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CATALOGUE NR: 8558008  (barcode: 0636943800829)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2001

COMPOSER: Thomson Smillie
TITLE: Opera Explained - The Barber of Seville
ARTISTS: David Timson      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: a narrated introduction to the opera with history the plot and the main themes

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CATALOGUE NR: 8558009  (barcode: 0636943800928)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2001

COMPOSER: Thomson Smillie
TITLE: Opera Explained - Aida
ARTISTS: David Timson      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: a narrated introduction to the opera with history the plot and the main themes

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CATALOGUE NR: 8558176  (barcode: 0636943817629)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 03-Jan-2006

COMPOSER: Hugh Griffith
TITLE: Art and Music - Renoir

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes a musical perspective with works by : Offenbach / Gounod / Faure / Debussy / Ravel / Dukas / Ibert / Gaubert

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CATALOGUE NR: 855818889  (barcode: 0636943818824)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.19
RELEASE DATE: 27-Feb-2006

TITLE: Shostakovich - A Portrait
TRACKS: includes music from symphonies string quartets and other works.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: contains a comprehensive essay that surveys his musical output

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CATALOGUE NR: 855818081  (barcode: 0636943818022)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.19
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Stephen Johnson
TITLE: Discover Music of the Classical Era
TRACKS: String Quartet in F major op.3 No.5 : Andante cantabile (Roman Hoffstetter). Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell : Allegro assai (Haydn). Sinfonia in C major Wq.182/3 H 659 - excerpts : Allegro assai / Adagio (CPE Bach). Sinfonia in A minor 'The Delirium of the Composers' : Presto non troppo (Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf). Piano Sonata - Andante and Variations in F minor HobXVII:6 'Un piccolo divertimento' (Haydn). Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor K491 : Allegro (Mozart). Clarinet Concerto No.1 in F major : Andante moderato (Carl Stamitz). Symphony in D major op.3 No.2 : Presto (Johann Stamitz). Prelude and Fugue in C major for Organ Four Hands (Johann Georg Albrechtsberger). Trombone Concerto in G major : Allegro (Leopold Mozart). Cello Concerto No.7 in G major G480 : Allegro (Boccherini). Serenade No.6 in D major K239 'Serenata notturna' : Menuetto - Trio (Mozart). Mass No.11 in D minor HobXVII/11 'Nelson Mass' 'Imperial Mass' 'Coronation Mass' : Kyrie (Haydn). Sinfonia in B flat major op.18 No.2 'Overture to Lucio Silla' : Presto (JC Bach). Orfeo ed Euridice : Ah se intorno a quest'urna funesta - Chorus / Che faro senza Euridice? (Gluck). Die Zauberflote - The Magic Flute K620 Act II : No.15 - In diesen heil'gen Hallen / No.14 - Der Holle Rache - Queen of the Night (Mozart). Grande Messe des morts : Dies irae: Grave maestoso / Tuba mirum: Grave - Allegretto (Francois-Joseph Gossec). Symphony No.94 in G major 'Surprise' : II Andante (Haydn). String Quartet in E flat major op.33 No.2 HobIII/38 'The Joke' : IV Finale (Haydn). String Quartet in D major op.33 No.6 HobIII/42 : Scherzo: Allegretto (Haydn). String Quartet No.16 in E flat major K428 : IV Allegro vivace (Mozart). Le Nozze di Figaro - The Marriage of Figaro K492 Act I: No.3 - Se vuol ballare (Mozart). Don Giovanni K527: Act I Scene 20: Finale / Act I Scene 20: Riposate vezzose ragazze / Act I Scene 20: Venite pur avanti / Act I Scene 20: Ecco il birbo / Act I Scene 20: Trema trema o scellerato! (Mozart). Symphony No.40 in G minor K550 : Allegro assai (Mozart). Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor op.2 No.1 : Allegro (Beethoven). Symphony No.2 in D major op.36 : Allegro molto (Beethoven).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 100 page booklet with 20000 word essay and timeline of events in music history art and literature

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CATALOGUE NR: 8558179  (barcode: 0636943817926)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 31-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Hugh Griffith
TITLE: Cezanne - Art and Music
TRACKS: includes music by : Berlioz / Bizet / Chabrier / Duparc / Faure / Satie / Debussy / Ravel.

