News from the Naxos Music Group
September 2017
Label of the Month – Prophone
Prophone is a high-quality independent label focusing on jazz with a touch of Sweden. It was founded by Erland Boëthius, the son of Proprius’ founder Jacob Boëthius. The label shares Proprius’ reputation as an “audiophile label”. Since its inception in 1990, many internationally renowned artists have contributed to its catalogue: Esbjörn Svensson, Alice Babs, Jakob Karlzon, Rigmor Gustafsson, Steve Dobrogosz and Jeanette Lindström, to name a few.
One of Prophone’s albums, “I’ll Be Seeing You” by Ellen Andersson, has received this year's Gyllene Skivan award from OrkesterJournalen, one of Sweden’s most prestigious awards for jazz. The winner is selected by a combination of votes from a jury and from consumers.
RECENT RELEASES FROM PROPHONE
Calle Rasmusson
Anna Lundqvist Quintet
Vivian Buczek
SE-Quartet
Divine Devienne Now Available at Artaria
Artaria Editions’ latest publications include François Devienne’s Flute Concertos Nos. 7-12, thereby completing the full set of the numbered concertos.
Devienne was one of the most important composers of wind music in the second half of the 18th-century, and these concertos represent the pinnacle of his creative achievements, demonstrating his hallmark combination of melodic elegance and graceful virtuosity. All twelve flute concertos may be heard on Naxos, featuring internationally renowned flautist and conductor Patrick Gallois with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
– Audiophile Audition ★★★★
– Fanfare
– David’s Review Corner
About Artaria Editions
Christian Tetzlaff plays Berg at the BBC Proms
Violin virtuoso Christian Tetzlaff, winner of the ECHO Klassik Award 2017 Best Instrumentalist (violin), performed Berg’s Violin Concerto at the BBC Proms on 15 August with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and conductor Robin Ticciati. This is his 15th performance at the BBC Proms and The Times praised his most recent appearance as "a remarkable yet unshowy performance by the German violinist [Christian Tetzlaff], playing with the utmost delicacy, his silky legato offering the merest glimmer of Viennese glitter.”
Don't miss Christian’s two new exciting releases, featuring Bach's Sonatas and Partitas and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto.
– The Sunday Times
★★★★
The BBC Proms, the world’s biggest music festival, is an eight-week summer season featuring around 90 concerts staged at the Royal Albert Hall and around London. Musical repertoire ranges from much-loved classics to contemporary works, world music and new commissions. This year, the 123rd season of the BBC Proms was held from 14 July – 9 September 2017.
Vasily Petrenko is Gramophone’s Artist of the Year 2017
Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko, who recorded the award-winning Shostakovich symphonies cycle on Naxos, received the coveted ‘Artist of the Year’ award from the Gramophone Classical Music Award 2017. The ceremony, held on 13 September 2017, made awards in 12 recording categories. The ‘Artist of the Year’ award is decided by a public vote by over 8,000 Gramophone readers and visitors to Gramophone’s website. Previous winners include Naxos artist, conductor Marin Alsop, who won the award in 2003.
This is the second Gramophone award for Vasily Petrenko, who was the Young Artist of the Year in 2007. He is currently chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and the European Union Youth Orchestra. Recordings for Naxos with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra attracted outstanding reviews, including those for Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony, Elgar’s Symphony No. 1, Shostakovich’s piano concertos with Naxos artist Boris Giltburg, and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, Symphonies.
HIGHLY ACCLAIMED RECORDINGS FEATURING VASILY PETRENKO
Dmitry SHOSTAKOVICH: The Complete Symphonies
Alexander Vinogradov, Bass • Gal James, Soprano • Huddersfield Choral Society • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra • Vasily Petrenko
“The final instalment of Petrenko’s remarkable Liverpool Shostakovich cycle is a world-class achievement.”
– The Sunday Times on Symphony No. 13
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Dmitry SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Boris Giltburg, Piano • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra • Vasily Petrenko
“Giltburg matched by superlative playing from the strings of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under the sympathetic direction of Vasily Petrenko.”
– Financial Times
“Petrenko matches Gilburg’s dashing virtuosity and subtlety”
– BBC Music Magazine
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Franz LISZT: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 • Totentanz
Eldar Nebolsin, Piano • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra • Vasily Petrenko
“For Liszt playing of heart-warming sensitivity, wisdom and poetic insight Nebolsin has few rivals. Excellent accompaniment from the RLPO and Petrenko.”
– Classic FM ★★★★
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Pyotr Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony / Voyevoda
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra • Vasily Petrenko
“The brilliant young Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko is undoubtedly a new star in the conducting firmament. His splendid new version of Tchaikovsky’s Manfred was rightly chosen as Orchestral Record of the Year. It is thrilling and finally establishes the symphony as a masterpiece.”
– Classic FM ★★★★
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For Vasily Petreko’s extensive discography on Naxos, please visit https://www.naxos.com/person/Vasily_Petrenko/65309.htm.
The Maltese Falcon – Mystery and Murder for a Steal
Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon, narrated by Eric Meyers, will be the Audible Daily Deal on September 19, 2017, priced at only USD 2.95. That represents a 90% saving! Click on the following link to enjoy this offer: https://goo.gl/uSK3uV
Note: Promo begins at 3am EST (UTC+4).
