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Mr. E and Me present New Orchestral Hits 4 Kids - magical orchestral music that can bring out the kid in anyone! The album New Orchestral Hits 4 Kids will be released worldwide on Naxos in September 2019.

Catchy contemporary music for children performed by an orchestra is a rarity. New Orchestral Hits For Kids aims to open ears, young and old, to the wonderful sounds of the orchestra. The songs are written, arranged and performed by two highly accomplished musicians, Mr. E. (aka Erik Johannessen of Jaga Jazzist fame) and Me (aka Martin Hagfors an acclaimed songwriter, artist and lyricist). The orchestra is the Norwegian Radio Orchestra directed by Anders Eljas, of Chess and ABBA fame, and Ingar Bergby.

The orchestra is augmented by the internationally renowned Sami artist, Mari Boine, the Norwegian Girls Choir and percussionist Heming Valebjørg of the Oslo Symphony Orchestra.

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Need help entertaining the kids? This playlist might do the trick.

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The Martin Brandqvist Quartet is a Swedish jazz group playing original compositions by the composer, drummer and multi-instrumentalist Martin Brandqvist. The music is lyrical Nordic jazz coloured by influences from film music and African roots music. The band includes, in addition to Brandqvist on drums, Inge Petersson Lindbäck (saxophone), Mattias Hjorth (Bass) and Johan Ohlsson (Piano).

Martin Brandqvist grew up in a home characterised by jazz. Martin’s father, Håkan Brandqvist, is a composer and a jazz musician. While aged only 17, Martin played at the legendary jazz club Nefertiti in Gothenburg. Later he became an experienced percussionist, both in Sweden and New York. Martin has toured with Vusi Mahlasela in South Africa and with Simbi at festivals in Haiti, Canada and France. As a composer, Martin has also written music for TV series and movies.

In 2016 Martin formed his own jazz quartet with some of the most skilled and committed improvisers in Sweden today. Their debut album Reflections was released in the same year and received critical acclaim. It also became the Top 2 album of Orkesterjournal’s Golden Disc 2016.

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Gramophone Magazine launches the public vote for its annual Orchestra of the Year Award. The award will be voted on by Gramophone’s readers and visitors to its website, based on a shortlist drawn up by the magazine’s editors.

This Award celebrates ensembles that have made significant contributions and achievements to classical recordings in the past year, and once again reflects the excellence of music-making across the globe. Some of the shortlisted ensembles have recently released critically acclaimed recordings on Naxos and its affiliated labels. They are the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Click on the following link to view the full list and vote: www.gramophone.co.uk.

The Award will be decided by public vote, and the voting campaign starts now until September 7. The winner will be revealed at a ceremony at London’s De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms on October 16.

HIGHLIGHTED RECORDINGS

HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC

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‘The major achievement of this set, now that it’s completed, is how brilliantly the orchestra have succeeded in making this music its own.’
– MusicWeb International

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‘The orchestral playing is of the highest standard.’
– The Wagner Journal

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‘The performances and sound are excellent.’
– American Record Guide

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‘The entire program is absorbing and readily grasped.’
– AllMusic.com

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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‘This recording shows the orchestra off with transparency and presence.’
– ClevelandClassical

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‘The LSO’s playing is lustily magnificent’
– International Record Review

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ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

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‘The performances are superb. The orchestra is in fine form.’
– Fanfare

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‘Magnificent, thrilling performances.’
– Audiophile Audition

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‘The recorded sound is first-rate.’
– Fanfare

GOTHENBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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‘The recorded sound from the Gothenburg Symphony’s Concert Hall home thrusts you into the emotional maelstrom of Bernstein’s Serenade.’
– Classical Ear

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‘The performances of both works seem able and sympathetic.’
– American Record Guide

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Featuring over 400 tracks on 10 discs, The Complete National Anthems Of The World boxed set on Marco Polo is the most up-to-date collection available right now.

Arranged and conducted by Peter Breiner, this set is recorded by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Slovak State Philharmonic Košice and the Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra. The 2019 Edition sees the inclusion of new anthems for Mauritania, Montserrat, Seborga and Somalia.

‘When I started arranging and recording national anthems some 18 years ago, nobody expected the project would become so big and popular. In the meantime, it has been an important part of two Summer Olympics and numerous other sporting, cultural and social events. This is an extraordinary project and no other existing anthem collection comes close to its stature in terms of completeness, quality of research, or size of the orchestral forces used. Every time this album is updated, the reactions are overwhelming – from press articles and radio/TV shows all the way to special archbishops’ blessings. I hope this latest version, with its unprecedented number of anthems, will be no less appreciated.’
– Peter Breiner, arranger/conductor

Listen to the following national anthems from the set:

Brazil
Germany
Netherlands
Spain

SCORE RENTAL AND PURCHASE
Full score and orchestral parts of National Anthems arranged by Peter Breiner are available for rent and purchase. Please contact nds@naxos.com.

