The Story Of Naxos: The extraordinary story of the independent record label that changed classical recording...

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Nicolas Soames

The Story Of Naxos

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The extraordinary story of the independent record label that changed classical recording for...

Nicolas Soames

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Piatkus Books
03 May 2012

Music; Western "classical" music

In 1987, a budget classical record label was started in Hong Kong by Klaus Heymann, a German businessman who loved classical music. Swiftly, it gained a world wide reputation for reliable new digital recordings of the classics at a remarkably low price. Despite opposition from the classical record establishment, it grew at a remarkable pace and soon expanded into opera, early music, contemporary music and specialist repertoire so that it became appreciated by specialist collectors as well as the general music lover. It is now the leading provider of classical music and as an innovator in digital delivery.

At the heart of Naxos is one man: Klaus Heymann. The combination of his broad knowledge of classical music and his acute business acumen has enabled him to build the most varied classical music label in the world, but also the most effective distribution network to ensure that his recordings are available everywhere.

This fascinating story explains how it happened, how a one-time tennis coach in Frankfurt became a classical recording mogul in Hong Kong and how, at the age of 75, he still holds the reins as firmly as ever.

By: Nicolas Soames
Imprint: Piatkus Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 42mm
Weight: 780g
ISBN: 9780749956899
ISBN 10: 0749956895
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 03 May 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nicolas Soames is a former classical music and judo journalist. For the past 18 years, he has run Naxos AudioBooks, the award-winning label with a particular reputation for its spoken word recordings of literary classics from Homer and Dante to James Joyce and Haruki Murakami.

Reviews for The Story Of Naxos: The extraordinary story of the independent record label that changed classical recording for ever

endlessly informative book... which embraces everything everyone has wondered about this unique company. An educational read, with great stories * Herald * Nicolas Soames throws himself into telling the story of how the music loving Heymann, a tennis coach-turned businessman built his recording empire and took it to the world -- Colin Anderson * Time Out * highly readable . . . I enjoyed reading this densely packed, enlightening book -- Graham Silcock * Classical Recordings Quarterly *