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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Songs & Piano Music [2 CDs] Amanda Pitt (soprano) Mark Wilde (tenor) Peter Savidge (baritone) David Owen Norris (1844 Broadwood Square Piano) [ Avie / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "A veritable treasure-trove." (BBC Radio 3) |
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DVORAK / SUK / JANACEK
Augustin Hadelich: Bohemian Tales Augustin Hadelich (violin), Charles Owen (piano), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jakub Hruša [ Warner Classics / CD - released 3/Jul/2020 ] " A superb disc on all counts." Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2020 |
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JONATHAN DOVE / GORDON JACOB / EDWARD MCGUIRE
Three British Accordion Concertos: Dove, Jacob, McGuire Owen Murray (accordion), BBC Concert Orchestra, James MacMillan (cond.) [ Toccata Next / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] The development of an original classical repertoire for the accordion began with Mogens Ellegaard in his native Denmark and his student, the Scot Owen Murray, in the UK. In 1976 Ellegaard gave the first broadcast performance of Gordon Jacob's... |
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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. |
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Egk, Werne
Irische Legende Borkh, Owen, Benningsen, Klose, Litto, Böhme,Berry, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, George Szell [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2001 ] |
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JOHN IRELAND / ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Ireland & Moeran: Choral Music The Carice Singers, George Parris, with David Owen Norris (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Nov/2016 ] "A very fine disc of music that is richly rewarding for both listener and choir." MusicWeb |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
The Young Schumann: Carnaval, Papillons, Intermezzi, Abegg Variations Charles Owen [ AVIE / CD - released 15/Nov/2024 ] The Young Schumann, the new release by British pianist Charles Owen, is a musical narrative of Robert Schumann's early career, featuring works written in the 1830s when the composer was in his 20s His first two published works, Abegg Variations... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms Late Piano Music Opp. 76, 79, 116-119 Charles Owen (piano) [ AVIE / 2 CD - released 16/Sep/2018 ] Steinway ambassador, Guildhall professor and co-founder of the London Piano Festival, Charles Owen turns to the late piano works by Johannes Brahms for his latest AVIE release. Within this collection of Capriccios, Rhapsodies and Intermezzi... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: The Two-Piano Suites, Six Morceaux Op. 11 Charles Owen (piano) / Katya Apekisheva (piano) [ AVIE / CD - released 5/Jan/2018 ] Pianist Charles Owen and his regular duo partner Katya Apekisheva turn to Rachmaninov's diverse Suites for two pianos, and the composer's atmospheric Six Morceaux, for their first joint recording for AVIE. The co-founders of the London Piano... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Cermony Of Carols The Choir of Queen's College, Oxford, Owen Rees (cond), Lucy Wakeford (harp), Laurence John (organ) [ Signum / CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The juxtaposition of old and new which lies at the heart of much Christmas music lends this recording by the mixed-voice Choir of The Queen's College Oxford its theme. The repertoire ranges in period from Hildegard of Bingen to pieces composed during... |
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DAVID BEDNALL
Welcome All Wonders: A Christmas Cantata The Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford / Owen Rees [ Signum / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] 'Welcome all Wonders: A Christmas Cantata' is a large-scale work for choir, organ and trumpet spanning 15 movements. It celebrates the Christmas story through an imaginative selection and juxtaposition of poetry and liturgical texts, and provides a... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Crown of Life Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford, Owen Rees [ Signum / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] The Crown of Life continues the Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford's exploration of overlooked treasures in twentieth-century English choral music under Owen Rees. At its centre is the first recording of Kenneth Leighton's Missa Christi (1988), the... |
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JOHN TAVERNER
Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi trinitas Contrapunctus, Choir of Queens College, Oxford, Owen Rees [ Signum / CD - released 20/Feb/2019 ] Owen Rees leads early-music consort Contrapunctus alongside The Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford in performances of John Taverner's masterwork, the Missa Gloria tibi trinitas. A virtuosic work, it has pride of place in the Forrest-Heyther... |
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BYRD / MUNDY / PARSONS / SHEPPARD / TALLIS / etc
In the Midst of Life: Music from the Baldwin Partbooks I Contrapunctus, Owen Rees [ Signum Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] 'Their debut was shortlisted in last year's Awards - their second release is just as accomplished; each of these powerfully contemplative works beautifully shaped and sung.' (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Early Music) |
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MORALES / GUERRERO / VICTORIA / TRADITIONAL / DESPRES
Salve, Salve, Salve: Josquin's Spanish Legacy Contrapunctus, Owen Rees [ Signum / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Coupling powerful interpretations with path-breaking scholarship, Contrapunctus presents music by the best-known composers as well as unfamiliar masterpieces. |
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MORALES / GUERRERO / VICTORIA / TRADITIONAL / DESPRES
Salve, Salve, Salve: Josquin's Spanish Legacy Contrapunctus, Owen Rees [ Signum / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] Coupling powerful interpretations with path-breaking scholarship, Contrapunctus presents music by the best-known composers as well as unfamiliar masterpieces. T |
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BYRD / MUNDY / ANONYMOUS / PARSONS / WHITE
The Sweetest Songs: Music from the Baldwin Partbooks III Contrapunctus, Owen Rees [ Signum / CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Early Music |
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TAVENER / FAYRFAX / TALLIS / SHEPPARD
Virgin and Child: Music From the Baldwin Partbooks II Contrapunctus, Owen Rees [ Signum / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "The first track here is one of the most astonishing, sustained 18 minutes of polyphony you will ever hear" The Guardian |
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BYRD / TALLIS / CARDOSO / MONTE
Libera Nos - The Cry of the Oppressed Contrapunctus, Owen Rees [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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David Owen Norris, square pianos, with Sonnerie: Monica Huggett, Emilia Benjamin - violins; Joseph Crouch, cello
The World's First Piano Concertos (Bach, Abel. Hayes, Hook, etc) [ Avie / CD - released 1/May/2003 ] Performed on the tiny square piano that dominated the European keyboard market for about 15 years in the late 18th century. |