The Story of Naxos · The Extraordinary Story of the Independent Record Label That Changed Classical Recording for Ever by Soames, Nicolas -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Copyright Contents Foreword by Klaus Heymann Preface by Nicolas Soames One Dramatic Change in Classical Recording, 1977–1990 Two Klaus Heymann: A Profile Three The Early Years: From Frankfurt to Hong Kong 1936–1967 Four A New Home in the Far East: Building a Business Career 1967–1982 Five Marco Polo: An International Label 1982–1987 Six Naxos: A Classical Revolution 1987–1994 Seven Naxos: A World Force 1994–2000 Eight Naxos: The Digital Age 1996–2011 Nine The Artists: Soloists and Chamber Musicians

Takako Nishizaki – Violin Jenő Jandó – Piano Idil Biret – Piano Maria Kliegel – Cello Kodály Quartet Ilya Kaler – Violin Maggini Quartet Patrick Gallois – Flute and Conductor Norbert Kraft – Guitar and the ‘Guitar Collection’ Ulrich Eisenlohr – Piano The New Generation Tianwa Yang – Violin Ashley Wass – Piano Eldar Nebolsin – Piano Christopher Hinterhuber – Piano

Ten The Artists: Conductors

Marin Alsop Antoni Wit Dmitry Yablonsky Michael Halász Jeremy Summerly Helmut Müller-Brühl Takuo Yuasa Leonard Slatkin Robert Craft James Judd

Eleven Composers of Our Time

United States Poland United Kingdom Other Contemporary Voices

Twelve Naxos and Its Labels

The Naxos Catalogue The Central Classics Opera Classics American Classics Spanish Classics Italian Classics Guitar Collection Organ Encyclopedia Amadis, Donau, Lydian and Linz Naxos Jazz Naxos World Naxos Historical Deletions

Thirteen Marco Polo

The Marco Polo Catalogue Chinese Classics Marco Polo Classics Marco Polo Film Music Yellow River and Middle Kingdom Postlude

Fourteen Publishing

Naxos AudioBooks Naxos Hörbücher Naxos Educational Naxos Books Artaria Editions

Fifteen Behind the Scenes

A&R, New Recordings and the Release Schedule Recording, Producing and Editing Contracts and the Organisation of Recordings Booklets and Designs

Sixteen Naxos on the Web

Developing the Digital Services The Platforms Naxos Website Naxos Music Library ClassicsOnline Naxos Video Library Naxos Spoken Word Library Naxos Web Radio

Seventeen Distribution: The Growth of an Empire

Naxos Global Logistics Naxos Distribution Around the World United Kingdom: Select Music and Video Distribution United States: Naxos of America Germany: Naxos Deutschland The Nordic Countries: Naxos Sweden Naxos Japan Australia: Select Audio and Video Distribution Naxos Far East Naxos Korea France: Abeille Musique

Eighteen Naxos: The Future Appendix: Awards Acknowledgements Index