To answer your original question I would not recommend building classical collection of "only" Naxos Cds, you must do research and mix and match labels/artists. Also some composers are not well represented in current Naxos collection.
There are many many choices for popular works at all price levels and performance levels from many labels......sometimes you can get the excellent performance at budget price. A perfect example it the recent Tintner/Naxos complete Bruckner symphony set, great sound/performance/price, highest recommendation!
The sound quality of Naxos CD's now is usually very good and competes with full price offerings, however most of the best conductors/artists have contracts with major label like DG/Sony/EMI/Phillips/London etc. Fortunately the major labels have released older recordings at mid and budget price sets which are often great buys for building classic CD collection for beginners.
To sum up I own many Naxos Cds which are very good, but I think you should research getting buget/mid priced sets from major labels with name performers as primary source of classical Cds for beginner. I do sometimes buy new recordings at full price, but there are so many older quality recordings at reduced price if you do some research.
There are many many choices for popular works at all price levels and performance levels from many labels......sometimes you can get the excellent performance at budget price. A perfect example it the recent Tintner/Naxos complete Bruckner symphony set, great sound/performance/price, highest recommendation!
The sound quality of Naxos CD's now is usually very good and competes with full price offerings, however most of the best conductors/artists have contracts with major label like DG/Sony/EMI/Phillips/London etc. Fortunately the major labels have released older recordings at mid and budget price sets which are often great buys for building classic CD collection for beginners.
To sum up I own many Naxos Cds which are very good, but I think you should research getting buget/mid priced sets from major labels with name performers as primary source of classical Cds for beginner. I do sometimes buy new recordings at full price, but there are so many older quality recordings at reduced price if you do some research.