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. |
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 |
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... |
Cadence Ensemble
Expressia - Armenian Metamorph [ Signum / CD - released 28/Jul/2008 ] |
Cadence Ensemble
Expressia - Tangos And Fantasi [ Signum / CD - released 27/Oct/2008 ] |
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... |
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... |
Callow/Caput Ensemble
Hallgrimsson: Mini Stories [ Signum / CD - released 30/Nov/2009 ] |
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) |
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... |
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... |
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 |
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... |
JONATHAN DOVE
There Was a Child CBSO Chorus / CBSO Youth Chorus / CBSO Children's Chorus / City of Birmingham Symphony / Simon Halsey [ Signum / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "This is a live recording of an astonishingly assured performance...One might have preferred a less operatic voice than that of Joan Rodgers in this work, but this fine singer's performance is nonethless a most affecting one." (International Record... |
GIACOMO PUCCCINI
Puccini: La Bohème Celine Byrne (soprano), Anna Devin (soprano), Irish National Opera, Sergio Alapont (conductor) [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2022 ] The Paris of love and art. A poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher. Living hand to mouth in a freezing garret. Christmas cheer and a heart won by girl next door. The tragedies of love and poverty. Puccini's best-loved opera is touching,... |
Chaelppe Du Roi
Tallis:music For Divine Office [ Signum / CD - released 8/Apr/2002 ] |
Chapelle Du Roi
Music For Philip Of Spain [ Signum / CD - released 8/Apr/2002 ] |
Chapelle Du Roi
Tallis: Lamentations [ Signum / CD - released 13/Sep/2004 ] |
Chapelle Du Roi
Tallis: Music At Reformation [ Signum / CD - released 8/Apr/2002 ] |
THOMAS TALLIS
Complete Works Vol 7: Music for Queen Elizabeth Chapelle du Roi / Alistair Dixon [ Signum / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "an exceptionally high standard of singing ... the crowning splendour is a magisterial 'Spem in alium' ... a breath-taking climax ... the Tallis complete works is one of the most exciting projects currently underway on any early music label.... |