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GIOCOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: A Te, Puccini Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Vincenzo Scalera (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] Signum Classics are proud to present Romanian-born soprano Angela Gheorghiu's first album on the Grammy award winning label. Described as "the world's most glamorous and gifted opera star" (New York Sun), Ms. Gheorghiu's magnificent voice and... |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Blue Beth & Flo (Pianos / Piano Four Hands), Grace Davidson and Julia Doyle (sopranos), Joshua Davidson (treble), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Signum / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] This is Oliver Davis' first album dedicated to the piano, and specifically two pianists, Dutch piano duo Beth & Flo. The album features this dynamic duo playing four hands piano and also on two pianos with full orchestra. The song cycle 'Siren Songs'... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Quartets, Vol. 2: The Middle Quartets Calidore String Quartet [ Signum / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Gramophone Magazine October 2024 Recording of the Month "What cannot be denied is the sophistication and sheer polish - in tuning, rhythm and ensemble - of the Calidore's Beethoven." |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
New Millennium The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge / Andrew Nethsingha (director) [ Signum / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] "Contemporary music and Commissioning have been central features of the last fifteen years at St John's. It's been a joy to work with talented student composers, singers and instrumental- ists; my own musicianship has been greatly enriched by their... |
MONTEVERDI / LEGRENZI / LOTTI / STEFFANI / BERNABEI / COLONNNA
Harmonies Of Devotion Contrapunctus, Owen Rees [ Signum Classics / CD ] Harmonies of Devotion is both an exploration of the Italian motet repertory of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries and a celebration of the devotion to this sacred repertory displayed by English antiquarian collectors of the eighteenth... |
MUHLY / BULL / PARSONS / BALDWIN / FERRABOSCO / etc
In Nomine II Fretwork [ Signum / 3 CD - released 30/Jan/2020 ] "Ravishing, too, is the recording which draws the listener directly into the heart of the ever-confiding musical discourse. This is an utterly civilised and civilising release." BBC Music Five Stars February 2020 - Chamber Choice |
BOB CHILCOTT
Chilcott: Circlesong Houston Chamber Choir, Treble Choir of Houston, Marianna Parnas-Simpson, Robert Simpson [ Signum / CD - released 21/Jan/2022 ] "This is a most enjoyable disc which I hope will increase awareness among other choirs of these rewarding pieces, especially Circlesong." MusicWeb June 2022 |
THOMAS WEELKES / WILLIAM BYRD
Tom & Will - Weelkes & Byrd: 400 Years The King's Singers & Fretwork [ Signum / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] 400 years ago, in 1623, England lost two of its greatest composers: William Byrd and Thomas Weelkes. In a pro- gramme marking this double anniversary, The King's Singers and Fretwork turn their focus to the bold personalities of these two men, Will... |
LIVE AT THE BBC PROMS
The King's Singers Live at the BBC Proms The King's Singers [ Signum Vision DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] A live and televised recording from this year's BBC Proms performance on 5th August by the most famous a cappella group ever: the King's Singers. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL & OTHERS
Handel's Queens Lucy Crowe, Mary Bevan / London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham [ Signum / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "This soundly made programme is both pleasing and intriguing." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Recital |
W. A. MOZART / ARNE / J. C. BACH / ABEL & OTHERS
Mozart In London The Mozartists, Ian Page (conductor) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 4/May/2018 ] "..the star of the show is the superb orchestra, which never sounds in the least bit perfunctory or formulaic." Gramophone Recording of the Month July 2018 |
BEETHOVEN / STRAUSS / SCHUMANN / GLAZUNOV / DUKAS / POULENC / VINTER
The Romantic Horn Richard Watkins (horn), Julius Drake (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 8/Mar/2019 ] ""This is grand, swaggering playing: two virtuosos out to bring the house down" Gramophone. |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Air Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Bateman [ Signum / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] Similarly to his previous album SOLACE, AIR was written during lockdown and draws on themes of nature, environment and the natural world. Davis's previous albums with Signum have reached the top 10 on both iTunes Classical and UK Specialist Classical... |
Signum Quartett
A Dark Flaring (String Quartets from South Africa) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 27/Jun/2025 ] A Dark Flaring marks the Signum Quartett's impressive return to ECM's New Series after debuting for the label with striking performances on Erkki-Sven Tüür's acclaimed chamber music recording Lost Prayers (2020). Here, the quartet has put together a... |
