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GUTO PRYDERI PUW
Reservoirs: Orchestral Works by Guto Pryderi Puw BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen [ Signum / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] " Presented with great clarity by the orchestra under Jac van Steen, they show Puw revelling in the opportunity to write challengingly for such a proficient band, though at times that enthusiasm does get the better of him...[Reservoirs] is the most i |
STRAVINSKY
Petrushka (with Liadov - Baba-Yaga, etc) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer [ Signum Records / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] "Both composers benefit from Fischer's trademark refinement. His Petrushka, notably beautiful, is graciously touching rather than violent or eruptive, and the clean-textured, superbly detailed playing from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales reminds... |
JOHN METCALF
In Time Of Daffodils Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn [ Signum / CD - released 3/Sep/2007 ] "The music, as in the other works of Metcalf, is often warmly melodic and lyrical as well as strongly expressive" (MusicWeb) |
DAVID MATTHEWS
Matthews: A Vision of the Sea BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ Signum / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] "The world of nature is never far away in Matthews's music, and two other recent orchestral works bear witness to his delight in contexts where haunting fragments of birdsong can emerge." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2021 |
BERNARD HUGHES
I Am The Song BBC Singers, Bernard Hughes [ Signum / CD - released 15/Apr/2016 ] Following in Signum's series of composer-led releases with the BBC Singers, this new disc represents the culmination of a collaboration between British composer Bernard Hughes and the choir that began in 2002. Combining modern poetry by E. E.... |
JUDITH WEIR
Storm BBC Singers, Choristers of Temple Church & Endymion, David Hill [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/May/2015 ] "We start in the cathedral, with the densely spiralling alleluias of Weir's mesmerisingly beautiful millennium anthem, All the Ends of the Earth. The simpler textures of her Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis occasionally find the choir sounding harsh up h |
JUDITH BINGHAM
Bingham: Remoter Worlds BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 24/Nov/2008 ] The BBC Singers, led by David Hill, are the UK's only full-time professional chamber choir, and their repertoire and virtuosic versatility are almost boundless. The BBC Singers regularly work with the BBC's own orchestras as well as a number of... |
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
My Dancing Day: Choral Works BBC Singers / Paul Brough [ Signum / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "Each shows the same craftsmanship and harmonic instincts; there's not a note out of place or a phrase that seems second-hand." The Guardian, 23rd August 2012 **** |
GABRIEL JACKSON
Airplane Cantata BBC Singers / Rex Lawson [ Signum Classics / CD - released 28/Jul/2014 ] Gabriel Jackson was Associate Composer with the BBC Singers from 2010 to 2013 and this disc collects the very best of this unique collaboration between composer and professional choral ensemble. The central work 'Airplane Cantata'... |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Choral Images The BBC Singers / Stephen Cleobury (with Iain Farrington, organ) [ Signum / CD - released 16/Apr/2007 ] "The BBC Singers under Stephen Cleobury give strong, passionate performances...this is strong music and it responds to strong, technically confident performances. But here, the BBC Singers go far beyond mere technical competency, creating a series of... |
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... |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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... |
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 -... |
FROST / KARLSEN
Bassoon Concerto / Parapraxis / Serenata Ensemble 96 & Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra, Ingo Ernst Reihl [ Signum / CD - released 30/May/2011 ] |
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... |
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... |
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... |
