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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten Abroad: A collection of songs by Benjamin Britten set in Italian, Russian, French & German Susan Gritton (soprano) Mark Padmore (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] "What an inspired idea not only to bring together Britten's mature foreign-language songs, but also to have the programme shared by two of Britain's keenest and brightest singers. …delight and spiritual depths go hand in hand." BBC Music 5 STARS |
FREYA WALEY-COHEN
Freya Waley-Cohen: Permutations Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) [ Signum / CD ] "the multitracked performance is mesmerising as you start to appreciate the different characters of the parts and the way they move around one another before splintering off into their own world" Record Review |
RICHARD BLACKFORD
Blackford: Niobe Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Czech Philharmonic, Ben Gernon (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] Renowned British composer Richard Blackford sets the Greek fable of Niobe to music in the premiere recording of his new violin concerto, performed by Tamsin Waley-Cohen with the Czech Philharmonic under conductor Ben Gernon. In the myth, Niobe,... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 5 & 8 Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Huw Watkins (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jun/0020 ] "Watkins draws an appealing, fortepiano-like resonance from the piano and Waley-Cohen's phrasing taps the music's pastoral roots… Each of the three sonatas inhabits its own costume, made to measure." Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2020 |
BERNSTEIN / STRAVINSKY / SCHOENBERG
Symphonic Psalms & Prayers Tenebrae, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Short (conductor) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] "It's good to hear Bernstein's original design of the solo for a countertenor being respected for once. Allsopp makes much more of the words than most trebles, and there is an arresting immediacy to both performance and recording" Gramophone |
PAWEL LUKASZEWSKI
Lukaszewski: Daylight Declines Tenebrae, Nigel Short (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "The performances here seem absolutely expert, secure in the many strange harmonies and shifts. Although they have, as far as I know, previously recorded only one of Łukaszewski's short works..this is a thoroughly worthwhile recording." MusicWeb |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / GERALD BARRY
Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 (plus Barry: Beethoven and Piano Concerto Thomas Adès, Britten Sinfonia, with Nicolas Hodges (piano) & Mark Stone (baritone) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 16/May/2020 ] "Adès and the Britten Sinfonia present tightly knit performances [of the Beethoven Symphonies], and dynamic subtleties are largely preserved in the concert recordings." BBC Music 5 Stars |
POULENC
The Complete Songs of Francis Poulenc Volume 5 Thomas Allen, Thomas Oliemans, Joshua Ellicott, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ann Murray, Sarah Fox, Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "Thomas Allen, Thomas Oliemans, Joshua Ellicott, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ann Murray and Sarah Fox are all secure and idiomatic Poulenc connoisseurs." The Observer, 28th June 2015 |
SAMUEL BARBER / WILLIAM WALTON
Barber/Walton: Violin Concertos Thomas Bowes (violin) / Malmo Opera Orchestra, Joseph Swensen [ Signum Records / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "Bowes is hardly a household name, but these exceptional accounts of Walton's and Barber's near-contemporaneous Violin Concertos...should increase his stock value...Bowes yields to none of the Walton's great interpreters...in his dazzling passage... |
PAUL MEALOR
Blessing: The Music of Paul Mealor Voce, Mark Singleton [ Signum / CD - released 13/Mar/2020 ] Voce's mission, as articulated by Artistic Director Mark Singleton, is to Serve Harmony. They strive to perform each piece as a unified ensemble - to get straight to the heart of each composition. This cooperative spirit enables them to render music... |
ROXANNA PANUFNIK
Roxanna Panufnik: Love Abide Colla Voce Singers, London Mozart Players, Lee Ward [ Signum / CD - released 8/Feb/2019 ] "A rich offering on a theme of interfaith connectivity. The Japanese lullaby-inspired Zen Love Song and title work Love Abide are totally absorbing." BBC Music |
GIUSEPPE ANTONIO BRESCIANELLO
Behind Closed Doors, Brescianello, Vol. 1 Adrian Chandler (director/violin) / La Serenissima [ Signum / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "The performances by this accomplished ensemble are polished and invigorating. Chandler's solo violin playing is articulate, warm toned and communicative." BBC Music Five Stars |
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TRADITIONAL
An Irish Songbook Ailish Tynan (soprano) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "The disc is full of interest. There are lovely, unknown tunes, seductively sung and hauntingly harmonised. It has pathos and wild joy in equal measure. An excellent recital." (Classic FM) |
HERBERT HUGHES
A Purse of Gold: Irish Songs by Herbert Hughes Ailish Tynan (soprano) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "I cannot imagine a more welcome present than this for any lover of song." (MusicWeb Jan 2008) |
BACH / HANDEL / MOZART
Aksel! Arias by Bach, Handel & Mozart Aksel Rykkvin (treble), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Signum / CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] "If you are going to buy just one more CD this year, make sure that it is this one." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Oct 2016) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvořák: Quartets Nos. 5 & 12, 'American' (with Suk: Meditation on an old Czech Hymn) Albion Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 3/May/2019 ] "The players make a strong case for this youthful piece [Op. 9], powerfully refuting the notion that it took time for Dvořák to hit his stride in the quartets and symphonies" Gramophone |
ANTONIN DVOARK
Dvorak: String Quartets Nos. 8 & 10 Albion Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] "The playing, by the excellent Albion, is masterly in its vividness, freedom and sensitivity." Sunday Times |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Works for Piano Solo and Duo Alessio Bax & Lucille Chung (pianos) [ Signum / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Chung is fluent in the solos and fiery in the duos; a sonic treat, too." Recording of the Month MusicWeb June 2016) |
BACCUSI / GABRIELI / BOZZI / MASSAINO / COSTA / FLORIO / etc
Il Trionfo di Dori The King's Singers [ Signum / CD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] The King's Singers release the complete Italian madrigal collection 'Il Trionfo di Dori'. Commissioned by Venetian nobleman Leonardo Sanudo in 1592, the collection features 29 works, each written by a different composer and poet, set for nine voices. |
