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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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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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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... |
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Callow/Caput Ensemble
Hallgrimsson: Mini Stories [ Signum / CD - released 30/Nov/2009 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Songs of Cricket Cantabile - The London Quartet, with Chris Hatt and Alexander L'Estrange (pianos) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "Brilliant moments - a droll psalm-chant recitation of the "rules" and an ingenious Pärt-style setting of a pleasingly circular explanation of the game ("Cricket Tea Towel") - show just what these singers can do." (The Independent) |
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Cantus
Alone Together [ Signum / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] Their fourth release on Signum Classics, the "engaging" (New Yorker) men's vocal ensemble Cantus present a collection of songs conveying the connectedness and isolation created through the use of technology both during and beyond the Covid pandemic,... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Cantus: Manifesto Cantus [ Signum / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Now in its 25 th Anniversary season, the "engaging" (New Yorker) men's vocal ensemble Cantus is widely known for its trademark warmth and blend, innovative programming and riveting performances of music ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st... |
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BONDS / BRYARS / CANDEY / CRAS / DUNPHY
Fields of Wonder Cantus [ Signum / CD - released 25/Jul/2025 ] Their fifth release on Signum Classics, the "engaging" (New Yorker) men's vocal ensemble Cantus presents a collection of songs cycles by contemporary and living composers, exploring different kinds of journeys through song. "These contrasting song... |
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BERKELEY / MCCABE / WILLIAMS
Into the Ravine Carducci String Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 9/Dec/2013 ] This first release on Signum from one of the UK's most dynamic string quartets, the Carducci Quartet demonstrate their passion and commitment to bringing contemporary repertoire to a wider audience. On this recording they are joined by oboist... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 7 Carducci String Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 22/Mar/2019 ] "These are athletic, upfront performances, clear in texture, forthright in tone and bold in articulation…But there's greater flexibility and a sly wit at work in the First Quartet." Gramophone |
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MIKE SHEPPARD
The Soul Rests Eternal Caroline Dale (cello) / English Chmaber Orchestra, Steve Sidwell [ Signum / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "It would be hard for anyone to top the humanity of Caroline Dale's interpretation. Nor her warmth, sonority and depth of tone, which just accentuates the music's sustained, almost heady emotion. The ECO support her with playing that perfectly... |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692 Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Anna Dennis (soprano), Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh Mhairi Lawson (soprano) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Opera |