Naxos Highlights

New Releases September to December · 2013

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SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO. 4 ‘Perhaps the best of Petrenko’s muchpraised Shostakovich cycle and a strong contender for best in catalogue’ Gramophone November Recording of the Month

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THE ROSE IN THE MIDDLE

OF WINTER ‘Glowingly committed performance by the

Oxford chamber choir Commotio...

superbly sympathetic’ BBC Music Magazine ***** (8.572103)

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BLOCH: SYMPHONY IN

C SHARP MINOR ‘The LSO’s brass and woodwind excel in this magnificent recording, conducted by Bloch specialist Dalia Atlas, who displays a complete mastery of the complex,

rhapsodic score’ The Observer

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PROKOFIEV: SYMPHONY NO. 4 ‘Alsop illuminates instrumental timbres that Prokofiev often mingles in unconventional alliances…interpretations that radiate a genuine Prokofiev spirit’ The Independent on Sunday

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RACHMANINOV: SYMPHONY NO. 1

‘These are impressive, highly desirable interpretations’

Gramophone

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A TALE OF TWO CELLOS ‘This inspired, captivatingly played collection represents the perfect musical antidote for all those long winter evenings ahead’ Sinfini Music ****

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RUTTER, GLASS, FRANÇAIX: HARPSICHORD CONCERTOS ‘Typically adventurous, Naxos programmes

Rutter’s pastoral prettiness with Glass’s insistent dancing patterns and Françaix’s lissom, quirky lyricism’ BBC Music Magazine ****

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KARAYEV: BALLET SUITES

December 2013 New Release

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ROSSINI: OVERTURES

VOLUME 3 ‘The playing is clean and efficient, well balanced and nicely paced’ BBC Music Magazine **** (8.570934)

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