The following from the NAXOS Newsletter: 1. Naxos DVD Audio * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni (Highlights) Don Giovanni: Bo Skovhus / Il Commendatore: Janusz Monarcha / Donna Anna: Adrianne Pieczonka / Don Ottavio: Torsten Kerl / Donna Elvira: Regina Schorg / Leporello: Renato Girolami / Masetto: Boaz Daniel / Zerlina: Ildik o Raimondi / Hungarian Radio Chorus / Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia / Michael Halasz, conductor Cat. 5.110011 2. Naxos CD * Leo BROUWER: Sonata - Hika and others Graham Anthony Divine, guitar Cat. 8.554195 * Jean Sibelius: Piano Music, Vol. 4 Four Lyric Pieces, Op. 74 E Five Pieces, Op. 75 (The Trees) and others Havard Gimse, piano Cat. 8.555363 * Nikolay MYASKOVSKY: Symphony No. 24 - Symphony No. 25 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor Cat. 8.555376 * Sergey PROKOFIEV: Alexander Nevsky - Pushkiniana - Queen of Spades Irina Gelahova, mezzo soprano / Stanislavsky Chorus / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor Cat. 8.555710 * ANONYMOUS: The Mass of Tournai - St. Luke Passion Tonus Peregrinus / Antony Pitts, director Cat. 8.555861 * Arthur Bliss: Piano Quartet - Sonata for Viola and Piano - Oboe Quintet Maggini Quartet / Nicholas Daniel, oboe / Peter Donohoe, piano / Julian Rolton, piano Cat. 8.555931 * Franz SCHUBERT: Piano Transcriptions LISZT - PROKOFIEV - BUSONI - GODOWSKY Antti Siirala, piano Cat. 8.555997 * Sheila SILVER: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra - Six preludes pour piano, d'apres poemes de Baudelaire Alexander Paley, piano / Lithuanian State Smphony Orchestra / Gintaras Rinkevicius, conductor Cat. 8.557015 * Henry VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concertos Nos. 5, 6 & 7 Misha Keylin, violin / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Mogrelia, conductor / Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa, conductor Cat. 8.557016 * Jesus GURIDI: Ten Basque Melodies - Thus sing the Children - An Adventure of Don Quixote and others Isabel Alvarez, soprano / Bilbao Choral Society / Bilbao Symphony Orchestra / Juan Jose Mena, conductor Cat. 8.557110 3. Naxos American Classics * Amy BEACH: Piano Concerto - Symphony in E minor (Gaelic) Alan Feinberg, piano / Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor Cat. 8.559139 * John HARBISON: Four Songs of Solitude - Twilight Music - Variations Spectrum Concerts Berlin *Available in the United States and Germany only Cat. 8.559173 4. Marco Polo * Carl Michael Ziehrer: Selected Dances and Marches, Vol. 4 Weaner Mad'ln, Walzer - Augensprach, Polka Mazur - Duck' dich, Manderl!, Marsch Razumovsky Sinfonia / Christian Pollack, conductor Cat. 8.223817 * Dmitry TIOMKIN: Red River Moscow Symphony Orchestra & Choir / William Stromberg, conductor Cat. 8.225217 5. Naxos Historical Broadcasts * Charles GOUNOD: Romeo et Juliette Juliette: Eide Norena / Stephano: Gladys Swarthout / Gertrude: Henrietta= Wakefield / Romeo: Charles Hackett / Tybalt: Angelo Bada / Benvolio: Max Altglass / Mercutio: Giuseppe de Luca / Paris: Millo Picco / Gregorio: Paolo Ananian / Capulet: Louis D'Angelo / Friar Laurence: Leon Rothier /= Duke of Verona: Arthur Anderson / Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera / Louis Hasselmans, conductor Cat. 8.110140-41 * Great Pianists - Horowitz LISZT - SCARLATTI - CHOPIN and others Vladimir Horowitz, piano (Historical recordings 1932-1934) *Not available in the US Cat. 8.110606 6. Naxos Historical Recordings * Giacomo PUCCINI: La Boheme Mimi: Renata Tebaldi, soprano / Rodolfo: Giacinto Prandelli, tenor / Musetta: Hilde Gueden, soprano / Marcello: Giovanni Inghilleri, baritone / Schaunard: Fernando Corena, baritone / Colline: Raphael Arie, bass / Parpignol: Piero de Palma, tenor / Benoit and Alcindoro: Melchiorre Luise, bass / Sergeant: Ildebrando Santafe, bass / Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome (Recorded in 1951) *Not available in the US Cat. 8.110252-53 * Great Conductors - Beecham SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 4 - En Saga and others London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor (Historical recordings 1935-1938) *Not available in the US Cat. 8.110867 * British Light Music - KETELBEY Albert KETELBEY: Cockney Suite - Jungle Drums - Fiddle Fun Albert Ketelbey, conductor (Historical recordings 1908-1940) *Not available in the US Cat. 8.110869 * Great Violinists - Sammons MOZART - ELGAR Albert Sammons, violin (Historical recordings 1926-1935) *Not available in the US Cat. 8.110957 7. BBC/Opus Arte DVD * BBC Opus Arte Cecilia Bartoli: Haydn Arias (PAL) Cecilia Bartoli / Concentus Musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor TRT: 83 minutes - Menu languages: GB - Subtitle languages: GB/F/D/ES - Also available in NTSC (OA 0870 D) *Not available in the US Cat. OA0821D * BBC Opus Arte BBC Singer Of The World - Cardiff (PAL) Includes celebrated performances by Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Bryn Terfel, Karita Mattila and 13 other winners. TRT: 255 minutes - Menu Languages: GB - Subtitle languages (Documentaries only): D/F/ES - Also available in NTSC (OA 0881 D) *Not available in the US Cat. OA0880D 8. Arthaus Musik DVD * Arthaus Musik Composers of our Time - Hans Werner Henze Memoirs of an Outsider - A Portrait & Concert (PAL) Contributions by Ensemble Modern, CBSO, Sir Simon Rattle and Ian Bostridge / Barry Gavin, film director TRT: 89 minutes (Portrait), 71 minutes (Concert) - Menu Languages: GB, D, F, SP - Subtitles: GB, D, F, SP - Also available in NTSC (100 361) Cat. 100360 * Arthaus Musik BRITTEN: Peter Grimes (PAL) Philip Langridge / Janice Cairns / Alan Opie / Ann Howard / Andrew Greenan / Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera / David Atherton, music director / Tim Albery, stage director TRT: 144 minutes - Menu Languages: GB, D, F, SP - Subtitles: GB, D, F, SP - Also available in NTSC (100 383) *Not available in the US Cat. 100382 * Arthaus Musik Natalia Makarova's Swan Lake (PAL) Evelyn Hart / Peter Schaufuss / Martin James / Elizabeth Anderton / Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Graham Bond, music director / Natalia Makarova, choreographer TRT: 116 minutes - Menu Languages: GB, D, F, SP *Not available in the US Cat. 100438 * Arthaus Musik WAGNER: Lohengrin (PAL) Placido Domingo / Robert Lloyd / Cheryl Studer / Hartmut Welker / Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Claudio Abbado, music director / Wolfgang Weber, stage director TRT: 219 minutes (2DVD) - Menu Languages: GB, D, F SP - Subtitles: GB, D, F, SP *Not available in the US Cat. 100956 Cheers! Hi-Do Shin Seoul, Korea