / Concerto for Four Guitars / Celebracio
8.550449
730099544924
MOZART, W.A.: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5 (Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 13 and 14 / Fantasia, K. 475)
8.557342
747313234226
BALADA, L.: Guernica / Symphony No. 4 / Zapata
8.550611
730099561129
MOZART, W.A.: Piano Variations, Vol. 1
8.573047
747313304776
BALADA, L.: Sinfonia en negro / Double Concerto / Columbus
8.550612
730099561228
Piano Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Leonardo Balada, Composer
MOZART, W.A.: Piano Variations, Vol. 2
Organ Encyclopedia Series
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer + BBC Philharmonic
8.572359
747313235971
MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Black Pentecost / Stone Litany
8.660354
730099035477
MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Lighthouse (The)
8.660359-60
730099035972
MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Resurrection
8.572350
747313235070
MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Symphony No. 3 / Cross Lane Fair
8.571366
747313136674
BOWEN, Y.: String Quartets Nos. 2 and 3 / Phantasy-Quintet
8.571362
747313136278
COOKE, A.: Violin Sonata No. 2 / Viola Sonata / Cello Sonata No. 2
8.571351
747313135172
JACOBSON, M.: Theme and Variations / Music Room Suite / Mosaic / The Song of Songs
8.573053
747313305377
McCABE, J.: Choral Music (Visions)
8.571354
747313135479
Piano Music - HOLLOWAY, R. / HOWARD, L. / MATTHEW-WALKER, R. / SEARLE, H.
(Malcolm Smith Memorial Album)
8.571353
747313135370
British Music Society series
8.572687
747313268771
BINGHAM, J.: Organ Music - Jacob's Ladder / Into the Wilderness / Ancient Sunlight
8.572436-37
747313243679
MESSIAEN, O.: Livre du Saint Sacrement
8.570892
747313089277
ROBIN, J.-B.: Organ Music Cercles Reflechissants / Regard vers l'Air / 3 Elements d'un Songe
8.570310
747313031078
WIDOR, C.-M.: Organ Favourites
8.573306
747313330676
Guitar Recital: Baranov, Anton - PUJOL, M.D. / BRAVO, J.E. / ANGULO, E. / SANTÓRSOLA, G.
8.573362
747313336272
Guitar Recital: Buono, Emanuele - MILANO, F. da / AGUADO, D. / RODRIGO, J. /
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M. / JOSÉ, A.
8.573226
747313322671
Guitar Recital: Cherouana, Lazhar - RAMEAU, J.P. / REGONDI, G. / LEGNANI, L. /
ASENCIO, V. / MANJON, A.J.
8.573225
747313322572
Guitar Recital: Park, Kyuhee - SCARLATTI, D. / DIABELLI, A. / BERKELEY, L. /
MALATS, J. / BARRIOS MANGORÉ, A.
Guitar Laureate Series
STILL, R.: String Quartets Nos. 1-4
Franz Ignaz Beck, Composer
Audiobooks - Edward Gibbon, Author
8.553790
730099479028
BECK, F.I. / GOSSEC, F.-J.: Symphonies
8.554071
636943407127
BECK, F.I.: Six Symphonies, Op. 1
NA0127
9781843797173
EDWARD, G.: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (The), Vol. 3
8.570799
747313079971
BECK, F.I.: Symphonies, Op. 3, Nos. 1-4
NA0128
9781843797180
EDWARD, G.: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (The), Vol. 4
8.573248
747313324873
BECK, F.I.: Symphonies, Op. 4, Nos. 1-3 and Op. 3, No. 6
NA0129
9781843797197
EDWARD, G.: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (The), Vol. 5
Astor Piazzolla, Composer
NA0130
9781843797203
EDWARD, G.: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (The), Vol. 6
Audiobooks - Alexander Dumas, Author
8.554760
636943476024
PIAZZOLLA, A.: Flute and Guitar Music (complete)
8.570523
747313052370
PIAZZOLLA, A.: Maria de Buenos Aires Suite / Verano Porteno / Milonga del Angel
NA203912
