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SIR JOHN TAVENER
Tavener: The Protecting Veil Matthew Barley (cello), Sukhvinder 'Pinky' Singh (tabla), Olwyn Fouéré, Julie Christie (speakers), Sinfonietta Rīga [ Signum / CD - released 14/Jun/2019 ] "I suspect those who come across the work for the first time via this latest release, will not find another performance out there which would give them quite the same feeling of intensity and spiritual uplift." MusicWeb |
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Matthew Barley/Julian Joseph
Dance Of The Three Legged Elep [ Signum Records / CD - released 24/Aug/2009 ] |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Anacreon 1754 Matthew Brook, Anna Dennis & Agustín Prunell-Friend / The Choir of the Enlightenment & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Jonathan Williams [ Signum / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] Rameau wrote two complete 'Anacréons', both of them one-act acte de ballets, but with two different plots and librettos. 'Anacréon' (1754) was set to a libretto by Louis de Cahusac and had a successful premiere followed by some performances in Paris... |
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SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
Wanderer Fantasy (orchestrated by Joeseph James) Members of the Schubert Ensemble / English Chamber Orchestra / Orlando Jopling, Conductor [ Signum / CD - released 16/May/2007 ] Schubert's 'Wanderer Fantasy' and Schumann's 'Fantasie' are two highly remarkable works: whilst musically embodying the romantic spirit of the age in their unconventional structures and lyrically imaginative styles, they also act as self-portraits to... |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis [ Signum / CD - released 2/Sep/2013 ] "Waley-Cohen makes the utmost of [the D minor Concerto's] innocent, songful lyricism...The playing from the soloists is virtuosic and the Orchestra of the Swan give light-footed support." (Observer) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Temple of Chastity: 13th Century Spanish music from Codex Las Huelgas-Volume 1 Mille Fleurs with Jan Walters (harp) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] "the performances are the epitome of sophisticated smoothness.... The recording impresses by its freshness and vigour, and by the excitement the singers clearly find in this fascinating repertoire" Ivan Moody, Gramophone |
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HANDEL / RAMEAU / RITTLER
Light Divine: Baroque music for treble and ensemble The MIN Ensemble, Aksel Rykkvin (treble), Mark Bennett (trumpet & artistic director) [ Signum / CD - released 9/Mar/2018 ] The prodigious Norwegian treble Aksel Rykkvin returns to disc on Signum with a new disc of Baroque works, accompanying the MIN Ensemble under trumpeter Mark Bennett and the ensemble director Lazar Miletic. Featuring both instrumental pieces and... |
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BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto & No. 4 Mendelssohn: Double Concerto Min-Jung Kym (piano), Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Clemens Schuldt (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] Pianist Min-Jung Kym makes her recording debut on Signum Records, leading the Philharmonia Orchestra under conductor Clemens Schuldt in performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, and alongside Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay for Mendelssohn's Double... |
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Mitchell/Ensemble Bash
Fiddle Sticks [ Signum / CD - released 26/Nov/2007 ] |
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The Temple Church Choir with The Temple Players, James Vivian (director)
The Majesty of thy Glory [ Signum / CD - released 13/Dec/2010 ] "...absorbing and diffusing the wide dynamic range with ease. Such enterprising and polishing music-making deserves widespread currency." Gramophone |
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THOMAS ARNE
Arne: Artaxerxes The Mozartists, Ian Page (conductor) [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 14/May/2021 ] "This is a wholly recommendable recording of a milestone work in the history of English opera...slightly different but also with singing and playing of the highest order." MusicWeb Recommended |
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HAYDN / GLUCK / VANHAL / MYSLIVECEK / J. C. BACH
Sturm und Drang Vol. 2 The Mozartists, Ian Page (conductor) [ Signum Records / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] "Page and his players once again demonstrate their total identification with this music in playing of dizzying drive and accuracy... a programme that scintillates from start to finish." Gramophone Editor's Choice Nov 2020 |
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GABRIEL PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev, (G.): Concerto for turntables No 1 / Cello Concerto Mr Switch (turntables) Boris Andrianov (cello) / Ural Philharmonic, Alexey Bogorad (cond) [ Signum / CD - released 22/May/2020 ] Concerto for turntables No 1 Sometimes composers write a piece that takes on a life of its own, and that's what has happened to this concerto. Much credit is due to the phenomenal skills of Mr Switch who has become the unofficial lead soloist. |
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VERDI / BOITO
Falstaff (complete opera recorded in 2006 in a new version by Tony Britten) Music Theatre London / Ian Jervis / Jan Hartley / Julia Forsyth / Simon Butteriss / Rosamund Shelley [ Signum Vision / DVD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] G; - "The DVD was recorded on location in and around a real golf club and the club acts as the setting for most of the scenes barring a few in the Fords' home." (MusicWeb Oct 2008) |
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Music Theatre Wales/Rafferty
Berkeley: For You [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Aug/2010 ] |
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Musica Antiqua, directed by Philip Thorby
A Songbook for Isabella: Music from the circle of Isabella d'Este [ Signum / CD - released 14/Aug/2003 ] "there are many imaginative touches, and interpretative subtlety in abundance" Fabrice Fitch, Early Music |
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Musica Antiqua, directed by Philip Thorby; with Clare Wilkinson, Mezzo-Soprano
Fire and Ice: Love Songs from 16th Century Venice [ Signum / CD - released 14/Aug/2003 ] "these performances.... communicate an infectious sense of enjoyment and enthusiasm (and) make thoroughly satisfying listening." - Daily Telegraph 12 October 2002 |
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Musica Antiqua Of London
Des Pres, Josquin: Master Musi [ Signum / CD - released 8/Apr/2002 ] |
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Musica Antiqua Of London
For & Ice [ Signum / CD - released 26/Aug/2002 ] |
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Musica Antiqua Of London
Madame D'amours [ Signum / CD - released 7/Feb/2005 ] |