Naxos announces a new 200-CD project (19th century violin)

[Brian]

First the massive American classics and Spanish classics projects ... then the Liszt piano series ... but now Naxos have really kicked things up a notch with the announcement of 200 new CDs dedicated to "19th Century Violin Music". The project will feature violinists Chloe Hanslip, Philippe Quint, Misha Keylin, Henning Kraggerud, and Friedemann Eichhorn (among others). Among the works expected for release:

Beriot: complete violin concertos and duos
Vieuxtemps: complete violin works (all forms)
Baillot: complete violin concertos ("many of which have not been played for well over a century")
Rode: complete violin concertos
Hubay: complete violin concertos
a complete Sarasate edition
Other concerto recordings: "Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831, 19 Concertos), Felipe Libon (1775-1838, 6 Concertos), Francois Habeneck (1781-1849, 2 Concertos), Alfredo d'Ambrosio (1871-1914, 2 Concertos), Ferdinand David (1810-1873, 5 Concertos), Ludwig Maurer (1789-1878, 9 Concertos), Nicholas Wery (1789-1867, 3 Concertos), Jacques Mazas (1782-1849, 2 Concertos), and numerous others."
Solo violin recordings: "Delphin Alard, Charles de Beriot, Ferdinand David, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Emile Hait, William Henley, Johannes Kalliwoda, Emile Leveque, Karol Lipinski, Pierre Rode, Napoleon de Saint-Lubin, and many others."
Violin duo recordings: "Jacques Mazas, Francois Habeneck, Federigo Fiorillo, Pierre Rode, and Henryk Wieniawski"

Additional composers in the series include Louis Spohr and Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda.
FULL ARTICLE: http://www.naxos.com/news/default.asp?pn=News&displayMenu=Naxos_News&op=375

All I can say is: wow. I was 10 when the American Classics series was unveiled, so I've never seen or heard of a record company announcing a project of this volume. It's unbelievable. Now what I wonder is: how much of this music will be worthwhile, and how much was justifiably forgotten?

YouTube clip of Naxos recording de Beriot's violin duos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adQUag1Nqi0

[Lethevich]

Hope this will spawn into a collection of violin concertos to rival Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series.

Edit: some reasonably high profile artists on the roster too.

[dtwilbanks]

Sounds like fun. Collect them all!

[Mark]

Hope this will spawn into a collection of violin concertos to rival Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series.

Er ... Hyperion already have a Romantic Violin Concerto series.

[Lethevich]

Er ... Hyperion already have a Romantic Violin Concerto series.

They forgot to record anything for it though... it's so miniscule as to may as well not exist

[dtwilbanks]

Did Naxos ever do a series for the piano?

[Mark]

They forgot to record anything for it though... it's so miniscule as to may as well not exist

Is that so? I thought there were quite a few recordings knocking about?

[Lethevich]

Is that so? I thought there were quite a few recordings knocking about?

While the PC one is probably over 50 volumes by now, the violin one has floundered for a while now:

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/collection_page.asp?name=RomanticVC

[Brian]

Did Naxos ever do a series for the piano?

They had a couple seemingly random discs with a "Romantic Piano Concerto" label, including one of Thalberg, but nothing really ever came of it, and it certainly wasn't a series.

[dtwilbanks]

They had a couple seemingly random discs with a "Romantic Piano Concerto" label, including one of Thalberg, but nothing really ever came of it, and it certainly wasn't a series.

Too bad.

[Brian]

Too bad.

I know; not all of us can afford $20 for a Hyperion CD, let alone the amount required to buy all the interesting volumes in their series. 

[Harry]

Sounds like fun. Collect them all!

Yes me too!

[Harry]

Er ... Hyperion already have a Romantic Violin Concerto series.

Slow in recording, expensive to buy.

[karlhenning]

Oh, Harry! I knew this thread could not long escape your notice! 

[Harry]

Of course I knew this was in the oven, but as always Naxos is not very clear in how and when and at what rate. But now they have announced it, they are bound to it.
So its party time.

[The new erato]

I'll wait for the complete box to  be published thank you!

[Harry]

I'll wait for the complete box to  be published thank you!

That may be long after your pension my friend.

[Brian]

Of course I knew this was in the oven,

Been suggesting ideas to Klaus H., Harry? 

[Harry]

Been suggesting ideas to Klaus H., Harry? 

Funny enough I remember a email I send to them asking for more violin concerto recordings, years ago, but I had no idea he would take me literally. 
I even found the thing back on one of my external drives from 2005.

[Mark]

Funny enough I remember a email I send to them asking for more violin concerto recordings, years ago, but I had no idea he would take me literally. 
I even found the thing back on one of my external drives from 2005.

Harry, if you want Klaus' email address, I have it. We corresponded briefly a year or so ago. I have Maria Kliegel's, too.