From 17 to 22 June, the Frost School of Music of the University of Miami hosts the 2019 Guitar Foundation of America Competition, one of the most prestigious guitar competitions in the world. Inaugurated in 1982, the competition has produced some of the leading guitarists of today, including Adam Holzman (First Prize, 1983), Marc Teicholz (First Prize, 1989), Jeffrey McFadden (Second Prize, 1992), Antigoni Goni (First Prize, 1995), Goran Krivokapić (First Prize, 2004), Johannes Möller (First Prize, 2010) and GRAMMY® Award-winner Jason Vieaux (First Prize, 1992), all of whom have featured in the Naxos Laureate Series.

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The latest release in the series features the 2018 competition First Prize winner Raphaël Feuillâtre, performing original guitar pieces by Barrios, Llobet and Villa-Lobos, as well as transcriptions of works by Rameau, Scriabin and Rachmaninov. Also included in this album is Feuillâtre’s own arrangement of Enrique Granados’ 8 Valses poéticos. Watch his award-winning performance in the video below:

This year’s convention includes performances and workshops by competition laureates Zoran Dukic, Petrit Ceku, Irina Kulikova and more, as well as a special concert featuring the Brasil Guitar Duo. Visit the Guitar Foundation of America website for the complete schedule.

RECITAL ALBUMS BY GFA COMPETITION LAUREATES

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‘[Tengyue Zhang’s] playing is always tasteful and deeply expressive without any exaggeration.’
– American Record Guide

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‘This release stands out not only for the sheer musicality and technical brilliance of the performer, but for his imaginatively structured and adventurous program.’
– WFMT

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‘Jearakul is a world-class player with fantastic technique and beautiful musicianship … his playing impressively demonstrates the near-universal appeal of the music for guitar.’
– Soundboard

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‘Baranov plays with the stylistic identity of a native of Latin America.’
– American Record Guide

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‘Mamedkuliev’s playing is confident and pleasingly colouristic throughout. A talent to watch.’
– Gramophone

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‘While every aspect of this disc, from tone production to repertoire selection is truly superb, what struck me most was the depth in Möller’s musical interpretations.’
– Minor 7th

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‘Larousse has a thorough technique, elegant phrasing, and an exquisite sound.’
– American Record Guide

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‘Jérémy Jouve is a vital and robust player who makes the most of the many dramatic and lively passages but he can also spin thin threads of golden tone in quieter music, notably the renaissance pieces.’
– MusicWeb International

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‘This is the finest debut guitar recital we have heard for some years… The Naxos recording has good ambiance and is present yet not too closely balanced. Unforgettable.’
– The Penguin Guide

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‘Aided by the clarity and warmth of the recorded sound, Viloteau brings out the considerable inventiveness of the music and articulates a greater range of mood than I had previously noticed.’
– MusicWeb International

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‘McFadden plays them all with a wonderfully clean and flexible technique, great sensitivity, and a beautifully limpid tone. This is major artistry’
– Classic CD

Browse through our Guitar, Lute and Vihuela segment catalogue to see all titles from the series.

Stream the Classical Guitar Music playlist, and listen to the most beautiful works by Barrios Mangoré, Tárrega, Torroba, Albéniz, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and more.

Samuel Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning first opera boasts one of the 20th century’s most beautiful scores. Poised constantly on the edge of song, Vanessa unfolds in generous swathes of melody, rich in filmic strings and soaring brass, with echoes of Puccini, Berg and Strauss. It climaxes in a final quintet of Mozartean poignancy – one of the great ensembles of the contemporary repertoire.

Outstanding performances are a-plenty in this rare opportunity to see one of the 20th century’s great operas. This world premiere recording from Glyndebourne gives centre stage to Emma Bell who performs the titular role with an amazing intensity, with rising star Viginie Verrez and the legendary Rosalind Plowright giving equally engrossing performances in this far too little-known masterpiece, in a new production by award- winning director, Keith Warner.

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‘It’s magnificent… these are wonderful performances, and this is a beautiful, thought-provoking production.’ – The Spectator

‘Glyndebourne may have turned its attention to Barber’s opera belatedly, but they have done him proud.’ – The Independent

Emma Bell	Vanessa
Virginie Verrez	Erika
Edgaras Montvidas	Anatol
Rosalind Plowright	The Old Baroness
Donnie Ray Albert	The Old Doctor
Romanas Kudriašovas	Footman
William Thomas	Nicholas, the Major-Domo

The Glyndebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor	Jakub Hrůša
Director	Keith Warner
Designer	Ashley Martin-Davis

Extra Features: Vanessa: An Operatic Thriller; Cast Gallery

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Featuring a comprehensive collection of classic audiobooks and high quality independent publisher productions, the Naxos Spoken Word Library (NSWL) provides an online and offline streaming service in English, German and French for both individual and institutional subscribers.

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