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Group For Contemporary Music
Druckman: String Quartets 2/3 [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Apr/2006 ] |
DRUCKMAN
String Quartets Nos. 2 and 3 Group for Contemporary Music [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] "A fine release of rewarding music well performed and recorded" (MusicWeb June 2006) |
CHARLES WUORINEN
Wuorinen: String Sextet / String Quartet No. 2 / Piano Quintet / Divertimento Group for Contemporary Music / Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society / Tashi [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] "If you are up for a challenge then you will certainly find plenty to spar with on this disc" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
CHARLES WUORINEN
The Dante Trilogy The Group for Contemporary Music [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Charles Wuorinen's Dante Trilogy is a sequence of three ballets written in the 90s for Peter Martins and the New York City Ballet, inspired by the three books of the Divine Comedy." American Record Guide |
MORTON FELDMAN
String Quartet (1979) The Group For Contemporary Music [ NAXOS / CD ] "Morton Feldman's mind worked in a manner unlike that of any other composer. This fact alone makes him important and his music riveting." --Review by Phillip Scott, Fanfare |
Guitar Music from Cuba
Marco Tamayo, guitar [ Naxos Guitar Collection / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] Cuban culture is essentially an amalgam of three dominant factors: 400 years of Spanish colonial rule, ending in 1901; the impact of religion as a result of white and African slave immigration; and the 60-year exposure to North American culture,... |
HANDEL
Concerti Grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317 The Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "The Academy of Ancient Music is in world-beating form once more with this magnificent Handel disc. Egarr and the musicians play with dynamism and warmth which suggests that Egarr's tenure with this band is going to be a rewarding one. Long may it... |
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... |
Hesperion XXI (early music ensemble), Jordi Savall (viola da gamba)
Oriente Lux [ Alia Vox / 2 CD - released 21/Jul/2023 ] Over the last 15 years, Jordi Savall has been exploring the links between Western and Eastern repertoires because he regards this work as a way to develop a better mutual understanding. In this new album, Hespèrion XXI plays alongside the ensemble... |
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SIMONE de BONEFONT
Simone de Bonefont: Missa pro Mortuis Huelgas-Ensemble (early music ensemble) / Ensemble Huelgas, Paul Van Nevel [ Cypres / CD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] International Classical Music Awards 2021 WINNER - Early Music |
Ipelegang Ensemble & Serankure Music Arts
Master Drummers of Africa [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] |
PROKOFIEV / KHACHATURIAN / SHOSTAKOVICH / GLIERE / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Wind Band Classics Jacques Mauger (trombone) / Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra / Clark Rundell [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] '..the performances get the thumbs up. Chandos' recording engineers have done their work with the necessary bravado.' - International Record Review |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 / Octet in E flat major, Op. 20 James Ehnes (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy / Seattle Chamber Music Octet [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "The first thing that hits you about Ehnes's reading is the rhythmic propulsion of the concerto's outer movements, which lifts the music, revealing its glorious bone-structure." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, February 2011 |
BARBER / BERNSTEIN / CARTER / COPLAND / IVES
American Chamber Music American Chamber Music James Ehnes (violin) / Seattle Chamber Music Society [ ONYX / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] James Ehnes and friends from the Seattle Chamber Music Society hit the road on a fascinating journey through chamber music by some of the giants of 20th-century American classical music. Aaron Copland's masterful Violin Sonata, Leonard Bernstein's... |
J. S. BACH
Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245 James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, Sophie Bevan, Iestyn Davies, Benedict Kearns / Academy of Ancient Music & King's College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Cleobu [ King's College SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 15/May/2017 ] "The Academy of Ancient Music retains it standing as one of the best period music ensembles in the world, King's College nonpareil among contemporary sacred music bands, and the recording gorgeously captured in a venue most of us are quite familiar." |
FRANZ LISZT
The Very Best of Liszt Jeno Jando (Piano) Peter Nagy (Piano) / Franz Liszt Academy of Music Orchestra / Matyas Antal (Conductor) and many more [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] A selection of Liszt's most popular piano and orchestral pieces. |
ALAN HOVHANESS
Hovhaness: Symphonies Nos. 4, 20 and 53 John Wallace (trumpet) / Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Wind Orchestra / Keith Brion (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 16/Dec/2005 ] "Anyone interested in the composer or in 20th century wind music will find this to be a worthwhile bargain" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
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Johnny Almond Music Machine
Hollywood Blues [ Vocalion / CD - released 19/May/2008 ] |
ROGER SESSIONS
String Quintet / String Quartet No. 1 / Canons Joshua Gordon (Cello) / Group for Contemporary Music [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 17/Jun/2006 ] "With expert performances and reprised notes this is a self-recommending disc. Those unconvinced by the quintet may yet revel in the quartet, a work well worth getting to know – and at this price there’s no reason not to." (MusicWeb June 2006) |
