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Feb. 24, 2009 •
ORDER DATE:
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Elliott Carter
String Quartets 2, 3 and 4
Pacifica Quartet To celebrate his 100th birthday, Elliott Carter’s Complete String Quartets have been newly recorded by the Pacifica Quartet, Musical America’s Ensemble of the Year for 2009. Volume 1 (8.559362) has been nominated for a 2009 Grammy™ award. This disc presents the three remaining string quartets by the composer hailed by Aaron Copland as “one of
America
’s most distinguished creative artists in any field.” See page 2 for more. CHANDOS Presents: The final recording made by Richard Hickox . intended as the first in a cycle of orchestral works by Sir eugene Goossens this disc offers the premiére recording of Phantasy Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, and the rarely recorded Symphony No.1 and serves as a tribute to Hickox and his fantastic legacy of recordings on Chandos . See PG 24
NEw FROM NAxOS OF AMERiCA:
New to the Naxos family of distributed labels comes Azica Records featuring a sublime selection of Classical and Jazz recordings . See PG 17
Abraham Lincoln Portraits
Nashville Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Naxos of
America
is proud to announce the re-launch of the classic Capriccio Label . The legacy of sublime recordings continues . See PG 18 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), sixteenth President of the United States, has inspired many works of literature, art and music. To celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth, the Nashville Symphony, Leonard Slatkin and Naxos have selected eight important works by leading American composers, some setting Lincoln’s own immortal words. See page 3 for more. From Euroarts/Medici Arts DVD: The Golden Hall of Vienna’s Musikverein was the dazzling venue for the live recording of this concert celebrating the 100th birthday of Herbert von Karajan . This special concert commemorates von Karajan for the ages in a supremely moving manner . Available on DVD and Blu-ray disc . See PG 43 DISTRIBUTOR FOR: Available for the first time in North America the Concerto Label . This italian labels features many rare and world premiére recordings! See PG 25 Naxos • American Classics • Wind Band Classics • Milken Archive • Naxos World • Naxos Audiobooks • Naxos Film Music Classics • Ambroisie • Artek • ATMA Classique • Azica • La Borie • Canary Classics • Capriccio • CBC • Chandos • Concerto • CPO • Dacapo • Delos • ERM Media • Early-Music.com• First Edition • Glyndebourne • Ideale Audience • Klavier • LPO • Marco Polo • Naïve Classique • Medici Arts • Andante • PentaTone • Phoenix Edition • Profil • Arthaus Musik • Opus Arte • EuroArts • Juxtapositions • The Christopher Nupen Films • Michael Nyman • Tony Palmer Films • Storyville Films • OKTAV • TDK
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