VARIOUS COMPOSERS
50th Anniversary EP The Boy Choristers of Winchester Cathedral [ Signum / CD - released 11/Mar/2016 ] Winchester Cathedral celebrate 50 years since the release of Geoff Stephen's Winchester Cathedral - a 1966 release for the New Vaudeville Band that reached No.1 in the charts in the USA and Canada, selling over 3 million copies and subsequently... |
Dixon/Chapelle Du Roi
Tallis: Spem In Alium [ Signum / CD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] |
The King's Singers
The Library Vol. 1 [ Signum / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Acclaimed for their life-affirming virtuosity and irresistible charm, The King's Singers are in global demand. Their work - synonymous with the best in vocal ensemble performance - appeals to a vast international audience. |
FREYA WALEY-COHEN
Freya Waley-Cohen: Permutations Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) [ Signum / CD ] "the multitracked performance is mesmerising as you start to appreciate the different characters of the parts and the way they move around one another before splintering off into their own world" Record Review |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Grabmusik / Bastien und Bastienne (original version) Anna Lucia Richter (soprano) Jacques Imbrailo (baritone) Alessandro Fisher (tenor) / The Mozartists, Ian Page [ Signum / CD - released 14/Sep/2018 ] "Ian Page and his crack team - singers and players - are clearly having a lot of fun, which comes across in this excellent recording. It's a treat to experience these faint anticipations of greatness in such winning performances." Gramophone |
THE KING'S SINGERS
From the Heart The Kings Singers [ Signum / CD - released 6/Apr/2010 ] "Graham Lack's Conceit is far and away the finest piece here musically, setting a Mervyn Peake poem with genuine harmonic imagination." (BBC Music) |
Fox/Philharmonia Orc/Mackerras
Mahler: Symphony 4 [ Signum / CD - released 8/Nov/2010 ] |
Philharmonia Orchestra /Dohnan
Beethoven: Symphonies 3,5 [ Signum Records / 2 CD - released 24/Aug/2009 ] |
Po/Mackerras
Dvorak: Symphonies 7/8 [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] |
Va/Po/Davis
Elgar: In The South, String Se [ Signum / CD - released 15/Jun/2009 ] |
Philharmonia/Dohnanyi
Brahms: Symphonies 2 & 4 [ Signum Philharmonia / 2 CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] |
Philharmonia/Mackerras
Schubert: Symphony No 9 [ Signum Philharmonia / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] |
THE KING'S SINGERS
Six The King's Singers [ Signum / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "Six new tracks from the lads with the voices of spun gold. The irresistible verve of this much-changed group's mid-1970s peak is less evident, but for sheer polish and style these singers are truly 'kings'." (BBC Music) |
JOHN TAVENER
Tavener: Towards Silence Medici String Quartet / Court Lane Quartet / Finzi Quartet / Cavaleri Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 7/Mar/2011 ] "This must count as one of Tavener's most powerful and sublime achievements." (The Sunday Times) |
RACHMANINOV
Vespers, Op. 37 Tenebrae, Nigel Short [ Signum / CD - released 7/Feb/2005 ] |
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... |
THOMAS LUPO
Lupo: Fantasia Fretwork [ Signum Classics / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] FANTASIA is Fretwork's eleventh release with Signum Classics, and explores the court music of tudor England through the works of Thomas Lupo. A very large quantity of Lupo's private and intimate viol consort music has survived, and we can marvel at... |
ALBAN BERG / ANTON WEBERN / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Berg: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 3 - Webern: Langsamer Satz - Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 Heath Quartet, Caroline Smapson (soprano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Signum Classics are proud to announce the first album from the Heath Quartet with acclaimed soprano Carolyn Sampson. Together the three works on the present CD demonstrate the extraordinary advances made in the development of the musical language of... |
JULIE COOPER
Cooper: Continuum Julie Cooper (piano), The Oculus Ensemble, Jessica Cottis (conductor) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] British composer Julie Cooper presents her commercial album debut, composed during the COVID-19 lockdowns. This musical diary represents Cooper's reflections on the continuous cycle of life as experienced so vividly by many during this time. This... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
From Windsor with Love The Queen's Six [ Signum Classics / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] "Historically, The Queen's Six has always performed arrangements of pop songs. It was one of the main reasons for the group's inception in 2008, also the 450th anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth I, from whom they take their name. This... |