ARVO PART / PETERIS VASKS / JOHN TAVENER / etc
White Light: The Space Between O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra, Hugo Ticciati (violin / artistic director) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2018 ] "It is simply wonderful restorative music to unwind to. The high level of production (recording, design, and essays) is an added bonus. Highly recommended." Nicholas Butler/Marbecks |
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Kati Debretzeni (director & violin) [ Signum / CD - released 21/Mar/2014 ] With its vivid poetry and technical ingenuity, Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' was ground-breaking at the time of its composition and to this day remains as influential and transfixing as ever. |
C. P. E. BACH
Symphonies Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rebecca Miller [ Signum Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] "If you're still a CPE novice, I can't think of a better introduction to his brand of inspired eccentricity that these terrific, high-octane performances, live in every sense." Gramophone Magazine Award Nomination 2015 - Baroque Instrumental |
SCHUBERT / GRIEG / COUPERIN / REICH / VIVALDI / etc
Timelapse David le Page, Catherine Leech, Trish Clowes (saxophone), Graham Instrall, David Gordon / Orchestra Of The Swan [ Signum / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] "Divided into 14 short tracks, the disc's contents might on first glance suggest something of a hotchpotch, yet as the tracks flow on, Timelapse comes to work a certain magic on the spirit and conjures a real sense of mystery and beauty" BBC Music |
ERIKS ESENVALDS
Ešenvalds: There Will Come Soft Rains The Pacific Lutheran Choir of the West [ Signum / CD - released 17/Jan/2020 ] "This new release can stand proudly against all rivals. Richard Nance has polished his Pacific Lutheran choristers to perfection. Balance and tuning are beyond reproach, with superb control of a full dynamic range." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
ALEC ROTH
Songs In Time Of War Mark Padmore (tenor) Philippe Honore (violin) Alison Nicholls (harp) Morgan Szymanski (guitar) [ Signum / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] |
ALEC ROTH
Sometime I Sing: Music For Voice & Guitar Mark Padmore (tenor) & Morgan Szymanski (guitar) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "Padmore's clean tenor finds an ideal vehicle ... there's a transparent, haunting beauty about it, and the accompaniments for violin, harp and guitar are a joy" The Times, 8th June 2013 **** |
RAVEL / FAURE / POULENC / IBERT
Music by Ravel, Faure, Poulenc and Ibert Pascal Roge (piano) / London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green [ Signum LCO Live / CD - released 8/Sep/2011 ] "The latest of the LCO Live series offers an engaging and varied programme of French Romanticism...The centrepiece of the programme is Poulenc's "Piano Concerto", the opening section of which alone seems to incorporate more disparate styles than most... |
JOHN TAVENER
The Veil of the Temple Patricia Rozario (soprano) / Choir of the Temple Church, Holst Singers & Members of the English Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Layton [ Signum / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] "Performance and recording are outstanding. An essential testimony to the vitality of the musical and spiritual vision of the final creative phase of one of Britain's greatest composers." Reissue of the Month Gramophone Magazine, April 2014 |
Paul Marleyn (Cello) John Lenehan (Piano)
From Jewish Life: works for cello and piano [ Signum / CD - released 30/May/2004 ] "Inventive programming, passionate playing, compelling listening" Jessica Duchan, Classic fm Magazine |
Paul Marleyn & John Lenehan
From Jewish Life [ Signum / CD - released 8/Mar/2004 ] |
AARON JAY KERNIS
Kernis: Dreamsongs Paul Neubauer (viola), Joshua Roman (cello), Royal Northern Sinfonia, Rebecca Miller (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Winner of the 2002 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, 1998 Pulitzer Prize, and 2011 Nemmers Award, Aaron Jay Kernis is one of America's most honoured composers. His music appears prominently on concert programs worldwide, and he has been... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Rediscovered: British Clarinet Concertos by Dolmetsch, Maconchy, Spain-Dunk, Wishart Peter Cigleris (clarinet), Deian Rowlands (harp) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ben Palmer (conductor) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Peter Cigleris performs with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a programme of four 'rediscovered' clarinet concertante works of the first half of the 20th Century. Composed between 1930 and 1947, the works span a time of change in the musical... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Solo Piano Works Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 22/Nov/2019 ] "There's a lightness of touch, a crisp transparency and clarity of texture that sends the opening 'Scherzo à la russe' spinning off into the realms of sheer delight… A very fine issue indeed." Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2020 |
MESSIAEN / MUSSORGSKY / RAVEL
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition / Messiaen - Cantéyodjayâ / Ravel - Miroirs Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] "Donohoe earns plaudits with this magisterial account of Pictures at an Exhibition. Everything you could reasonably - or unreasonably - ask for is here." BBC Music |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] "These two discs present musical invention at its most purely exhilarating. ..Donohoe's commitment is superb." Sunday Times |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Piano Sonatas Nos 1 & 2 Peter Donohoe (piano) Hugh Davies (trumpet) / Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis [ Signum / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "Unbridled talent on display here… his control of rhythm and dynamics exemplary...Both concertos receive very proficient and idiomatic performances." MusicWeb |
Philharmonia Orc/Dohnanyi
Brahms Symphonies 1 & 3 [ Signum / 2 CD - released 28/Mar/2011 ] |
Philharmonia Orch/Dohnanyi
Brahms: The Four Symphonies [ Signum / 4 CD - released 6/Feb/2012 ] |
BORODIN
Borodin: Requiem Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus / Geoffrey Simon [ Signum / CD - released 18/Sep/2020 ] Together with familiar music from Prince Igor, this CD features the world premiere recording of the unusual Requiem, (which is based on "Chopsticks"), and Glazunov's orchestration of the charming Petite Suite. Australian conductor Geoffrey Simon... |