Naxos - Classic or Dud?

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― man, Monday, 16 December 2002 12:56 (twenty-three years ago)

island?
record label?
festival?

― michael (michael), Monday, 16 December 2002 13:21 (twenty-three years ago)

haha, this was the first thing i saw at Naxos.com (the record label)

http://www.naxos.com/christmas/xmasdogs.jpg

― michael (michael), Monday, 16 December 2002 13:23 (twenty-three years ago)

It's always the Bratislava Radio Orchestra. As the European Union heads ever-eastwards, will this have to change? I wonder myself.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 16 December 2002 14:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Their short-lived 'jazz division' sucked rather a lot, unfortunately.

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Monday, 16 December 2002 14:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Oddly, the Naxos label has been discussed on another thread, a generic one about classical music, I think.

― Rockist Scientist, Monday, 16 December 2002 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm actually quite satisfied with the Cage and Satie discs.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 16 December 2002 17:02 (twenty-three years ago)

I think it's the name of Naim Audio's active crossover, no?

― Sean (Sean), Monday, 16 December 2002 17:09 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

Just now listening to their seventh volume of Lutoslawski, I think one can safely say CLASSIC.

I used to assume they were poor quality (the sleeves probably still let them down!), but their recent forays into 20th century stuff - Messiaen, Cage, Boulez, Schnittke, Lutoslawski, Penderecki, Ligeti, etc - mean it's usually worth checking whether there's a Naxos recording before resorting to the expensive stuff. :)

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Sunday, 11 January 2004 01:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh all their 20th century British recordings are classic

As are their Haydn String Quartets, of which i own 7

― pete s, Sunday, 11 January 2004 01:46 (twenty-two years ago)

the packaging had always scared me off, but they just released a world premiere of Ives' Emerson Overture, so I just bought that (along with their release of the Robert Browning Overture).

They are both blowing me away. The Browning (by Kenneth Schermerhorn) is even better than the Stokowski version. I am no longer scared of Naxos.

― (Jon L), Sunday, 11 January 2004 02:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I've only ever heard or owned one Naxos record ever. It is from the jazz division, it's Lan Xang (Scott Colley, Kenny Wolleson and two sax players), and it's fucking great.

― Jordan (Jordan), Sunday, 11 January 2004 03:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I like the varese and webern recording. anyone got the gloria coates recording (i think the string quartets are on the label but I can't recall right now).

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 11 January 2004 23:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Their second Poulenc volume is alright.

― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Monday, 12 January 2004 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)

As somebody who don't hear the difference between a good an an excellent recording of classical music, I'd definitely consider Naxos classic.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 12 January 2004 00:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Their release of A. Part's 'Fratres' is AFAIK the best one out there.

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Monday, 12 January 2004 10:22 (twenty-two years ago)

anyone got the gloria coates recording (i think the string quartets are on the label but I can't recall right now).

Yes, I have it - it's slight, wispy, distant and terrif. On my walkman the last quarter was practically inaudible. Under a fiver - what are you waiting for?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 12 January 2004 11:22 (twenty-two years ago)

will get to it. thanks michael.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 12 January 2004 11:25 (twenty-two years ago)

i don't know enough about classical music to judge different versions,but i've got loads of naxos discs which i really like...

― robin (robin), Monday, 12 January 2004 12:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't think I have any Naxos, just being snobbish I think - I will certainly investigate. Erato put out some good stuff and they're pretty cheap (usually).

― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 12 January 2004 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)

their reissues of paul robeson et al are surprisingly good

― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 12 January 2004 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

ULTRA SUPER CLASSIC

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 12 January 2004 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Naxos and Laserline are like the Ramen noodles of classical music. Every college music student has at least a few titles from these.

― dleone (dleone), Monday, 12 January 2004 21:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Naxos are to record labels what Taschen are to publishing. The John Cage prepared piano disc I heard is excellent, also the Penderecki and Messiaen. The one Satie disc I've got isn't great though.

― udu wudu (udu wudu), Monday, 12 January 2004 21:30 (twenty-two years ago)

i like them because they're cheap (eastern european symphonies -- the lodz philharmonic isn't as expensive as its new york counterpart), but i never thought that they had bad sound quality. quite the opposite. and they do GOOD mozart recordings!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 05:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Naxos are to record labels what Taschen are to publishing.

what could you mean by this? taschen isn't a discount press...

― amateur!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 09:52 (twenty-two years ago)

In a way, traditionally Taschen books were the cheapest art books around. Since, they have raised their prices and shed their discount image.

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 10:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Their Inkspot's discs are excellent and highly recommended for Radiohead fans.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 10:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Like all specialist Classical labels the quality of performance/recording is variable but the percentage of great or very good recordings is as high as most full price labels, at a fraction of their price, so classic. I've been having an extended holiday from listening to (or at least buying) classical music so I'm a little out of touch but I get the impression that the repertoire is also getting increasingly adventurous.

― ArfArf, Tuesday, 13 January 2004 10:53 (twenty-two years ago)

does anyone have a list of naxos titles to reccomend. surprisingly their cds are quite cheap here in europe too.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 11:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll reiterate my love for Arvo Part 'Fratres'. Highly recommended.

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

From memory their website is pretty good and highlights recordings that have received outstanding reviews in publications like Gramophone etc. Won't help you in deciding which composers you want to listen to but will help identify discs where the performance and recording are especially good.

― ArfArf, Tuesday, 13 January 2004 11:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Nonesuch started out with exactly the same business model in the late 60's, and look at them now.

This looks like a good article: http://www.followthemusic.com/none.html

― (Jon L), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

Just noticed that $20 gets you listening access to the entire Naxos catalogue (in "FM quality") for a year!

(Not spam, honest.)

― OleM (OleM), Saturday, 1 October 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

God I love Naxos

― Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Saturday, 1 October 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

sounds good.

on the CD side of things there is a second vol of gloria coates str quartets I've yet to check out (kreutzer yet again on the job).

They've commissioned quite a few quartets (10 i think) from peter maxwell davies and he's delivered a few, nancarrow has a disc of non-piano player works and there's a 2 disc henry cowell overview.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 1 October 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

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