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BOB CHILCOTT
The Angry Planet BBC Singers, The Bach Choir, The Young Singers, London Youth Choir, Finchley Children's Music Group, David Hill [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] The three works on this 2CD set further confirm Chilcott's status as one of the world's most popular active choral composers. The BBC recently gave Chilcott a [sell-out] concert from BBC Maida Vale, on 5th June, to celebrate BBC Music Day... |
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BOB CHILCOTT
Man I Sing: Choral music The BBC Singers with Paul Silverthorne (viola) / Bob Chilcott (cond) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "As for the singing, it is superb throughout, the BBC Singers, no doubt spurred on Chilcott's conducting, giving themselves entirely over to both words and music without for a moment allowing any technical lapses" International Record Review |
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EDWARD COWIE
Gesangbuch: Choral Works by Edward Cowie Stephen Preston (baroque flute) / BBC Singers & Endymion, Stephen Cleobury & Simon Joly [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] Edward Cowie's unique compositional voice stems from his wide-ranging interdisciplinary interests in both the sonic and visual arts, with many of his works inspired by ideas and concepts from artworks and from the natural world |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Canticles I-V Ben Johnson (tenor) James Baillieu (piano), Christopher Ainslie (countertenor), Benedict Nelson (baritone), Martin Owen (horn) & Lucy Wakeford (harp) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] As part of the celebration Britten's Centenary in 2013, this new recording presents Britten's five Canticles, performed by tenor Ben Johnson with James Baillieu accompanying. |
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J. S. BACH
Mass in B Minor Bethany Seymour / Sally Bruce-Payne / Jason Darnell / Joshua Ellicott / Peter Harvey / Yorkshire Bach Choir Yorkshire Baroque Soloists / Peter Seymour [ Signum / 2 CD - released 8/Sep/2011 ] "There are some stellar recordings of Bach's great Mass around, but this spirited performance from Peter Seymour's York-based forces shouldn't sink with trace. Plus points: warm-toned, well sustained choral singing; meticulously articulated... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Vidi Speciosam: Sacred Choral Music The Bevan Family Consort, Graham Ross (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 19/May/2023 ] In the 1970s the Bevan Family Choir, consisting of 10 siblings under the direction of their father Roger Bevan, released an album of choral music and toured the country, even making a documentary for ITV. Now, some of the children of those singers -... |
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FROST / KARLSEN
Bassoon Concerto / Parapraxis / Serenata Ensemble 96 & Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra, Ingo Ernst Reihl [ Signum / CD - released 30/May/2011 ] |
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BOB CHILCOTT
Making Waves The Sirens, Bob Chilcott [ Signum / CD - released 27/Oct/2008 ] This disc presents a new collection of songs and arrangements by Bob Chilcott, performed by a specially assembled group of singers and jazz musicians.This follows on from last year's Signum release, with the BBC Singers, of Bob Chilcott compositions... |
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ALFONSO FERRABOSCO
Music to Hear… Alfonso Ferrabosco: Music for Lyra Viol from 1609, Volumes 2 & 3 Richard Boothby [ Signum / 2 CD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] Music to Hear… Alfonso Ferrabosco: Music for Lyra Viol from 1609, Volumes 2 & 3 continues Richard Boothby's acclaimed exploration of early English viol repertoire. Joined by Sam Stadlen and Jo Levine, Boothby performs Ferrabosco's Lessons for 1, 2 &... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
50th Anniversary EP The Boy Choristers of Winchester Cathedral [ Signum / CD - released 11/Mar/2016 ] Winchester Cathedral celebrate 50 years since the release of Geoff Stephen's Winchester Cathedral - a 1966 release for the New Vaudeville Band that reached No.1 in the charts in the USA and Canada, selling over 3 million copies and subsequently... |
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GABRIEL PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev, (G.): Saxophone Concerto / Bass Drum Concerto Branford Marsalis (saxophone), Joby Burgess (timpani) Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexey Bogorad [ Signum / CD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] In his new Saxophone Concerto, Gabriel Prokofiev explores a side of classical music usually seen as forbidden by modern contemporary composers: melody. This aspect was incorporated at the request of the soloist, Branford Marsalis, allowing Prokofiev... |
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HANDEL
Handel's Eight Great Harpsichord Suites Bridget Cunningham (harpsichord) [ Signum / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] This important new recording revisits George Frideric Handel's monumental Suites de Pièces pour le Clavecin - subsequently known as the Eight Great Harpsichord Suites as well as his Chaconne in G major and some world première recordings of Handel's... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / GERALD BARRY
Beethoven & Barry Vol. 3 Britten Sinfonia / Thomas Adès (conductor) [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] The final installment in the BEETHOVEN & BARRY recording series which, over three volumes, has traced all nine of Beethoven's Symphonies coupled with music by the celebrated Irish composer Gerald Barry. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Peter Grimes (complete opera) Alan Oke, Giselle Allen, David Kempster / Chorus of Opera North, Chorus of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Britten-Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bed [ Signum / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "...[Oke's] is a strong, ballasted performance, less purely plangent than many, but deeply moving in its simple strength and keen imagination...There's much to relish throughout this hand-picked cast." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 - Opera WINNER |
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Brunel Ensemble
Red Leaves [ Signum / CD - released 10/Jan/2005 ] Signum Classics are proud to announce The Brunel Ensemble's first disc on Signum Classics - Red Leaves. No ensemble other ensemble is as committed to the performance of such works from all decades of the twentieth century. Formed in 1992, the group... |
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Cadence Ensemble
Expressia - Armenian Metamorph [ Signum / CD - released 28/Jul/2008 ] |
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Cadence Ensemble
Expressia - Tangos And Fantasi [ Signum / CD - released 27/Oct/2008 ] |
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Calidore Quartet
American Tapestry [ Signum Records / CD - released 13/Feb/2026 ] In a historical moment filled with tension and polarizing divide, this beautifully woven-together program of American music tells a story of human interconnectedness that resonates beyond any national borders. "The Calidore String Quartet play... |
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JANACEK / PROKOFIEV / GOLIJOV / MENDELSSOHN
Janáček, Prokofiev, Golijov and Mendelssohn The Calidore Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] The Calidore Quartet present their first disc on Signum Records - a collection of quartets by Janáček, Prokofiev, Golijov and Mendelssohn. The pieces were the products of four compelling personal narratives: an escape from the NAZI eastern... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Quartets, Vol. 1: Late String Quartets Calidore String Quartet [ Signum / 3 CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "[Their Beethoven performance's] were shockingly deep. I've never heard a quartet so young get so inside this ultimately inscrutable music" - LA Times The Calidore Quartet return to Signum Classics for the first installment of their Beethoven... |