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CATALOGUE NR: 855817071  (barcode: 0636943817025)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.19
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Lucien Jenkins
TITLE: Discover Early Music
TRACKS: Antiphonae post Evangelium : In Dulci Jubilo (Anon). Versus Alleluiatici : Adorabo (Anon). Ordo virtutum : Procession (von Bingen). Viderunt omnes - 2-part organum / fines terre salutare dei nostri jubilate deo omnis terra - plainchant. Notum fecit - 2-part organum / Dominus / salutare suum ante conspectum gentium revelavit / justitiam suam - plainchant (Leonin). Gaudete Christus est natus (Trad). Cantiga de Santa Maria (Anon). Exiit diluculo (Trad). Humils forfaitz (Guiraut Riquier). Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys (Guillaume Dufay). Non avra ma'pieta questa mia donna (Francesco Landini). Veni Sancte Spiritus - Veni Creator JD32 (John Dunstable). D'ung aultre amer (Johannes Ockeghem). Alleluya (Antoine Busnois). El grillo (Josquin des Pres). Missa La sol fa re mi : Kyrie (Josquin des Pres). Le chant des oiseaux (Clement Janequin). Passe and Medio - Den iersten gaillarde (Tielman Susato). Den III ronde - Den VI ronde - Les quatres branles (Anon). Gaillarde I - II - III (Anon). In nomine (Tavener). In nomine No.20 'Crye' (Christopher Tye). Spem in alium (Tallis). Mass for 4 Voices : Sanctus (Byrd). Psaume 130 : Du fond de ma pensee (Claude Goudimel). The King of Denmark's Galiard (Dowland). Flow my tears (Dowland). Greiner zancker (Heinrich Isaac). Stat ein meskin (Obrecht). Tiento (Mudarra). Tribulationem et dolorem (Gesualdo). Lagrime di San Pietro : Il Magnanimo Pietro (de Lassus). Missa Susanne un jour : Kyrie (de Lassus). Beau le crystal (de Lassus). Missa O magnum mysterium : O magnum mysterium (Victoria). Missa Papae Marcelli 'Pope Marcellus Mass' : Kyrie (Palestrina).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 110 page booklet with 20000 word essay and timeline of events in music history art and literature

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CATALOGUE NR: 855816869  (barcode: 0636943816820)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.19
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: David McCleery
TITLE: Discover music of the 20th Century
TRACKS: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (Debussy). 5 Piano Pieces op.23: Walzer (Schonberg). Violin Concerto 'To the memory of an ange': I. Andante - Scherzo (Berg). 5 Pieces op.10 : Sehr ruhig und zart / Lebhaft und zart bewegt / Sehr langsam und ausserst zart / Fliessend ausserst zart / Sehr fliessend (Webern). Le Tombeau de Couperin : III Forlane: Allegretto (Ravel). Petrushka : First Tableau: The Shrove-Tide Fair / The Mountebank (Stravinsky). Pulcinella: Vivo (Stravinsky). Symphony No.3 'Pastoral': III Moderato pesante (Vaughan Williams). Hymn to St Cecilia op.27 (Britten). Sinfonietta : IV Allegretto (Janacek). Concerto for Orchestra Sz116 : Introduzione: Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace (Bartok). Lieutenant Kije op.60: II Romance (Prokofiev). Symphony No.10 op.93: II Allegro (Shostakovich). Piano Concerto in F major: III Allegro agitato (Gershwin). Schindler's List : Main Theme (Williams). The Unanswered Question (Ives). Deserts : Second Electronic Interpolation - conclusion / Third Electronic Interpolation - beginning (Varese). Quartet for the End of Time : Liturgie de cristal (Messiaen). Piano Sonata No.3 : IV Commentaire (Boulez). Stimmung : Warming up leading to Model 1 / Model 2: 'Gott nochmal' / Model 3: 'Vishnu' / Model 4: Usi-Afu (Stockhausen). Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano : First Interlude (Cage). New York Counterpoint : Movement 1 (Reich). Short Ride in a Fast Machine (Adams). The Lord's Prayer (Tavener). Symphony No.3 op.36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' : II Lento e largo - Tranquillissimo (Gorecki). Gawain's Journey : Lullaby / Vision of the Hunt I (Birtwistle). Voice (Takemitsu).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 180 page booklet with 25000 word essay and timeline of events in music history art and literature

