www.naxos.com

Since 1987, Naxos has redefined how classical music is presented and marketed. Innovative strategies of recording exciting new repertoire with exceptional talent have enabled the label to develop one of the largest and fastest growing catalogues of unduplicated repertoire available anywhere--currently over 3000 titles--with state-of-the-art sound and consumer-friendly prices.

Now celebrating its 20th Anniversary Naxos is proud to boast a range of awards and achievements including the coveted Classic FM/Gramophone Label of the Year Award (Sep 2005), which recognizes outstanding achievement and an impressive commitment to expanding the record catalogue. It also acknowledges a dedication to offering value for money and a visionary approach to digital distribution and music education.
 

The Naxos label also has gained stature by pioneering groundbreaking projects like the American Classics series. Currently numbering at over 220 titles, the series is set to be the most comprehensive recording project of American concert music ever attempted. Naxos is also leading the field with the landmark Naxos Historical Series. In addition to the core classical catalogue, there are special educational series available: Opera Explained introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of the major operas; Classics Explained looks at the history and the form of the great masterpieces of western music whereas the Life and Works titles are audio-biographies about the great composers. Naxos has also produced the highly successful ‘Very Best Of’ and ‘Chill’ series which gives the listener an overview of some of the most popular works from some of the most influential composers of the baroque, classical and romantic eras. Naxos is strongly committed to music education in its broadest sense. The Naxos catalogue is often described as 'an encyclopaedia of classical music'. No other label offers so much choice and value - both to seasoned music lovers and to those who are learning about classical music for the very first time. “Naxos has become without doubt the world’s favourite classical label…In the history of the gramophone, no company has more thoroughly overturned the classical record business…It has built its reputation on value and reliability”. BBC Music Magazine www.naxos.com ... provides a great resource for teachers and pupils alike. As well as getting information on the latest and back catalogue Naxos releases, you can also find out more about our artists through interviews and biographies and explore composers' histories and repertoires, as well as employing useful tools such as our glossary and A-Z guides to classical music and opera.

For the novice classical music listener, our Learning Zone provides helpful hints on how to enjoy live and recorded classical music and build up a CD collection of your own. Many of the recordings featured in our catalogue also have handy audio clips which can be easily downloaded for a "taster".

www.naxosmusiclibrary.com

The Naxos Music Library is an online educational resource that is available to Schools, Universities and Public Libraries. The library contains over 240,000 tracks of music – the equivalent of over 16,000 CD’s! All Naxos, Marco Polo and Da Capo recordings are contained on this site along with 40 other third party labels including Gimmel, Bis and Chandos.

Subscribers are able to listen to any of the CD’s featured on the site as well has having access to many other resources like a glossary of musical terms, opera and libretti synopsis, students study area, composer biographies as well as information on the recordings available. The availability of these recordings for general listening and study is a testament to Naxos’ committed aims in education and the accessibility of classical music

For further details contact Graham Muir at gmuir@selectmusic.co.uk
 

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