JOHN ADAMS / ROY HARRIS
Adams & Harris: Violin Concertos Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ Signum / CD - released 23/Dec/2016 ] "Harris's Concerto is a major (re-)discovery, and Waley-Cohen outclasses Fulkerson's pioneering version in every respect. Andrew Litton and the BBC Symphony provide superb, supple support." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Concerto |
Viktoria Mullova, Katia Labèque
Recital [ Signum / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] The first collaboration on record of long-time recital partners Viktoria Mullova and Katia Labèque. Ranging from the Schubert Fantasy of 1827 to Stravinsky s 1933 Suite Italienne, this fascinating programme spans a tremendously exciting 100 years, in... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Sonata, Rondo and Fantasie Viktoria Mullova (Violin), Alasdair Beatson (Fortepiano) [ Signum / CD - released 29/Apr/2022 ] '..profoundly intimate performances ...to effectively play instruments such as Schubert would have recognised requires super-refined technique and boundless musical imagination - there is simply nowhere to hide.' BBC Music Chamber Choice June 2022 |
GIUSEPPE ANTONIO BRESCIANELLO
Brescianello Unlocked Adrian Chandler (director/violin) / La Serenissima [ Signum / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] This album features the second half of Brescianello's Opus 1; works 1 - 6 were released as Behind Closed Doors in 2022. La Serenissima passionately believe that Brescianello is a composer who deserves greater recognition with the result that many of... |
WOLF / BRAHMS
Lieder by Wolf & Brahms Alastair Miles (bass) & Marie-Nöelle Kendall (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 3/Jun/2014 ] Miles's oaken depth of tone and amplitude of line are impressive, and ultimately moving...it's a nobly sung recital, confirming that the leading English operatic basso cantante is also a Lieder singer of intelligence and insight. |
RICHARD BLACKFORD
Richard Blackford: Kalon Albion Quartet, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jirí Rožeñ [ Signum / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] The Ancient Greek word kalon was used by philosophers to describe perfect physical and moral beauty. In this recording, the Albion Quartet and the Czech Philharmonic explore the different aspects of kalon through the context in which beauty can exist... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Alessio Bax plays Brahms [incls 'Ballades Op 10] Alessio Bax (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 24/Sep/2012 ] "Bax plays Brahms: Alessio Bax, that is. His Paganini Variations are a bit of a roller-coaster, the Op. 10 Ballades curiously inexpressive. Best is a thoughtful account of the Op. 76 Klavierstücke." (BBC Music) |
BRAHMS / PIAZZOLLA / STRAVINSKY
Piano Duo Alessio Bax & Lucille Chung (pianos) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2013 ] "An odd mixture...Still, the husband and wife duo enjoy easy rapport, and their Piazzolla tangos have a smoky panache." BBC Music Magazine, January 2014 *** |
GODOWSKY / SAINT-SAENS / KEMPFF / BUSONI / etc
Bach Transcribed Alessio Bax (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 8/Dec/2007 ] "In the realm of Romantic Bach transcriptions, Alessio Bax's stylistic perception and palette of tone-colours have considerably deepened since his "Baroque Reflections" release (Warner, 11/04), together with a level of technical control that gives... |
JORG WIDMANN
Widmann : Viola Concerto / 24 Duos / Jagdquartett Antoine Tamestit (viola), Symphonieorchester der Bayerischen Rundfunks, cond. Daniel Harding, Signum Quartett, Marc Bouchkov (violin) & Bruno Philippe [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] "What is undeniable is the commitment of Tamestit as he plays, moves and sometimes shouts his way through a score more distinctive for its gestural immediacy than its thematic content." Gramophone |
CHRISTOPHER GUNNING
Gunning: Symphonies 2, 10 & 12 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Kenneth Woods (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] Christopher Gunning has composed twelve symphonies, as well as concertos for the piano, violin, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, and guitar; many of these have now been recorded. He has also composed many scores for films and television... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel In Ireland Volume 1 Bridget Cunningham (harpsichord) [ Signum / CD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] Bridget Cunningham marks St Patrick's Day with a new harpsichord CD that gives a glimpse into Handel's fascinating time in Dublin. In 1741 at the age of 56, following a financially difficult time in Londonand with fashions turning against... |
BYRD / ALLEGRI / WEELKES / TRADITIONAL
Ash Wednesday Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha [ Signum / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "We hear 'a record of a unique event' for Andrew Nethsingha, who acknowledges imperfections and draws attention charmingly to a moment of crisis management from the 13-year-old soloist in Allegri's Miserere. That's life and that's liturgy" Gramophon |