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CATALOGUE NR: 8558172  (barcode: 0636943817223)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 28-Mar-2005

COMPOSER: Thomson Smillie
TITLE: Opera Explained - Pelleas and Melissande
ARTISTS: David Timson      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: a narrated introduction to the opera with history the plot and the main themes

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CATALOGUE NR: 855821011  (barcode: 0636943821022)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.19
RELEASE DATE: 29-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: John Riley
TITLE: Discover Film Music
TRACKS: includes music by Steiner / Korngold / Herrmann / Newman / Copland / Williams / Barry / Elfman / Walton / Shostakovich / Morricone / Auric.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes 160 page booklet / 25000 word essay and timeline of events in film music, history art and literature

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CATALOGUE NR: 8558049  (barcode: 0636943804926)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jul-2002

COMPOSER: Thomson Smillie
TITLE: Opera Explained - Madama Butterfly
ARTISTS: David Timson      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: a narrated introduction to the opera with history the plot and the main themes

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CATALOGUE NR: 8558013  (barcode: 0636943801321)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 02-Sep-2002

COMPOSER: Thomson Smillie
TITLE: Opera Explained - The Flying Dutchman
ARTISTS: David Timson      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: a narrated introduction to the opera with history the plot and the main themes

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CATALOGUE NR: 855800104  (barcode: 0636943800126)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: 4 CD Set  DURATION: 300 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.99
RELEASE DATE: 30-Jul-2001

TITLE: Life of Frederic Chopin
TRACKS: Chopin was the pianist composer par excellence. In this set his life, from his birth in Poland, his famous affair with the French writer George Sand, and his death at the age of 49 in Paris, is told with his music featuring prominently.
ARTISTS: Anton Lesser      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes a 165 page book with detailed background history

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CATALOGUE NR: 855800506  (barcode: 0636943800522)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: 2 CD Set  DURATION: 155 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.19
RELEASE DATE: 30-Jul-2001

TITLE: Life of Franz Liszt
TRACKS: In this account of his epic life, actors' readings combine with plentiful musical excerpts to paint a living portrait of a highly complex man.
ARTISTS: Neville Jason      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes a 156 page book with detailed background history

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CATALOGUE NR: 8558010  (barcode: 0636943801024)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 60 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2002

COMPOSER: Thomson Smillie
TITLE: Opera Explained - Carmen
ARTISTS: David Timson      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: a narrated introduction to the opera with history the plot and the main themes

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CATALOGUE NR: 8558011  (barcode: 0636943801123)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 60 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2002

COMPOSER: Thomson Smillie
TITLE: Opera Explained - La Boheme
ARTISTS: David Timson      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: a narrated introduction to the opera with history the plot and the main themes

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CATALOGUE NR: 8558012  (barcode: 0636943801222)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 29-Jul-2002

COMPOSER: Thomson Smillie
TITLE: Opera Explained - The Magic Flute
ARTISTS: David Timson      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: a narrated introduction to the opera with history the plot and the main themes

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CATALOGUE NR: 855802427  (barcode: 0636943802427)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: 4 CD Set  DURATION: 300 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.99
RELEASE DATE: 30-Jul-2001

TITLE: Life of Ludwig van Beethoven
TRACKS: In this portrait-in-sound, actor's readings combine with his music to reveal a titanic personality, both vulnerable and belligerent, comic and tragic, and above all heroic, as he comes to grips with perhaps the greatest disability a musician can suffer.
ARTISTS: Bob Peck      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes a 165 page book with detailed background history

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CATALOGUE NR: 855803435  (barcode: 0636943803424)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: 2 CD Set  DURATION: 150 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.19
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2002

COMPOSER: Jeremy Siepmann
TITLE: An Introduction to Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
ARTISTS: Jeremy Siepmann      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: a narrated introduction to the work and its background with a detailed analysis of the work

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CATALOGUE NR: 855803639  (barcode: 0636943803622)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.99
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2002

COMPOSER: Jeremy Siepmann
TITLE: Life and Works - Pyoty Il'yich Tchaikovsky
ARTISTS: Jeremy Siepmann   Malcolm Sinclair    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes 178 page booklet

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