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RACHMANINOV
Vespers, Op. 37 Tenebrae, Nigel Short [ Signum / CD - released 7/Feb/2005 ] |
DAVID BRUCE
The North Wind Was A Woman Nora Fischer (soprano), Avi Avital (mandolin) [ Signum / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Its title song-cycle, scored for folk-imbued ensemble and recorded with the acclaimed Nora Fischer, treats various aspects of the natural world as human characteristics. The Consolation of Rain is a moving reflection on loss and the restorative power... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / ELIZABETH POSTON
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols / Poston: An English Day Book NYCoS National Girls Choir, Christopher Bell [ Signum / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "The voices are rich-toned, well-balanced and powered by developing teenage musculature...The singers' Scottish brogue suits the antique poetry" ClassicFM |
RODERICK WILLIAMS
Roderick Williams: Sacred Choral Works Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir, Ralph Allwood, Jonathan Eyre [ Signum Classics / CD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] On their premiere recording, the Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir, directed by celebrated choral conductor Ralph Allwood, perform the works of British Choral Award winner Roderick Williams. Based in Greenwich, East London the choir... |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Solace Oliver Davis (Piano and Vocals), Kerenza Peacock, Jonathan Hill (Violins), Katherine Jenkinson, Nicholas Holland (Cellos) [ Signum / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] Recorded at the height of the international Covid lockdown, Oliver Davis's sixth album for Signum is a feat of both technological as well as artistic achievement. Following from draws together artists from across the globe for a selection of moving... |
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 |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Zaide, K. 344 Sophie Bevan (soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor) Stuart Jackson (tenor) / The Orchestra of Classical Opera, Ian Page [ Signum / CD - released 9/Jun/2017 ] "Page's performance offers firmness and mastery of tempo … As Gomatz, Allan Clayton brings energy and definition to his singing … Excellent sound." BBC Music |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