MICHAEL FINNISSY
Finnissy: Pious Anthems & Voluntaries Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha [ Signum / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Contemporary |
HOWELLS / STANFORD / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BEDNALL / MUHLY
The House of the Mind Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford Owen Rees (director) [ Signum / CD - released 8/Jun/2018 ] The Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford celebrate the works of choral music icon Herbert Howells in a disc that sets his works alongside pieces that they inspired and influenced - such as Nico Muhly's Like as the Hart for choir, solo violin and... |
BOB CHILCOTT
In Winter's Arms: Seasonal Music by Bob Chilcott Choralis, Gretchen Kuhrmann (conductor) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 13/Oct/2017 ] Bob Chilcott's compositions are beloved with choral societies around the world, and this album represents the fruits of his recent collaborations with the US choir Choralis and their conductor Gretchen Kuhrmann. Featuring festive works for solo choir... |
FRANCIS POULENC
Complete Songs of Francis Poulenc Volume 1 Christopher Maltman (baritone) Felicity Lott (soprano) Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) Lorna Anderson (sop) Robert Murray (tenor) & Malcolm Martineau [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "Alongside Malcolm Martineau's searching piano, the singers find a consistent character: considered, spacious, unaffected but cumulatively intense, to the extent that you may need to pause and catch your breath every so often." (BBC Music) |
FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Songs of Francis Poulenc Volume 2 Christopher Maltman (baritone) Felicity Lott (soprano) Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) Lorna Anderson (soprano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "Jonathan Lemalu has two cameos, embodying solemnity and wry fun...Martineau is the binding presence as he responds to both songs and singers with a transparent understanding of character." BBC Music |
JAMES MACMILLAN
One Equal Music: Psalms, Poems & Folksongs The Elysian Singers, Alexandra Caldon (violin), Sam Laughton (director) [ Signum / CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] The Elysian Singers of London celebrate the enormous and varied contribution of Sir James MacMillan (b. 1959) to the choral repertoire over the last 20 years. Beginning with MacMillan's blazing 2016 'choral fanfare' Blow the trumpet in the new moon,... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Preludes (24) Op. 28 / etc Emmanuel Despax (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "Chopin the composer has always fascinated me - multifaceted, complex, a man of paradoxes. His music has huge scope yet at the same time is incredibly intimate and poetic. He sometimes has a reputation for being merely a writer of sentimental salon... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (String Quintet Versions) Emmanuel Despax (piano), Chineke Chamber Ensemble [ Signum / CD - released 29/Apr/2022 ] Following the acclaimed Brahms recording in 2021, Emmanuel Despax presents his sixth album with Signum Classics: Chopin Piano Concertos (chamber versions) with Chineke! Chamber Ensemble. "Chopin's Piano Concertos are among his first and most... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem) Robert Murray (tenor) / Gabrieli Consort and Players. Paul McCreesh [ Signum Records / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "McCreesh provides pretty much the enormous forces Berlioz demands...But he recognises that Berlioz sought more than mere noisy grandeur, and the results are fascinating." (BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012 Award for Technical Excellence) |
BRITTEN / HOWELLS / DOVE / etc.
Incarnation Gabrieli Consort & Trebles of Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir, Paul McCreesh (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 30/Sep/2013 ] An inspiring sequence of Christmas music ancient and modern |
TRADITIONAL / LAITMAN / HARLAP / WHITACRE / FARBER
The Ancient Question...a voyage through Jewish songs Hila Plitmann (sop) with Julian Bliss (clarinet) Christopher Glynn (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] "Plitmann's selection is carefully chosen for maximum variety of expression and instrumentation. All the featured composers write in a highly accessible style retaining a strong adherence to tonality and eschewing idiosyncratic vocal and instrumental... |
MICHAEL NYMAN / HENRY PURCELL
If: Michael Nyman, Henry Purcell Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Fretwork [ Signum / CD - released 22/Mar/2019 ] When Michael Nyman started reinventing the English baroque back in the 1980s, one critic described the result as "pump-action Purcell." This recording combines these two singular musical styles through the stunning voice of countertenor Iestyn Davies... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor) Joseph Middleton (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 21/Jan/2022 ] Renowned performers Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton perform Schubert's tragic song- cycle Die schöne Müllerin (The Beautiful Maid of the Mill). |
