Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova [ Lemon / CD - released 11/Oct/2010 ] |
ARVO PART / JULIA WOLFE / CAROLINE SHAW
…and… Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hillier [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] … and … …a collection of sacred music by Arvo Pärt, Julia Wolfe, Caroline Shaw, interspersed with songs from the Laudario di Cortona, Italy. |
TERRY RILEY
In C Ars Nova Copenhagen / Percurama Percussion Ensemble / Paul Hillier [ DaCapo / CD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] Terry Riley's 1964 masterpiece "In C" is probably the first masterpiece of US minimalism. From Paul Hillier of Hilliard Ensemble reknown comes a new version of this semi-improvised piece performed by mallet percussion and voices. |
GLORIA COATES
Coates: Symphony No. 15 / Cantata da Requiem / Transit Ars Nova Nuremberg / Talisker Players / Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Michael Boder [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/Jan/2008 ] Gloria Coates is one of the most startlingly individual figures on the contemporary music scene, and the most prolific female symphonist in history. Her Symphony No. 15, the newest and most ambitious work on this recording, is subtitled Homage to... |
CARDOSO / LOBO / MAGALHAES / FONSECA / etc
Portuguese Polyphony Ars Nova, Bo Holten [ Naxos Early Music Collection / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] |
Vokalensemble Nova / Klangforum Wien ao.
Lang, Bernhard - I Hate Mozart [ Col Legno / 3 CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
Bossa Nova Beatniks
Heart To Beat [ Naxos Jazz / CD ] |
JAMES MACMILLAN
Tenebrae Responsories / Missa Brevis / Strathclyde Motets Cappella Nova [ Linn ECHO / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "Effortlessly high-floating sopranos, honeyed altos, trumpet-like tenor singing and basses entering so as to give the impression of organ-stops being drawn out" - The Daily Telegraph |
JAMES MACMILLAN
MacMillan: Consecration Cappella Nova; Alan Tavener [ Linn Records / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Cappella Nova has a longstanding reputation of championing contemporary music, and its latest album Consecration is no exception. Comprising world premiere recordings in a programme specially curated by Sir James MacMillan, it includes a very... |
JAMES MACMILLAN
Who are these Angels? Cappella Nova, Alan Tavener [ Linn / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Cappella Nova present illuminating performances which perfectly capture MacMillan's profound sense of the sacred, but here the sense of looking back over the centuries is especially strong." Editor's Choice Gramophone March 2012 |
JOHN TAVENER
Tavener conducts Tavener Cappella Nova, Alan Tavener (conductor) [ Linn Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] Sing as though you are in a state of grace: you won't know what that's like, but it's lovely. (John Tavener, 1990) |
MEINRAD SCHUTTER / CHRISTIAN HENKING / LEOS JANACEK
Bap Nos - In Memoriam Meinrad Schutter Cappella Nova, Raphael Immoos, with Susanne Doll (organ) & Vera Schnider (harp) [ Guild / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] The Swiss composer Meinrad Schütter would be celebrating his 100th birthday in 2010. Reason enough and about time to finally introduce this highly original composer to an interested, international audience. |
GIOVANNI LEGRENZI
Legrenzi: Harmonia d'affetti devoti, Book 1, Op. 3 Nova Ars Cantandi, Giovanni Acciai, with Ivana Valotti (organ) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Giovanni Legrenzi was one of the most gifted and influential composers of his generation, playing a decisive role in the establishment of Baroque style in northern Italy in the latter half of the 17th century. |
CECILIA MCDOWALL
Laudate (2008) for mezzo-soprano soloist, mixed chorus and chamber orchestra / etc. City of Cambridge Choir / Orchestra Nova [ Dutton Digital / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] This disc presents a world premiere recording of works by England's "most approachable" living composer. "Cecilia McDowall has a distinctive style that speaks directly to listeners, instrumentalists and singers alike . . . [a] lovely and... |
GUILLAUME de MACHAUT
Les Motets Ensemble Musica Nova [ Zig Zag Territoires / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] The first translation of the motets into modern french and English |
GUILLAUME fde MACHAUT
Les Motets Ensemble Musica Nova, Lucien Kandel [ Aeon / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "everything on these discs gives clear evidence of the most scrupulous preparation, a constant search for the intrinsic features of each individual piece...astonishingly clean and sharply focused, though with an energy and musicianship that breathe... |
OCKEGHEM
Missa Cuiusvis Toni Ensemble Musica Nova / Lucien Kandel [ Aeon / 2 CD - released 16/Feb/2008 ] 'A landmark recording does full justice to Ockeghem's famed Mass' - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Feb 2008 |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Violin Concerto and other orchestral music Philippe Djokic / Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner [ Naxos Titner Memorial Edition 10 / CD - released 27/Sep/2010 ] "...Tintner's Delius is not quite in that category, but I have to say that he makes a very credible and creditable case for all the music on this generously-timed album." MusicWeb |
Heather Nova
300 Days at Sea [ Embassy of Music / CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] Heather's eighth studio album marks a return to the full band sound Heather used on 'Oyster' and 'Siren'; reuniting her with the original musicians and production team from that period. |
Heather Nova
Siren [ Sony & BMG Entertainment / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] This is a specially priced re-issue edition of Heather Nova's sophomore album, 'Siren', which was originally released in 1998. |