More By Artist: Oliver N'Goma
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Harrison Birtwistle (The Soldier), George Benjamin (The Devil), Dame Harriet Walter (narrator) Royal Academy of Music, Oliver Knussen
Stravinsky: A Soldier's Tale [ Linn / CD - released 25/Mar/2017 ] For his debut recording with Linn, conductor Oliver Knussen has assembled an impressive cast of contemporary composers for The Soldier's Tale: Harrison Birtwistle as the soldier and George Benjamin as the Devil, with actress Dame Harriet Walter as... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Anthem: Great British Hymns & Choral Works Huddersfield Choral Society, Thomas Trotter (organ), Aidan Oliver (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "Here is a large, full-bodied choir, singing in full voice and clearly having an absolute ball…Seek it out for the grandeur and gloriously robust sound of some great British coronation anthems sung with fervour and virile muscularity" MusicWeb |
DORA PEJACEVIC
Klavierkonzert op.33 Ingeborg Danz (Alt), Oliver Triendl (Klavier), Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Howard Griffiths [ CPO / CD - released 24/Mar/2015 ] |
WALTER SCOTT
Ivanhoe (Abridged) Jonathan Oliver [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Written in 1819 but set in 12th-century England, Ivanhoe is a tale of love struggling to survive against a violent backdrop of politics and war. Wilfred of Ivanhoe was thrown out of his father's home when he fell in love with his father Cedric's... |
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Jones Oliver & Skip Bey
Then & Now [ CD ] |
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King Oliver
Oh Play That Thing! [ Naxos Jazz Legends / CD - released 3/Mar/2003 ] |
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
Melencolia 1 for clarinet and orchestra / Ritual Fragment / Meridian Antony Pay (clarinet) / London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen [ NMC / CD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] "Needless to say, the performances, as one would expect from Oliver Knussen and the London Sinfonietta, are exemplary... no one should hesitate before acquiring this indispensable disc." Tempo 1993 |
HANS WERNER HENZE
Henze: Undine (complete ballet) London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen [ Decca Ballet Edition / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2013 ] "So good you can almost imagine the staging for yourself." (Gramophone) |
COPLAND
Orchestral Works (Incl Rodeo, El Salon México & Billy The Kid) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman / The Cleveland Orchestra, Oliver Knussen [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "They know how to party in Baltimore. I need hardly say how good the Argo sound is. When it comes to a showdown-and I'm thinking of bassdrum bucking broncos as well as gunfight rim-shots-you are right in the line of fire." (Gramophone) |
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Taverner (opera in two acts) Martyn Hill, David Wilson-Johnson / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen [ NMC / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "conductor Oliver Knussen keeps the goals in view and the climaxes in proportion, with the strings of the BBC SO tirelessly eloquent in the searing final stages." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Opera |
LEO BROUWER / JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Guitar Concertos Miguel Trápaga (guitar) / Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Óliver Díaz [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] "[Trápaga] is highly attuned to the different sound worlds of the Brouwer and the Rodrigo and, together with the Real Filharmonía de Galicia under Óliver Díaz, creates another kind of musical conversation that is vibrant, exciting and revealing in eq |
HEINRICH von HERZOGENBERG
Piano Quintet op. 17 in C major / String Quartet op. 63 in F minor Minguet Quartett with Oliver Triendl, piano [ CPO / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] This CD marks the first of three volumes of Heinrich von Herzogenberg's complete string quartets. The series will present interpretations by the Minguet Quartett and other chamber works by this long forgotten composer, whose works of this genre... |
MARK ANTHONY TURNAGE
On All Fours / Lament for a Hanging Man / Sarabande / Release Nash Ensemble / Oliver Knussen [ NMC / CD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] Four imaginative and evocative works by this now well-known contemporary figure: On All Fours and Release are exciting instrumental displays demanding a characteristic battery of percussion, while Lament for a Hanging Man sets texts by Sylvia Plath. |
ELLIOTT CARTER
Dialogues / Boston Concerto / Cello Concerto / ASKO Concerto Nicolas Hodges (piano) Fred Sherry (cello) / London Sinfonietta / BBC Symphony / Oliver Knussen [ Bridge Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] London Sinfonietta & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen |
GALINA USTVOLSKAYA
Ustvolskaya: Symphonies 1-5 Oliver Barlow (treble), Arlo Murray (treble), Barbara Kozelj (contralto), Sergej Merkusjev (narrator), Joonas Ahonen (piano), London Philharmonic Orch [ BIS SACD / CD - released 24/Oct/2025 ] Galina Ustvolskaya was a profoundly original composer, unrivalled in the extremism of her style, who was largely ignored during her lifetime. Fiercely independent, Ustvolskaya created highly expressive, even violent music that sounds like the work of... |
MARK BOWDEN
Bowden: Sudden Light Oliver Coates (cello), Julian Warburton (percussion), Hyeyoon Park (violin), Huw Watkins (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (co [ NMC / CD - released 16/Jan/2017 ] "the systems Bowden sets up [in Sudden Light] generate climaxes of great power, and his confidence in handling such large orchestral forces is unmistakable." The Guardian |
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... |
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Oliver Jones
Just In Time [ Justin Time / CD - released 1/May/2000 ] One of finest pianists in jazz. A broad & technically flawless beam |
ALEXANDER GOEHR
Goehr: Marching to Carcassonne Oliver Knussen / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Peter Serkin (piano), London Sinfonietta [ NAXOS / CD - released 13/Feb/2013 ] Alexander Goehr is a central fi gure of the post-war Manchester School of composers with Birtwistle and Maxwell Davies. His work is recognized today for its assimilation of intellectual rigour with transparent expressiveness and richly haunting... |
SAINT-SAENS / MOUSSA / SAARIAHO
Saint-Saëns, Moussa & Saariaho: Orchestral Works Oliver Latry (organ) & Jean-Willy Kunz (organ) / Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano [ Analekta / CD - released 22/Feb/2016 ] Here is the recording of the inaugural concerts of the Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique at Maison symphonique de Montréal, which feature the great organists Oliver Latry and Jean-Willy Kunz alongside the OSM and Kent Nagano. For grandeur and majesty, few... |