Please make sure to visit the US Audible site in order to take advantage of the offer, and remember to register for your free Amazon or Audible account, if you don’t have one already!
About The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, first serialised in a magazine in 1930, is best known through the iconic Humphrey Bogart film of 1941. But it was the book that created the classic "noir" genre with its tough private detective threading his cool way between the criminals and the law. Sam Spade, the private eye solving the mystery of the Maltese statuette, was the template for Philip Marlowe and a host of others. But they come no more shrewd and cunning than Spade, with Hammett peppering the text with one-liners. Not even Bogart bettered the original. An idiomatic new recording from Eric Meyers.
About Eric Meyers
Eric Meyers is a well-known character actor and voice artist. Originally from New York he now lives in London. His film credits include Entrapment, Snatch and 1408. He has created many voices for animation including ‘Henry the Lizard’ on the hit television series Amazing Animals. He is often heard narrating documentary films on The Discovery Channel and National Geographic.
Head over to Naxos Audiobooks to listen to Eric Meyers’ podcast about his experiences reading The Maltese Falcon.
Netflix’s newest comedy Disjointed
The Naxos Licensing team is proud to be a part of Disjointed,the new Netflix Original Series that premiered on August 25, 2017! The music includes extracts from J. S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1, Carmina Burana: O Fortuna and St. John's Night on Bald Mountain! Disjointed is a workplace comedy from Emmy-winning creators Chuck Lorre and David Javerbaum. Check out the trailer starring Academy Award-winner Kathy Bates, Tone Bell, Aaron Moten, Elizabeth Alderfer, Dougie Baldwin and Elizabeth Ho.
Need to license some music for a project and don’t know where to start? Visit Naxos Licensing to find out how!
Boris Giltburg rocking Rachmaninov in Amsterdam
Boris Giltburg brought down the house at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on 27 August 2017. Together with the Residentie Orkest and conductor Nicholas Collon, he performed Rachmaninov’s passionate Piano Concerto No. 2, considered one of the best piano concertos ever written. Reviewing the concert, NRC.nl described Boris’ performance as “a sophisticated game with extremes … from whispering softness to a daunting beat. Easily switching between quicksilver passages, dreamy melodies with a velvet touch and percussive play in the reprise.” Boris’ newest recording of the “Rach Two”, paired with the Études-tableaux, Op. 33, features the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto. In November, Boris will appear again with Prieto in Liverpool with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, performing the “Rach Three”.
“Giltburg is an artist whose range of expression brought so much more than slushy romance to Rachmaninov’s emotion-laden score. Whether wistful and dreamy or tense and heart-aching, the lyricism of his playing was a joy to listen to.”
– The Scotsman (on a concert of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
BORIS GILTBURG’S PREVIOUS RELEASES
– Gramophone
– ClassicsToday.com
– Pizzicato ★★★★
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– Daily Telegraph (UK) ★★★★
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
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A Neapolitan masterpiece - Didone abbandonata
![VINCI, L.: Didone abbandonata [Opera]](images/Didone-Abbandonata-CD-DVD.png "VINCI, L.: Didone abbandonata [Opera]")
Didone abbandonata was one of the greatest successes in the rather brief operatic career of Leonardo Vinci (not to be mistaken for Leonardo da Vinci), a musician who apparently led an adventurous life, based on what little we know about it. A great success upon its première in 1726, this live recording with a cast of baroque specialists at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Florence is the opera’s first modern performance and a revival of one of the great masterpieces of early 18th-century opera. Opera lovers can transport themselves back almost 300 years by watching the opera on DVD (DYN-37788) or by listening to it on three CDs (CDS7788.03).
From the Recording Studio: Chilcott All Good Things
Naxos’ new album featuring works by Bob Chilcott is one of our new releases this month! Bob Chilcott is one of Britain’s most popular and respected composers and his choral music is performed worldwide. He has always embraced a broad stylistic palette and his writing for voice combined with jazz instrumentation gives these works a sense of vitality and energy. Performed by leading jazz soloists and Commotio, the distinguished promoters of contemporary repertoire, this sequence of brilliant villanelles, folk song arrangements and witty settings reveals once again the breadth of Chilcott’s musical imagination.
MORE RELEASES FROM COMMOTIO
– Classic FM
– MusicWeb International
– Fanfare
Brain Fuel - Classical Music for Studying
September is here and it's time to go back to school! Although it’s a wonderful and exciting time of year, it can also be a difficult transition, moving from carefree, leisurely summertime to days of book learning and critical thinking. Luckily, we have some carefully curated playlists that will boost your brain power by helping you to focus on your work and studies. Make sure to add these playlists to your library and use them throughout the year whenever you need a soundtrack to accompany your academic preparation!
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Artist of the Month – Anna Lundqvist
"I feel very blessed and honored to be a part of the Prophone family. It's one of Sweden's master labels that handles my artistry and music with great respect and with the best support I could ever ask for."
– Anna Lundqvist
Anna Lundqvist was born in 1977 in Stockholm and raised in a small town in Dalsland. She received cello lesson and classical vocal training before learning jazz. She then studied jazz at Skurup Folkhögskola and started her professional music career as a singer and composer since 2000. She is also the founder of Anna Lundqvist Quintet and Anna Lundqvist Brass Magic. She has recently released the fifth album with the Quintet.
RECORDINGS BY ANNA LUNDQVIST QUINTET
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