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COLIN MATTHEWS
No Man's Land / Crossing The Alps / Aftertones Roderick Williams (baritone) Ian Bostridge (tenor) / halle Youth Choir, Halle Choir, Nicholas Collon, Richard Wilberforce [ Halle / CD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] Hallé marks the centenary of the First World War with a recording of award winning work by Composer Emeritus Colin Matthews. The main work on the recording, No Man's Land follows on from Matthews' very positive collaboration with Christopher Reid... |
ROXANA PANUFNIK
Roxana Panufnik: Heartfelt Roderick Williams (baritone), Robin Ashwell, Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Hannah Dawson, Andy Marshall, Any Harman, Charles Owen (piano), Mary Bevan (sopra [ Signum / CD - released 21/May/2021 ] Since Westminster Mass (2000) established Roxanna Panufnik's firm place among today'sleading British composers, she has often been celebrated for her choral music. Her instrumental and chamber works, however, are equally striking, filled with... |
RODRIGO
Concierto de Aranjuez (with works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco & Villa-Lobos) Norbert Kraft (guitar) / Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2009 ] "Norbert Kraft is not yet a household name but if his publicity ever matches his quality he certainly should attain that status" - Gramophone |
PIERSON / RAWSTHORNE / MORGAN / ARNOLD / etc
Premieres & Encores Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / London Philharmonic Orchestra / London Syphony Orchestra / Vernon Handley / John Pritchard / Nicholas Braithwaite [ Lyrita / CD - released 18/Jan/2008 ] In the Britain, Scandinavia and the Netherlands edition of the Twentieth Century Composers series, Humphrey Searle commented on Alan Rawsthorne: "I feel that his contribution to English music is as important as that of any composer working in England... |
ARTHUR BENJAMIN
Symphony / North American Square Dance Suite / etc. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Myer Fredman / London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth [ Lyrita / CD - released 12/Apr/2007 ] "Benjamin's light and serious sides generously represented in vivid performances and with recording to match" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb March 2007) |
MAHLER / BARTOK / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRAHMS / LUTOSLAWSKI / JANACEK
Das irdische Leben - (Earthly Life) Salome Haller (soprano) & Nicholas Kruger (piano) [ Zig zag Territories / CD - released 13/Oct/2007 ] 'What strikes me, in performing this programme, is of course its intrinsic musical value and its richness; but also its expression of a folk imagination whose themes are far removed from the preoccupations of the loquacious poetasters who inhabited... |
J.S. BACH
Magnificat BWV243 / Cantata 'Ich habe genug' BWV82 Scola Cantorum of Oxford / Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "These are really marvellous recordings...the music is fluid and uplifting" - Manchester Evening News (U.K.) |
HAYDN / LIGETI
Haydn / Ligeti: Concertos & Capriccios Shai Wosner (piano) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon [ Onyx / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "naturally it is in Ligeti's 1988 Piano Concerto that the DNSO get to unfurl their full colours…from this dazzling display of colour and sound, soloist and ensemble convey a fundamental humanity so appealing...Shai Wosner's finest recording to date" |
JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Brass at Christmas Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Black Dyke Band, Darius Battiwalla, Nicholas Childs [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] John Rutter is probably the most acclaimed and successful composer of carols alive today. His large selection of popular sacred choral pieces in the genre reflect and celebrate the Christmas story. Rutter's unerring sense of melody combined with a... |
LECLAIR
Violin Sonatas, Nos 1, 3, 5 & 8 Simon Standage (violin) / Nicholas Parle (harpsichord) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] -- 'What an exquisite recording this is! Presented under the overall title 'Excess of Good Taste', this performance of music by Leclair and his contemporaries fully justifies its name.' Goldberg |
LOTTA WENNÄKOSKI
Wennäkoski: Sigla / Sedecim / Flounce Sivan Magen (harp) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] "This is music that knows exactly where it is going and is happy to bring its audience along with it." Gramophone Award WINNER 2023 - Contemporary |
WIENIAWSKI / VIEUXTEMPS / CONUS
Violin Concertos Soo Hyun Park (violin), Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Nicholas Milton [ Onyx / CD - released 17/Mar/2013 ] Soo-Hyun Park was unanimously awarded the Prix Groupe Edmond de Rothschild in January 2012, at the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad. The prize offers the winner the opportunity to record their debut recording with an orchestra. |
BRIAN ELIAS
Brian Elias: Electra Mourns Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais) / Psappha, Nicholas Kok / Britten Sinfonia, Clark Rundell [ NMC / CD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] The title work on this new album by Brian Elias sets text from 'Electra', a 5th Century BC play by the Greek dramatist Sophocles. It is sung in the original ancient Greek by mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley, accompanied by cor anglais and string... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete 1742 Dublin version) Susan Hamilton (Soprano) Annie Gill (contralto) Clare Wilkinson (contralto) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) / Dunedin Consort / John Butt (Director) [ Linn SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] "the first recording to seriously explore the version and performing forces that Handel used for his legendary Dublin premiere of his most famous oratorio" GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARDS WINNER 2007 - Baroque Vocal |
HANDEL
Acis and Galatea (Original Cannons performing version, 1718) Susan Hamilton (Soprano) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Thomas Hobbs (tenor) / Dunedin Consort / John Butt (Director) [ Linn SACD / 2 SACD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "…the performance is utterly magical. The five singers and the band are beautifully in proportion with each other, an Linn's sound recording is stunningly good." Gramophone Magazine, Disc of the Month January 2009 |
HANDEL
Esther (First reconstruction version, 1720) Susan Hamilton (Soprano) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Thomas Hobbs (tenor) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) / Dunedin Consort / John Butt (Director) [ Linn SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2012 ] "Butt's direction combines spontaneous freshness with a care for expressive phrasing and precise colouring. The 11-strong chorus - the solo cast plus reinforcement - is vital incisive, packing a fair punch even in the ceremonial final chorus." Gramophone |
GYORGY KURTAG
The Edge of Silence: Works for Voice by György Kurtág Susan Narucki (soprano), Donald Berman (piano), Curtis Macomber (violin), Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom), Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass) [ AVIE / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] Grammy Award-winning American soprano Susan Narucki, one of today's most committed advocates of the music of our time, has a deep and lasting working relationship with Hungarian composer György Kurtág which dates back to 1986. Susan's luminouS... |
JOHN RUTTER / MOZART / WESLEY / SCHUMANN / PARRY / BURGON / etc
Light of the World Tewkesbury Abbey School Choir / Benjamin Nicholas (director) with Andrew Swait (treble) [ Signum / CD - released 2/Mar/2006 ] Andrew Swait was only ten years old when this disc was made - his voice was the original inspiration for the disc - and it features his outstandingly colourful tone quality and musicianship. |
WOLFGANG RIHM
Complete Works for Violin and Piano Tianwa Yang (violin) Nicholas Rimmer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] Wolfgang Rihm is one of the world's most eminent and prolific composers. His works for violin and piano encompass almost his entire compositional career, from Hekton in 1972 to the solo violin Über die Linie VII in 2006. Each draws on a wide range of... |
GEORGE ANTHEIL
Antheil: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 - 4 Tianwa Yang (violin) Nicholas Rimmer (Piano, drums) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] New Jersey-born George Antheil traveled to Europe in 1922 determined to become "noted and notorious" as a pianist-composer, soon gaining a reputation as the "bad boy of music" with works such as the infamous Ballet mécanique. |
