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Naxos Classical Spotlight explores the world of classical music. Along the way host Raymond Bisha shares the stories about the music, and the musicians who make it.
Florence Price's abiding interest in the literary arts helps explain the extraordinarily large number of vocal compositions in her catalogue...
Collected for use in the chapel of Cambridge University's Peterhouse college in the 1630s and hidden during the Civil War, the Peterhouse Pa...
Although the music of Polish composer Zygmunt Noskowski (1846 – 1909) is less well known than that of his teacher (Stanisław Moniuszko) and...
In this podcast, Raymond Bisha unearths captivating performances of horn concertos by Rosetti, Vivaldi and Telemann. Did the latter have a f...
Valentin Silvestrov was forced to leave his native Ukraine after the Russian invasion of 2022. His music has a prescient quality that unerri...
This album with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra features music by Australian composer Liza Lim, with whom the orchestra has an ongoing...
The music of Alan Hovhaness, one of America's most prolific composers, enchants with his signature synthesis of East and West. Influenced by...
There is a span of nearly six decades between the first and last of the compositions on this album of piano music by Czech composer Alois Há...
Vasari Singers, one of the UK's pre-eminent choirs, have titled their new album The Music Never Ends , referencing Michel Legrand and his ce...
Composer/poet Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1897. He went on to become a leading figure in the development of Brazil...
In this podcast Raymond Bisha talks with Julian Azkoul, Director of United Strings of Europe, about how the group started, about their album...
In Biber's time, harmony was something cosmic, vibrating in a God-given resonance between human, instrumental, and celestial bodies. After a...
"I feel that you will achieve your greatest triumphs in [the symphonic] genre for I consider you to have precisely the properties that make...
The musical partnership of pianists Anna Geniushene and Lukas Geniušas, both esteemed prize-winners of major international competitions, is...
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon's ballet The Winter's Tale (after Shakespeare) was first performed by Covent Garden's Royal Ballet in 201...
This podcast introduces a recently released, diverse programme of works for guitar trio bound by the common thread of music inspired by stor...
In his album liner notes Behzod Abduraimov writes: "I see this pairing as an opportunity to present two vastly different emotional and philo...
In his later years, Liszt increasingly pursued his favoured causes by using piano transcriptions of other composers' works; and his own symp...
This project by Alon Sariel and the Kölner Akademie celebrates the versatility of the mandolin on the cusp of the classical period. However,...
This podcast introduces two works by Karl Weigl (1881-1949), his Symphony No. 3 and the Symphonic Prelude to a Tragedy. Both were written at...
Scottish father, Welsh mother, born in England, polyglot, highly intellectual, educator, composer, phenomenal pianist and a fantastically or...
Conductor John Jeter has been central to the rediscovery and representation of Florence Price's orchestral works. In this podcast, he discus...
Lepo Sumera (1950–2000) was one of the most important figures in Estonian music following World War Two. He might also be considered one of...
In this podcast Raymond Bisha introduces an album of sacred choral music by Philip Stopford in which all the items were composed between 201...
Working amidst political and personal setbacks, Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-96) flourished as a composer, admired by Shostakovich and champion...
In this podcast Skip Sempé introduces his new album of music by John Dowland and talks about the Renaissance orchestra and why it creates su...
This podcast presents pianist Giorgio Koukl in conversation with Raymond Bisha at the end of a five-year project to rehabilitate the complet...
Vol. 27 in the Naxos Music of Brazil series features music by César Guerra-Peixe (1914-1993). In this podcast, Raymond Bisha discusses the l...
Raymond Bisha introduces the latest instalment in the Capriccio label's exploration of rarely performed or recorded symphonic works by Mikló...
The GRAMMY Award-winning team of composer Michael Daugherty, conductor David Alan Miller and the Albany Symphony returns with a new album co...
Italian composer Goffredo Petrassi's reputation was established in 1932 when his Partita (8.572411) won critical acclaim. Three years later...
Raymond Bisha introduces the third instalment of a collectable series of seven albums showcas ing Ukraine-born composer Alexey Shor 's appea...
Born in 1986, Jake Runestad is a versatile and prolific young composer whose visceral music and charismatic personality have fostered a busy...
Notker Balbulus (c.840-912), also known as Notker of St Gall or Notker the Stammerer, was a renowned Benedictine monk at the Abbey of St Gal...
Since the 1970s, Brazilian conductor Isaac Karabtchevsky has steadfastly developed one of the most brilliant careers across the Brazilian an...
American composer Daron Hagen talks about his cantata Everyone, Everywhere in conversation with Raymond Bisha. Composed In 2023 to mark the...
A delightful collection of lute music from the courts of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I, played by Italian lutenist Elisa La Marca. This...
In this podcast, Raymond Bisha discusses a new album from the Danish National Vocal Ensemble with their chief conductor, Slovenian Martina B...
Yasunori Imamura, whose recording of Bach's complete lute works has been described as a 'magnificent interpretation' (Naxos 8.573936–37), tu...
To mark his inauguration as Chief Conductor of the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle chose Joseph Haydn's orato...
When Notre-Dame de Paris caught fire in 2015 the organ was not damaged - some would call it a miracle. In this podcast I talk to Olivier Lat...
Giovanni Sollima has been exploring Bach for as long as he has been playing the cello, and the journey continues with his new album dedicate...
What to make of Norwegian composer Christian Sinding, who is chiefly remembered only by ambitious amateur pianists for his Rustle of Spring?...
Developed in collaboration with the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Naxos' Music of Brazil series is part of the Brasil em Concerto p...
This podcast features conductor Sir Simon Rattle in conversation with Raymond Bisha as they reference his new recording of Mahler's Seventh...
A student of Haydn, a masonic brother of Mozart and a fine composer in his own right, Paul Wranitzky (1756-1808) left behind 45 symphonies t...
John Rutter is the most acclaimed composer of Christmas carols alive today, w hile the Black Dyke Band occupies the highest rank in the worl...
George Frederic Handel was one of the leading composers of the baroque, especially known for his Italian operas. When he presented his drama...
American composer Kenneth Fuchs discusses the programmes of his two most recent albums in conversation with Raymond Bisha; both recordings f...
The Military Music Appreciation Society was founded in 2008 by Roger Kennedy so he could share his passion for this music with other like-mi...