Dixon/Chapelle Du Roi
Tallis: Spem In Alium [ Signum / CD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] |
Eco/Jopling
James: Wanderer Fantasy [ Signum / CD - released 5/Mar/2007 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Captive Nightingale Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano), Jason Xanthoudakis (clarinet) & Clemens Leske (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] Australian soprano Elena Xanthoudakis joins forces with her brother, Jason, and Clemens Leske to perform some lost gems of Romantic chamber music and lieder repertoire, by composers including Lachner, Späth, Proch, Lindtpaintner and Kalliwoda. |
JOHN BRUNNING
Brunning: Swan Songs Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Daniel Grimwood (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 9/Nov/2019 ] Composer, musician and broadcaster John Brunning is perhaps best known for his choral work Pie Jesu. The piece was initially recorded by the vocal group 'All Angels', and there has since been around a dozen recordings including an acapella... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 & 'Triple' Concerto Elizabeth Sombart (piano), Richard Harwood (cello), Duncan Riddell (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Vallet [ Signum Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] Born in Strasbourg, Elizabeth Sombart studied piano from the age of seven. She studied all over the world with various teachers, including Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Peter Feuchtwanger, Hilde Langer-Rühl and Sergiu Celibidache. Elizabeth received the... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 Elizabeth Sombart (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Vallet (cond) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Born in Strasbourg, Elizabeth Sombart studied piano from the age of seven. She studied all over the world with various teachers, including Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Peter Feuchtwanger, Hilde Langer-Rühl and Sergiu Celibidache. Elizabeth received the... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & 4 Elizabeth Sombart (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Vallet (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] Born in Strasbourg, Elizabeth Sombart studied piano from the age of seven. She studied all over the world with various teachers, including Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Peter Feuchtwanger, Hilde Langer-Rühl and Sergiu Celibidache. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Elizabeth Sombart (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Vallet (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 13/Mar/2020 ] Born in Strasbourg, Elizabeth Sombart studied piano from the age of seven. She studied all over the world with various teachers, including Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Peter Feuchtwanger, Hilde Langer-Rühl and Sergiu Celibidache. |
HANDEL
Messiah (complete oratorio) Elizabeth Watts / Catherine Wyn-Rogers / Mark Le Brocq / James Oldfield / Huddersfield Choral Society / Northern Sinfonia / Jane Glover [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] "The Huddersfield Choral Society surely knows this music inside out. You can sense the sheer discipline that has gone into its preparation...Pick of the bunch...is the soprano Elizabeth Watts" (International Record Review) |
JAMES MacMILLAN
Cantos Sagrados The Elysian Singers / Sam Laughton [ Signum / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "This is an excellent disc ... The performances are exquisite, characterised by great restraint and sensitivity. The perfect blend between parts and ... perfect intonation are also impressive." Simon Smith, Musicweb |
GABRIEL FAURE / FRANCIS POULENC / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Après un rêve: Belle Époque: Nights at the piano Emmanuel Despax (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 16/Jun/2023 ] "Après un rêve" is an ode to the French Belle Époque repertoire, depicting the beauty of dreams and the night. The album is an opportunity to hear and perhaps discover rarely played / rarely recorded wonderful works (Chaminade Nocturne, Duparc Aux... |
EMMANUEL DESPAX
Emmanuel Despax: The Sound of Music Fantasy Emmanuel Despax (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 17/Nov/2020 ] Despax has recently released a piano fantasy based on the themes of The Sound of Music, in celebration of the musical's 60th anniversary. The piece pays tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein's beautiful and iconic melodies, adding a few jazz and... |
SAINT-SAENS / STEPHEN GOSS / FRANCK
Piano Concertos Emmanuel Despax (piano) / Orpheus Sinfonia, Thomas Carroll [ Signum / CD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] Emmanuel Despax is a rising star on the UK and international piano scene, who has performed at the Wigmore and Cadogan Halls in London and with orchestras including the CBSO. His debut concerto recording, with the Orpheus Sinfonia under Thomas... |
J.S BACH
Spira, Spera - Bach: Transcriptions Emmanuel Despax (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Emmanuel Despax returns to Signum with a disc of JS Bach transcriptions. The title quotes Victor Hugo's 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' ("Breathe, Hope"), brought to Despax's mind following the news of the fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral, where he had... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15, 16 Waltzes Emmanuel Despax (piano), Miho Kawashima / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (cond) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] Following the acclaimed Bach recording 'Spira, Spera' in early 2021, Emmanuel Despax releases a recording of his most treasured piano concerto alongside the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Litton. The concerto is paired with the 16 Waltzes (Op.... |
DALL'ABADO / PORPORA / MARCELLO / TARTINI / TELEMANN
Concertos by Dall'Abaco, Porpora, Marcello, Tartini & Telemann The English Concert, Harry Bicket [ Signum / CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] Founded in 1973 by Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert has been a leading light in the performance of Baroque and Classical music for for over 40 years. Under their present Artistic Director Harry Bicket and with distinguished guest artists they... |
Ensemble Bash
Various: A Doll's House [ Signum Classics / CD - released 27/Aug/2012 ] |
RICHARD STRAUSS / AARON COPLAND
Strauss: Duet Concertino, Prelude To Capriccio / Copland: Clarinet Concerto, Appalachian Spring Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) Stepan Turnovsky (bassoon) / Academy of London, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Richard Stamp [ Signum / CD - released 11/Dec/2020 ] "Richard Stamp secures real zip in the faster music, secures real zip in the faster music, and there is some lovely tender playing from the Royal Northern Sinfonia principals in the more tender passages." BBC Music |
ETON COLLEGE CHAPEL CHOIR
Hear my words Eton College Chapel Choir, with David Goode-organ [ Signum / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] "..the chief impression one is left with after hearing this disc is the excellence and polish of the choir ... this is a fine and very enjoyable disc. The performance standard is uniformly very high" MusicWeb International |
LANGLAIS / SEVERAC / MESSIAEN / VILLETTE
Langlais - Messe Solennelle: French Sacred Music for Choir and Organ Eton College Chapel Choir, Ralph Allwood [ Signum Classics / CD - released 5/Jul/2010 ] Eton College Chapel Choir perform an enchanting selection of 20th Century French Choral and Organ music. As well as music by composers who were at the heart of French musical life in Paris, such as Olivier Messiaen and Francis Poulenc, this disc... |