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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor / etc Emmanuel Despax, piano [ Signum / CD - due 7/Jun/2024 ] Emmanuel Despax's eighth release for Signum Classics delves into the dramatic and visionary world of Franz Liszt, from the great Sonata in B minor to the celestail Benediction de Deur dans la solitude. |
MANU MARTIN
Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship Suite for Piano Flute and Strings Octet Mark Bebbington (piano) / Royal Philahrmonic Orchestra [ Signum / CD - due 26/Apr/2024 ] Following the full orchestral release back in 2021, Dr Susan Lim and Manu Martin bring you the Lim Fantasy of Companionship Chamber Suite. Society currently finds itself at an intersection of technology and humanity: as physical forms embedded with... |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Blue Beth & Flo (Pianos / Piano Four Hands), Grace Davidson and Julia Doyle (sopranos), Joshua Davidson (treble), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Signum / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] This is Oliver Davis' first album dedicated to the piano, and specifically two pianists, Dutch piano duo Beth & Flo. The album features this dynamic duo playing four hands piano and also on two pianos with full orchestra. The song cycle 'Siren Songs'... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
New Millennium The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge / Andrew Nethsingha (director) [ Signum / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] "Contemporary music and Commissioning have been central features of the last fifteen years at St John's. It's been a joy to work with talented student composers, singers and instrumental- ists; my own musicianship has been greatly enriched by their... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (String Quintet Versions) Emmanuel Despax (piano), Chineke Chamber Ensemble [ Signum / CD - released 29/Apr/2022 ] Following the acclaimed Brahms recording in 2021, Emmanuel Despax presents his sixth album with Signum Classics: Chopin Piano Concertos (chamber versions) with Chineke! Chamber Ensemble. "Chopin's Piano Concertos are among his first and most... |
MUHLY / BULL / PARSONS / BALDWIN / FERRABOSCO / etc
In Nomine II Fretwork [ Signum / 3 CD - released 30/Jan/2020 ] "Ravishing, too, is the recording which draws the listener directly into the heart of the ever-confiding musical discourse. This is an utterly civilised and civilising release." BBC Music Five Stars February 2020 - Chamber Choice |
MATTHEW LOCKE
Locke: The Flat Consort Fretwork [ Signum Records / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Matthew Locke was born 400 years ago in 1622, and while he is often ranked as one of England's finest composers, he is still unaccountably neglected: his music may not be as immediately appealing as his immediate successor, Henry Purcell, nor as... |
BOB CHILCOTT
Chilcott: Circlesong Houston Chamber Choir, Treble Choir of Houston, Marianna Parnas-Simpson, Robert Simpson [ Signum / CD - released 21/Jan/2022 ] "This is a most enjoyable disc which I hope will increase awareness among other choirs of these rewarding pieces, especially Circlesong." MusicWeb June 2022 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas & Ernste Gesänge Julian Bliss (clarinet), James Baillieu (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 7/May/2021 ] Julian Bliss and James Baillieu present a recording Johannes Brahms' Clarinet sonatas, Op. 120 and an arrangement of his 4 Ernste Gesänge, Op.121 arranged by Bliss. These late works were inspired by the great clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld, principal... |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davs: Flight Kerenza Peacock (violin) Huw Watkins (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Bateman [ Signum / CD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] Flight is the stunning new album of works from British composer Oliver Davis (b.1972), composed for and in collaboration with violinist Kerenza Peacock. Flight captures the spirit of movement and energy present in many of Davis's compositions, which... |
THOMAS WEELKES / WILLIAM BYRD
Tom & Will - Weelkes & Byrd: 400 Years The King's Singers & Fretwork [ Signum / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] 400 years ago, in 1623, England lost two of its greatest composers: William Byrd and Thomas Weelkes. In a pro- gramme marking this double anniversary, The King's Singers and Fretwork turn their focus to the bold personalities of these two men, Will... |
LIVE AT THE BBC PROMS
The King's Singers Live at the BBC Proms The King's Singers [ Signum Vision DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] A live and televised recording from this year's BBC Proms performance on 5th August by the most famous a cappella group ever: the King's Singers. |
TELEMANN / PISENDEL / BACH / VIVALDI / BRESCIANELLO
The Godfather: Master Of the German & Italian Baroque La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler [ Signum / CD - released 15/Nov/2019 ] "Already riding high in the classical charts, and with a very favourable mention on BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics, The Godfather is yet another hit from Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima." MusicWeb Recommended |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL & OTHERS
Handel's Queens Lucy Crowe, Mary Bevan / London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham [ Signum / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "This soundly made programme is both pleasing and intriguing." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Recital |
W. A. MOZART / ARNE / J. C. BACH / ABEL & OTHERS
Mozart In London The Mozartists, Ian Page (conductor) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 4/May/2018 ] "..the star of the show is the superb orchestra, which never sounds in the least bit perfunctory or formulaic." Gramophone Recording of the Month July 2018 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Grabmusik / Bastien und Bastienne (original version) Anna Lucia Richter (soprano) Jacques Imbrailo (baritone) Alessandro Fisher (tenor) / The Mozartists, Ian Page [ Signum / CD - released 14/Sep/2018 ] "Ian Page and his crack team - singers and players - are clearly having a lot of fun, which comes across in this excellent recording. It's a treat to experience these faint anticipations of greatness in such winning performances." Gramophone |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Solace Oliver Davis (Piano and Vocals), Kerenza Peacock, Jonathan Hill (Violins), Katherine Jenkinson, Nicholas Holland (Cellos) [ Signum / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] Recorded at the height of the international Covid lockdown, Oliver Davis's sixth album for Signum is a feat of both technological as well as artistic achievement. Following from draws together artists from across the globe for a selection of moving... |
MONTEVERDI / LEGRENZI / BORETTI / STRADELLA / MERULA
Infinite Refrain - Music of Love's Refuge Randall Scotting (counter-tenor), Jorge Navarro Colorado (tenor), Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings [ Signum / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] The first of its kind, this duet album is a musical journey that draws back the curtain that has obscured gay love-stories for centuries. |
BEETHOVEN / STRAUSS / SCHUMANN / GLAZUNOV / DUKAS / POULENC / VINTER
The Romantic Horn Richard Watkins (horn), Julius Drake (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 8/Mar/2019 ] ""This is grand, swaggering playing: two virtuosos out to bring the house down" Gramophone. |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Arcadia Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Bateman [ Signum / CD - released 10/Oct/2019 ] Oliver Davis graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 1994 and has since composed numerous concertos, ballet scores, albums, soundtracks and television scores working with many of the major London orchestras. The Infinite Ocean was composed... |
