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Re: Naxos American Classics Releases Missa Latina by Roberto Sierra

xmashampers — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:39:52 -0000

Good music is soothing to the ear so I may say this is true for this Misa Latina. I wonder if there are songs for Christmas.
xmas hampers

Re: Naxos American Classics Releases Missa Latina by Roberto Sierra

evelyntiffany — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:05:19 -0000

Missa Latin ‘Pro Pace’ sounds like an interesting album. I really liked your review and I hope I'll get the same impression after I get to listen to Missa Latina. Thanks for taking the time to share this with us.
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Evelyn Tiffany - dedicated server programmer.

Re: PODCAST: Richard Strauss’ Orchestral Suites

Paul Davidson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:21:17 -0000

Only just discovered the Naxos podcasts on the itune site. What a wonderful way to try before you buy. In the last two weeks have bought five Naxos CD's in a local store and now I am waiting for the delvery of the Richard Strauss Orchestral Suites from the Buffalo Philharmonic (I wonder what Buffalo is like?).
Thank you Mr Bisha for your wonderful and humerous observations and comments.

Re: Podcast: Rued’s Langgaard’s Visionary Music for Organ and for Orchestra

cmclough — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:33:32 -0000

Dear Raymond, I am one of those who has been agitating for some coverage of organ-music CDs, and am grateful for this and the Montreal organist podcast of a few weeks earlier. Don't stop the other material, but do please continue to make time for the king of instruments. Both of these programs were very enjoyable, and I am grateful for your responsiveness - and for the podcasts in general. I have just listened to about twenty of them in one week (I had fallen behind), and though it was a long slog, I enjoyed the insights and discoveries, as I always do.

Cheers,
Christian

Re: Classics & Rock on Naxos.com

tmichael1 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:13:30 -0000

Nice one. I have stumbled and twittered this for my friends. Others no doubt will like it like I did.

Re: Podcast: The World’s Most Beautiful Horn Concertos

Richard — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:19:53 -0000

Thanks for the info. I take it, therefore, that the album is not available on iTunes?

Re: Podcast: Orjan Sandred’s Cracks and Corrosion

SoonerJim — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:02:22 -0000

Mr. Bisha, I have been listening to your podcasts for over a year and enjoy them very much Last night I was watching the latest brilliant documentary by Ken Burns on PBS (United States public TV in case anyone isn't familiar) about our National Parks system. The primary subject of the episode was the Grand Canyon, and they used snippets of Ferde Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite. As soon as the program finished, I immediately went online and ordered an album with three of his suites: Mississippi, Grand Canyon, and Niagara (8.559007). Would you consider a podcast covering his life and works? Thank you.

Re: Review: Naxos Music Library

tmichael1 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:15:25 -0000

Interesting post. I have just bookmarked this at stumbleupon. Others no doubt will like it like I did.

Re: The Wonderful and Frightening World of NONCLASSICAL: An Interview with Gabriel Prokofiev Pt.1

fritzgerlich — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:45:39 -0000

Looks very intereting, I know I'll be buying. But I hope you are not going to use 'loudness war' type mastering on these releases (look up 'loudness war' at wikipedia for more information). I hope these are not going to way too much dynamic range compression and digital clipping in an effort to make the loudest record possible like so many realeases with the initials 'dj' in the credits. Or at least if the cd version is compressed to heck, hopefully the vinyl versions will still have lots of dynamics.

Re: Naxos Releases Michael Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony

Brook Fox — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:55:31 -0000

It will be interesting to hear how this interpretation compares with Baltimore’s 1997 recording.

Re: Podcast: The Balcarres Lute Book (Extra)

freeebooks — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:01:55 -0000

Watching his fingers dance over 11 sets of strings as he plays is quite something

Re: Podcast: The World’s Most Beautiful Horn Concertos

Richard — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:06:20 -0000

I take it, then, that the album is not available on iTunes? I have been unable to find it with any combination of search terms so far.

Thanks again.

Re: Podcast: The World’s Most Beautiful Horn Concertos

naxos — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:30:17 -0000

Hi Richard - thank you for your question! The album was released on August 25 and can be found as a download here: http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.... Let us know if you need a physical copy!

Re: Podcast: The World’s Most Beautiful Horn Concertos

Richard — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:44:54 -0000

When is this album scheduled for release, please? I can't find a release date online anywhere. Many thanks.

Re: Podcast: Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

leftey — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:17:44 -0000

I'm disappointed that Naxos gave up issuing recordings in multichannel and would love to be able to buy new issues, especially MASS, in SACD.

Re: Podcast: Richard Strauss’s Alpine Symphony

markvpol — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:46:50 -0000

That is great news! Thanks so much for the update. I will be downloading it shortly!

Re: Podcast: Richard Strauss’s Alpine Symphony

naxos — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:26:04 -0000

I'm pleased to tell you that the album is now up online for download! Here's the link to it: http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.... Hope you enjoy!

Re: Gloria Coates

naxos — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:23:52 -0000

You can find it on Amazon.com, but there may be a retailer in your country that carries it. For Austria, go to http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Gloria_Coates... and click on one of the titles you want. If you scroll down the page, there should be buy links on the right hand column. Hope this helps!

Re: Gloria Coates

saraharneson — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:39:01 -0000

where may I order her music? Thanks. SA

Re: Podcast: Leopold Mozart’s Toy Symphony (and other delights)

talktalk2 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:37:47 -0000

nice post

Re: PODCAST: Richard Strauss’ Orchestral Suites

grace513 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:12:48 -0000

Another lovely example of Strauss' wonderful works - I still probably favor the Alpine Symphony, but thanks to your podcast I have added Strauss to my fave composers list. :)

PS. And of course, this latest podcast reminded me I had not yet obtained the CD for the Alpine Symphony... Curse you, Raymond Bisha!!! LOL JK, of course! :D Really love the podcasts - thanks for all...

Re: Podcast: The World’s Most Beautiful Horn Concertos

grace513 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:03:12 -0000

Awesome - gotta love any cast which features the horn. (Was the last one in Aug 07 regarding the Mozart Horn Concertos?) But now I have to go get yet another Naxos CD! Oh the agony, the a - go - neeee... LOL :)

Re: Podcast: Four American Quartets

Guest — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:27:49 -0000

Insightful read. I have just bookmarked this at stumbleupon. Hope others find it as interesting as I did.

Re: Podcast: Shostakovich 24 Preludes and Fugues opus 87

Guest — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:26:12 -0000

Interesting post. I have made a twitter post about this. My friends will enjoy reading it also.

Re: Podcast: The World’s Most Beautiful Horn Concertos

anthepharaohs — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:02:25 -0000

I much enjoyed the podcast on Die Schönsten Hornkonzerte and as I've just been given an iTunes voucher, I went to buy it - but could I find it? You guessed - neither when I searched in English oder auf Deutsch. So much for "all fine download sites". Sigh - perhaps someone could poke Apple with a sharp stick regarding this? ;-)