Seckou Keita (kora), Catrin Finch (harp)
Soar [ Arc / Bendigedig / CD - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Soar takes flight on the wings of the osprey, the magnificent bird of prey, which makes its annual 3,000-mile migration from West African coasts to the estuaries of Wales, soaring like music over man-made borders on an epic journey of... |
SAINT-SAENS / PIAZZOLLA / HOLST / DELIUS / ELGAR / IRELAND / VIVALDI / etc
Julian Lloyd Webber: A Span of Time Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) with Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) Catrin Finch (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2018 ] 'Julian Lloyd Webber, here as (primarily) conductor, offers an impressive disc of English music that demonstrates a richly rewarding affinity for the repertoire. (Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2015 on 'And the Bridge is Love') |
KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: Quirk - The Concertos Karl Jenkins, with Marat Bisengaliev (violin) Gareth Davies (flutes) Neil Parcy (marimba) Catrin Finch (harp) etc [ Universal Classics / CD - released 3/Dec/2019 ] Features the world premiere recordings of the four concertos "Over The Stone" Stone", a double harp concerto; "La Folia" for marimba; " Quirk", a concertante for flutes, keyboards, percussion and Sarikiz "", a violin concerto. The album is... |
KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: Quirk (The Concertos) Marat Bisengaliev (violin) Catrin Finch (harp) Neil Mercy (marimba) / London Symphony Orchestra, Karl Jenkins [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] "As a composer, he recognises no boundaries - musical, commercial, geographical or cultural. His is a way of thinking and composing that is perfectly in tune with the spirit of the times..." - Classic FM Magazine |
EDMUND RUBBRA
Songs by Edmund Rubbra Lucy Crowe (soprano) Claire Barnett-Jones (mezzo) Marcus Farnsworth (baritone) Timothy Ridout (viola) Catrin Finch (harp) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 24/Mar/2023 ] Whilst the English composer Edmund Rubbra is best known for his symphonic output, he composed a good deal of vocal music, and wrote songs throughout his compositional life. Rubbra studied with Cyril Scott and Gustav Holst, and was a great friend of... |
Stephanie Finch
Cry Tomorrow [ Belle Sound / CD - released 2/Aug/2010 ] |
Finch
Say Hello To Sunshine [ Drive-Thru / CD ] |
TRADITIONAL
Benedictus Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Rhys Meirion (tenor) with Catrin Finch & Ensemble Cymru [ ABC / Sain Records / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] |
Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhrain
Double You [ Bendigedig / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] Dublin native Aoife Ní Bhriain is one of her generation's most versatile and gifted violinists, a dazzling musician who commands both the classical world and her Irish traditional heritage. From across the Irish Sea and the west coast of Wales,... |
JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Blessing Catrin Finch (harp) with Elin Manahan (soprano) / Sinfonia Cymru, John Rutter [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Nov/2012 ] For her second Deutsche Grammophon album, former Royal Harpist Catrin Finch plays music by the beloved British composer, John Rutter, as well as new pieces and arrangements of her own. It includes new works by John Rutter, and the World Premiere... |
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
Echo [ Bendigedig / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] ECHO celebrates the tenth anniversary of an extraordinary partnership between two virtuosos whose previous releases include 2018's album SOAR and their 2013 debut Clychau Dibon. ECHO marks the third part of this remarkable trilogy. The harp and kora... |
ROGER SMALLEY
Poles Apart and other chamber works Continuum Ensemble / Douglas Finch (piano) [ NMC / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "This collection of chamber pieces shows that Smalley has certainly made his peace with the great tradition that he and so many of his contemporaries rejected in their youth" The Guardian 2004 |
SAINT-SAENS / PIAZZOLLA / HOLST / HAHN / RACHMANINOV / PURCELL / etc
A Tale of Two Cellos (arrangements by Julian Lloyd Webber) Julian Lloyd Webber, Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) Catrin Finch (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Sep/2013 ] "This is expressly a CD for those who enjoy a pair of cellos, beautifully played and lended together in slow lyrical tunes, with a stylish piano accompaniment." (Gramophone) |
Narrated By Peter Finch
I Am Prepared To Die-Nelson Mandela's 1964 Rivonia Trial Speech [ Acrobat / CD - released 28/Nov/2008 ] |
JOHN METCALF
Metcalf, John - Mapping Wales, Plain Chants, Cello Symphony Raphael Wallfisch, cello, Catrin Finch, harp, Cardiff Ardwyn Singers, Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra, Orpheus, Raicho Christov, conductor [ Nimbus / CD - released 20/Jul/2005 ] These are all World Premiere recordings made under the supervision of the composer. |
W.A. MOZART
My Magic Flute Sir James Galway (flute & conductor) with Lady Jeanne Galway (flute) Catrin Finch (harp) Sinfonia Varsovia [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] Sir James Galway, 'the undisputed monarch of the flute' (Dallas Star-Telegram), teams up with Catrin Finch, 'the queen of harps' (Classic FM Magazine), and his wife, accomplished flutist Lady Jeanne Galway, for a joint Mozart extravaganza. |
BOB CHILCOTT
Everyone Sang Wellensian Consort, Christopher Finch [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Jul/2013 ] "Chilcott knows what works vocally. You can hear this particularly in A Little Jazz Mass, where he perfectly fits the words of the Latin text to the whippy, upbeat syncopations of the Kyrie and Gloria..." |
CHILCOTT / MEALOR / HOLST / MacMILLAN / O'Regan / etc
The Song of the Stars: British Music for Upper Voice Choir Wells Cathedral School Choralia, Christopher Finch., with Eleanor Turner (harp) & Elliot Launn (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] The 24 singers together create a sound that is both blended and impeccably balanced, completely consistent throughout widely varied repertoire, but also capable of such constant reinvention." Editor's Choice Gramophone (Awards Issue) |