Philip Langridge
Songs From The Pleasure Garden [ Signum / CD - released 7/May/2007 ] |
RICHARD RODNEY BENNET
Letters to Lindbergh Philip Moore & Andrew West (piano) National Youth Choir of Scotland Girls Choir, Christopher Bell [ Signum / CD - released 17/Mar/2013 ] "This debut recording by Christopher Bell's NYCoS National Girls Choir could so easily have been just another recording of Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, but for two things: the wholesome confidence of the choir itself … and the successful... |
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS / FINZI / QUILTER
Whither must I Wander? David John Pike (baritone) & Isabelle Trüb (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 3/Dec/2012 ] Centred around Vaughan Williams' 'Songs of Travel', this collection of English song brings together three now influential figures in the world of British music - Vaughan Williams, his contemporary Roger Quilter, and the younger Gerald Finzi |
Polish Rso
Baird: Works For Orchestra [ Signum / CD - released 23/Jan/2003 ] |
Po/Mackerras
Dvorak: Symphonies 7/8 [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] |
STEVE REICH / KRAFTWERK
Electric Counterpoint: Reich / Kraftwerk Powerplant [ Signum / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] British artists, bringing together the virtuoso percussionist Joby Burgess and live sound engineer Matthew Fairclouch. The musical duo are joined by visual artist Kathy Hinde, creating experimental and challenging repertoire, which includes a video... |
Powerplant/Burgess
24 Lies Per Second [ Signum / CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] |
Quator De La Chapelle Royale/
Hakim: Set Me As A Seal On You [ Signum / CD - released 25/Apr/2011 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
From Windsor with Love The Queen's Six [ Signum Classics / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] "Historically, The Queen's Six has always performed arrangements of pop songs. It was one of the main reasons for the group's inception in 2008, also the 450th anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth I, from whom they take their name. This... |
MORALES / FRANCO / de VICTORIA / GUERRERO / LOBO / etc
Journeys to the New World: Hispanic Sacred Music from the 16th & 17th Centuries The Queen's Six [ Signum / CD - released 21/Aug/2020 ] This is a musical trip from the mid-sixteenth century to around 1700, involving music in Late Renaissance style, carrying Spanish Catholicism across the Atlantic to supplant an indigenous culture. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Last Rose Of Summer: Folk Songs Of The British Isles The Queen's Six [ Signum / CD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] Based at Windsor Castle, the members of The Queen's Six make up half of the Lay Clerks of St George's Chapel, whose homes lie within the Castle walls. This rare privilege demands the highest musical standards, as they sing regularly for the Royal... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Queen's Six Murder The Songs of Tom Lehrer The Queen's Six [ Signum Classics / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Following Tom Lehrer's decision in 2020 to release almost 100 of his songs into the public domain (for anyone to perform and adapt without permission) The Queen's Six take up the offer with relish in this album of a cappella renditions of his "catchy... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Rachael Lloyd, Elin Manahan Thomas, Robert Davies, Roderick Morris, Eloise Irving /. Armonico Consort, Christopher Monksristopher Monks [ Signum / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "The Armonico Consort and its musical director, Christopher Monks, capture this abundance of inspiration in a performance full of life and variety...Rachael Lloyd's dignified Dido and Elin Manahan Thomas's bright Belinda are well contrasted." |
GIAY / ARIOSTI / ORLANDINI / RISTORI / GIACOMELLI / BONONCINI
The Crown: Heroic Arias For Senesino Randall Scotting (countertenor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Laurence Cummings (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] Francesco Bernardi-universally known by the moniker 'Senesino', after his place of birth-was Handel's leading male star for over a decade, owning many of the finest castrato roles. But this new album delves into the astonishing wealth of material... |
HENRY PURCELL / WILLIAM LAWES / JOHN BLOW / JOHN DOWLAND etc
Lovesick Randall Scotting (countertenor), Stephen Stubbs (lute) [ Signum / CD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] "The experience of being lovesick is universal. We are not the first to encounter it and there is no place safe from feeling this particular brand of melancholy. A favourite topic in art since the medieval period, museums are bursting with... |
W. A. MOZART
The A-Z of Mozart Opera Rebecca Bottone, Klara Ek, Martene Grimson, Susan Gritton, Anna Leese (soprano), Cora Burggraaf (mezzo), Allan Clayton, Andrew Staples (tenor), Mark S [ Signum / CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] Signum are proud to reissue Classical Opera's debut CD, 'The A-Z of Mozart Opera', selected for Gramophone magazine's annual Critic's Choice in 2007. Based on the coincidence that Mozart's first opera (Apollo et Hyacinthus) begins with 'A' and his... |
LISZT
Liszt Abroad Rebecca Evans (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Matthew Rose (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "The singing too is exemplary, with Rebecca Evans's floated high notes things of exquisite beauty." BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009 ***** |
TELEMANN
Telemann: Solo Fantasias Richard Boothby (viola da gamba) [ Signum / CD - released 6/Jul/2018 ] One of the greatest finds of the 21st century for the early music world, Telemann's 12 Fantasias for Viola da Gamba were considered lost until the discovery of an original print in a private collection in Germany in 2015. Perhaps some of the... |
Richard Boothby (viola da gamba), Asako Morikawa (viola da gamba)
Music To Hear…Alfonso Ferrabosco [ Signum / CD - released 2/Jun/2023 ] Alfonso Ferrabosco, born in Greenwich to an Italian composer father of the same name, was the pre-eminent viol player of the early 17th century, and his lyra viol publication mostly for solo viol is the largest, most important & technically... |
CHRISTOPHER GUNNING
Gunning: Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Birdflight Richard Harwood (Cello) Harriet Mackenzie (Violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Signum / CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] Gunning's Violin Concerto was composed after inspiration whilst the composer was out hiking in Wales. The violin is supposed to represent ducking and weaving, rather like the insects and animals found in the Welsh hills and valleys. |