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BACH / HANDEL / TELEMANN / SCARLATTI
Let The Bright Seraphim Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) / The Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks [ Signum Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "The tone is immediately set by Crispian Steele-Perkins' trilling trumpet on Bach's "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen", which also features quite thrilling counterpoints between him and soprano Elin Manahan Thomas" (The Independent) |
JAMES MACMILLAN
One Equal Music: Psalms, Poems & Folksongs The Elysian Singers, Alexandra Caldon (violin), Sam Laughton (director) [ Signum / CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] The Elysian Singers of London celebrate the enormous and varied contribution of Sir James MacMillan (b. 1959) to the choral repertoire over the last 20 years. Beginning with MacMillan's blazing 2016 'choral fanfare' Blow the trumpet in the new moon,... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Preludes (24) Op. 28 / etc Emmanuel Despax (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "Chopin the composer has always fascinated me - multifaceted, complex, a man of paradoxes. His music has huge scope yet at the same time is incredibly intimate and poetic. He sometimes has a reputation for being merely a writer of sentimental salon... |
GABRIELI / BENDINELLI / etc
A New Venetian Coronation, 1595 Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh [ Signum Records / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2013: Early Music |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem) Robert Murray (tenor) / Gabrieli Consort and Players. Paul McCreesh [ Signum Records / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "McCreesh provides pretty much the enormous forces Berlioz demands...But he recognises that Berlioz sought more than mere noisy grandeur, and the results are fascinating." (BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012 Award for Technical Excellence) |
BRITTEN / HOWELLS / DOVE / etc.
Incarnation Gabrieli Consort & Trebles of Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir, Paul McCreesh (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 30/Sep/2013 ] An inspiring sequence of Christmas music ancient and modern |
CHESNOKOV / HOWELLS / MOORE / DYSON / STANFORD / KELLY / etc
Magnificat Vol. 3 Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, George Herbert (organ), Andrew Nethsingha [ Signum / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] "I can't think of a greater or more apt epitaph to the music director's time at St Johns" Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2023 |
TRADITIONAL / LAITMAN / HARLAP / WHITACRE / FARBER
The Ancient Question...a voyage through Jewish songs Hila Plitmann (sop) with Julian Bliss (clarinet) Christopher Glynn (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] "Plitmann's selection is carefully chosen for maximum variety of expression and instrumentation. All the featured composers write in a highly accessible style retaining a strong adherence to tonality and eschewing idiosyncratic vocal and instrumental... |
MAURICE DURUFLE
Duruflé: Complete Choral Works Houston Chamber Choir, Ken Cowan (organ) [ Signum / CD - released 5/Apr/2019 ] "Recorded in warm, though not too reverberant acoustics, the choir's tone is open and bright, and they and their conductor are sensitive to Duruflé's demands." Choir & Organ |
MICHAEL NYMAN / HENRY PURCELL
If: Michael Nyman, Henry Purcell Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Fretwork [ Signum / CD - released 22/Mar/2019 ] When Michael Nyman started reinventing the English baroque back in the 1980s, one critic described the result as "pump-action Purcell." This recording combines these two singular musical styles through the stunning voice of countertenor Iestyn Davies... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor) Joseph Middleton (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 21/Jan/2022 ] Renowned performers Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton perform Schubert's tragic song- cycle Die schöne Müllerin (The Beautiful Maid of the Mill). |
James Rhodes (piano)
Fuck Digital (LP) [ Signum / LP - released 16/Nov/2018 ] A special release showcasing James Rhodes's most popular performances on 180g vinyl for the very first time. |
BACH / RACHMANINOV / CHOPIN / GLUCK / CHOPIN
Inside Tracks - The Mix Tape James Rhodes (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2015 ] "The most fun part of my job is figuring out what to play live. There's an infinite choice of immense, immortal music and I always try and design concert programmes a bit like a setlist for the audience. For this compilation (of my personal... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Solo Cello Suites Nos. 1-3 Jamie Walton (cello) [ Signum / CD - released 17/Jun/2013 ] "The emotional climax comes in the most poignant of Britten's Fugues which, in Walton's radiant performance, is the highlight." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
BRITTEN / SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concertos Jamie Walton (cello) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Alexander Briger [ Signum / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "Walton's performance of the Shostakovich 2nd Concerto is wholly satisfying. He hits exactly the right melancholic tone for the majority of the first movement." (MusicWeb Jan 2009) |
ERIC WHITACRE
Whitacre: Marimba Quartets Joby Burgess [ Signum / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] Eric Whitacre, normally known for his choral compositions and arrangements, personally requested Joby Burgess arrange some of his well-known works for Marimba quartet. This unique recording shows the warm, earthly tones of the marimba, beautifully... |
DEBUSSY / FRANCAIX / MILHAUD / PROKOFIEV
Sonatas, etc Julian Bliss (clarinet) Bradley Moore (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] 'English clarinettist Julian Bliss … gives performances of Debussy's Premiere rapsodie, Françaix's Tema con Variazioni and Milhaud's Sonatine that are agile, sensual and witty' (Choir & Organ) |
DAVID BRUCE / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Bruce: Gumboots / Brahms: Clarinet Quintet Julian Bliss (clarinet) / Carducci String Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] "The joyous rhythmic barrage of the finale could almost be out of a Falla ballet. Brahms's Op 115 Clarinet Quintet is an odd counterweight; Bliss and the Carducci Quartet offer a worthwhile, well-balanced performance with especial spark in the third |
MOZART / WEBER
Mozart & Weber Quintets Julian Bliss (clarinet) / Carducci String Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] Julian Bliss joins the Carducci String Quartet in performances of two seminal works - Weber's Clarinet Quintet in B flat Major, Op. 34 and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581. This is the second collaboration on disc between Bliss and the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Finding Harmony The King's Singers [ Signum / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] Singing together binds us together. From the Protestant Reformation in Europe during the 1500s to the US Civil Rights Movement, there have been countless moments in history when songs have united nations, cultures and causes. |
