FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor / etc Emmanuel Despax, piano [ Signum / CD - due 7/Jun/2024 ] Emmanuel Despax's eighth release for Signum Classics delves into the dramatic and visionary world of Franz Liszt, from the great Sonata in B minor to the celestail Benediction de Deur dans la solitude. |
MANU MARTIN
Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship Suite for Piano Flute and Strings Octet Mark Bebbington (piano) / Royal Philahrmonic Orchestra [ Signum / CD - released 26/Apr/2024 ] Following the full orchestral release back in 2021, Dr Susan Lim and Manu Martin bring you the Lim Fantasy of Companionship Chamber Suite. Society currently finds itself at an intersection of technology and humanity: as physical forms embedded with... |
GIUSEPPE TARTINI
Tartini: Diavolo - 6 Violin Sonatas La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (director / violin) [ Signum / CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] The latest instalment from baroque ensemble La Serenissima. Often compared to Vivaldi, Giuseppe Tartini was a famous virtuoso violinist and highly respected teacher, and is best known for the sonata "Il Trillo del Diavolo" (The Devi's Trill) which is... |
DOROTHY HOWELL
Howell: Orchestral Works BBC Concert Orchestra, Rebecca Miller [ Signum / CD - released 8/Mar/2024 ] Featuring 4 works receiving their world premiere recording, Signum Classics are proud to annouce the new album 'Dorothy Howell: Orchestral Works' conducted by Rebecca Miller with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Until now these works have rarely been... |
REBECCA DALE
Dale: Night Seasons Steven Isserlis (cello) Guy Johnston (cello) / Tenebrae, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nigel Short [ Signum / CD - released 8/Mar/2024 ] Hailed by Classic FM as "one of today's most exciting young composers" Rebecca Dale is a London based composer, working most often with large orchestral and choral forces in the worlds of cinema and theatre. |
GIACOMO PUCCCINI
Puccini: Symphonic Suites Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi [ Signum / CD - released 9/Feb/2024 ] Puccini never made any orchestral suites from his immensely popular operas. Carlo Rizzi's new imaginings neatly fill this gap (all the best bits without any of that pesky singing …) and this useful album also explores two early-and decidedly... |
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... |
KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: The Armed Man (A Mass For Peace) London Orchestra da Camera, David Temple, Hertfordshire Chorus, Osama Kiwan [ Signum / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] The Armed Man, composed by Sir Karl Jenkins, is one of the most popular classical pieces in the world. Until now there has been only one recording, made over 20 years ago of the full score version which requires a large orchestra. In order to make... |
NOEL COWARD & OTHERS
A Most Marvellous Party with Noel Coward and Friends Mary Bevan (soprano) Nicky Spence (tenor) Joseph Middleton (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 12/Jan/2024 ] "Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence and Joseph Middleton are the architects of this musical treasure, and with their sensitive impulse they imprint strength and passion in these songs of great intensity and melodic sense." - Sonograma magazine |
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... |
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... |
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... |
MONTEVERDI / LEGRENZI / BORETTI / STRADELLA / MERULA
Infinite Refrain - Music of Love's Refuge Randall Scotting (counter-tenor), Jorge Navarro Colorado (tenor), Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings [ Signum / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] The first of its kind, this duet album is a musical journey that draws back the curtain that has obscured gay love-stories for centuries. |
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'... |
J.S. BACH / SIR JAMES MACMILLAN
Bach & MacMillan: Motets & Sacred Songs Tenebrae / Nigel Short (director) [ Signum / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Tenebrae bring their trademark passion and precision to this live performance of music by J. S. Bach and Sir James MacMillan, to be recorded live at Snape Maltings in May 2023. Renowned for their technical difficulty, Bach's motets are pillars of the... |
MAKIKO KINOSHITA / GYORGY LIGETI / OLA GJEILO / JUDITH BINGHAM etc
Wonderland The King's Singers [ Signum / CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] Wonderland is full of magic and myth. Containing exclusively works commissioned by The King's Singers across their 55 years, the album celebrates their trademark musical storytelling, with no shortage of comedy. György Ligeti's six Nonsense... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Santtu-Matias Rouvali [ Signum / 2 CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] "The Philharmonia Chorus sounds like it's bolstered by professionals; soprano power in the great climax has never blazed better." Five Stars BBC Music Orchestral Choice November 2023 |
Sam Corkin (saxophones), Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, David Newsholme (director of music), Jamie Rogers (organ)
Palimpsest: New Works from Old for Saxophone and Choir [ Signum / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] This album marks the culmination of a landmark project to re-imagine new works from old for saxophone, choir and organ. Celebrated saxophonist Sam Corkin is joined by Canterbury Cathedral Choir to bring a fresh perspective to some well-loved... |
Ex Cathedra, Britten Sinfonia, Jeffrey Skidmore (condutor), Philippe Honoré (violin), Mark Padmore (tenor), Vayu Naidu (speaker)
The Traveller: Earth & Sky [ Signum / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] THE TRAVELLER for choir, children's choir, orchestra, tenor, violin and speaker. The Traveller was the third in a series of four major works with words by Vikram Seth and music by Alec Roth, com- missioned jointly over four years by the Salisbury,... |
MAX BRUCH / DANIEL SHALIT / YEHEZKEL BRAUN / LEIB AILENBERG
Music from the Ghetto: Ailenberg, Braun, Bruch, Shalit London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor), Simca Heled (conductor / cello), Jack Liebeck (violin) [ Signum / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] The central thread linking all the works featured in this recording is their assimilation of various elements of Jewish music, whether directly stemming from Chassidic folk traditions, or relating to material directly associated with religious... |