9789626340394
DUMAS, A. (père): Count of Monte Cristo (The) (abridged)
8.572271
747313227174
PIAZZOLLA, A.: Sinfonia Buenos Aires / Aconcagua / 4 Seasons of Buenos Aires
NA308912
9789626340899
DUMAS, A. (père): Three Musketeers (The) (abridged)
8.572611
747313261178
PIAZZOLLA, A.: Tangos for Violin, Brass Quintet and Percussion
NA236912
9789626343692
DUMAS, A. (fils): Lady of the Camellias (The) (abridged)
Audiobooks - Georgette Heyer, Author
Franz Liszt, Composer
8.573011
747313301171
LISZT, F.: Berlioz - Harold en Italie / Romance oubliee / ROGER, K.: Viola Sonata
NA0181
9781843798552
HEYER, G.: Corinthian (The) (unabridged)
8.570516
747313051670
LISZT, F.: Dante Symphony / Dante Sonata (arr. For 2 pianos) (Liszt Complete Piano Music, Vol. 26)
NA0184
9781843798613
HEYER, G.: Faro's Daughter (unabridged)
8.509004
747313900435
LISZT, F.: Idil Biret Franz Liszt 200th Anniversary Edition
NA0182
9781843798576
HEYER, G.: Cousin Kate (unabridged)
8.570562
747313056279
LISZT, F.: Wagner and Weber Transcriptions (Liszt Complete Piano Music, Vol. 33)
NA0183
9781843798590
HEYER, G.: Venetia (unabridged)
Flute Chamber & Orchestral Music
8.570378
747313037872
DOPPLER, F. / DOPPLER, K.: Music for Flutes and Orchestra
8.554747
636943474723
HOFMANN, L.: Flute Concertos, Vol. 1
8.554748
636943474822
HOFMANN, L.: Flute Concertos, Vol. 2
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BARCODE
COMPOSER/TITLE
This Month’s Highlights
8.573315
747313331574
Sensations: Music for Bandoneon DI MARINO, R.: Bandoneon Concerto / PIAZZOLLA, A.: Oblivion / Five Tango Sensations
NBD0046
730099004664
DVOŘÁK, A.: Requiem (C. Libor, E. Wolak, D. Kirch, J. Monarcha, Warsaw PO and Chorus, Wit) [Blu-ray Audio]
8.573310
747313331079
FIBICH, Z.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 (Czech NSO, Marek Stilec)
8.573249
747313324972
BECK, F.I.: Symphonies, Op. 4, Nos. 4-6 / Symphony, Op. 3, No. 5
8.573175
747313317578
MOSCHELES, I.: Works for flute and piano
8.573236
747313323678
MAYR, J.S.: Cantata il sogno di Partnope (Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble, Franz Hauk)
More Exciting New Releases
8.573298
747313329878
BALADA, L.: Symphony No. 6 / Steel Symphony / Concerto for 3 cellos and orchestra
8.573432
747313343270
Guitar Laureate Junhong Kuang Recital - CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M. / BACH, J.S. / ALBÉNIZ, I. / LEGNANI, L. /
BARRIOS MANGORÉ, A. / GRANADOS, E. / MERTZ, J.K.
8.573303
747313330379
HARMAN, C.: After Schumann I / 371 / Concertino / Der Tag mit seinem Licht / After Schumann II
8.571360
747313136070
HODDINOTT, A.: Landscapes - Song Cycles and Folksongs
8.573145
747313314577
LISZT, F.: Works for violin and piano
8.572362
747313236275
MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: The Beltane Fire
8.571370
747313137077
McCABE, J.: Symphony No. 1 'Elegy' / Capriccio / Sostenuto / Fantasy on a Theme of Liszt / Tuning
8.573332
747313333271
MESSIAEN, O.: La Nativité du Seigneur (The Birth of the Saviour)
8.573114
747313311477
MOZART, W.A.: Piano Music - Fugues, Rondos and Fantasias
8.573334
747313333479
Point Break: Music for Wind Band - DOOLEY, P. / DANYEW, S. / MAGNUSON, R.D. / McALLISTER, S. / HIGDON, J.
Naxos Audiobooks New Releases
NA0188
9781843798699
DUMAS, A.: Man in the Iron Mask (The) (unabridged)
NA0191
9781843798750
GIBBON, E.: Memoirs of My Life (unabridged)
NA0185
9781843798637
HEYER, G.: Arabella (unabridged)
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