ARNOLD BAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bax: Piano Quintet in G Minor & String Quartet No. 2 David Owen Norris (piano), Mistry String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] Recorded: 29 March 1990 |
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Songs Mary Bevan (soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone) & David Owen Norris (piano) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2017 ] "the powerful Tennyson cycle The Window, George Herbert's Sweet Day and many others - thanks to Norris's inspired direction - make you realise what a fine, underrated songwriter Sullivan was." Sunday Times |
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: The Harmonious Echo Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo), Ben Johnson (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), David Owen-Norris (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] Although most widely remembered for his operettas in partnership with W.S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan was the most famous of all British composers of the nineteenth century. He was revered as a composer of oratorios, and was urged by Queen Victoria... |
RICHARD ARNELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnell: Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 2 "Fufus" David Owen Norris (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 19/Feb/2007 ] "... Yates draws superb playing from the RSNO ... and all in all this is a very welcome release. Music of this quality manifestly does not deserve the long-time neglect which has befallen it." International Record Review, May 2007 |
QUILTER
Folk-Song Arrangements / Part-Songs for Women's Voices (Complete) Amanda Pitt (soprano) Joanne Thomas (mezzo-soprano) Philip Langridge (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone) David Owen Norris (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 11 / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] "A worthy addition to British song history. Quilter enhances traditional tunes with understated, self effacing arrangements" (MusicWeb June 2005) |
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) |
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 |
MONTAGUE PHILLIPS
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 David Owen Norris (piano) / BBC Concert Orchestra / Gavin Sutherland [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 26/Apr/2008 ] In the 1960s the second of these was often heard on the BBC, but the first has not been heard for more than ninety years, the music found after a search of the family attic. Both are brilliantly played by pianist David Owen Norris, and will delight... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: The Jupiter Project David Owen Norris (piano), Katy Bircher (flute), Caroline Balding (violin), Andrew Skidmore (cello) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] An intriguing re-creation of how Mozart's largescale orchestral works might have been encountered in Georgian Britain, realized by the kind of ensemble which played such a prominent role in its musical life. |
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. |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Piano Concerto (Completed Walker) / The Immortial Legions / Spanish Serenade op.23 / etc David Owen-Norris (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra (David Lloyd Jones) & the BBC Singers [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 18/Mar/2005 ] "Concerto: majestic, extremely impressive ... captured with craggy mastery. Enthusiastically recommended to Elgarians everywhere" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
ARTHUR SOMERVELL
Maud & A Shropshire Lad David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) David Owen Norris (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 25/Feb/2002 ] 'I cannot recommend this disc highly enough. To list the outstanding moments would take too long. Very highly recommended' (Classic CD) |
MURIEL HERBERT
Songs James Gilchrist (tenor) Alison Tynan (soprano) David Owen Norris (piano) [ LINN / CD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] "If her music is innately conservative, her harmonic palette and melodic invention are individual; these songs linger in the memory." The Guardian, 29th May 2009 **** |
Jayson Norris
Freedom To Live [ CD ] |
Jayson Norris
Save My Soul [ CD - released 2/May/2014 ] It's been 3 years since London based Kiwi Jayson Norris released his sophomore album Freedom Twenty Eight and after tirelessly touring the LP, the long awaited follow up is almost here. Jayson's latest offering Save My Soul is a diverse 5 track EP... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Complete Scottish Songs Mark Wilde (tenor) / Lucy Wakeford (harp), David owen Norris (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2011 ] "The mood is mostly bleak, haunted and haunting: this is Britten at his most austerely romantic and melancholy." (Daily Telegraph) |
Jayson Norris
Freedom Twenty Eight [ LOOP Recordings / CD - released 17/Jan/2011 ] A dynamic blend of sounds, subject matter and genres which conveys Jayson's explosive and diverse live show, capturing the soul and emotion of his music and heartfelt lyrics. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Entertaining Miss Austen: Newly discovered music from Jane Austen's family collection Amanda Pitt (soprano), John Lofthouse (baritone) & David Owen Norris (piano) [ Dutton / CD - released 7/Jul/2011 ] Recorded at the Music Room, Hatchlands, Surrey, 18-19 November 2009 |
Rigby/Savidge/Norris
Bantock: Songs/Ghazals/Celtic [ Dutton / CD - released 4/Nov/2002 ] |
JOSEPH HOROVITZ
Four Concertos: Concertos for clarinet, euphonium, violin & piano Steven Mead (euphonium) Fiona Cross (clarinet) Andrew Haveron (violin) David Owen Norris (piano) / Orchestra conducted by the composer [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] The entertaining concertos of Joe Horovitz are not as well-known as those of Malcolm Arnold, but are every bit as engaging, encompassing the composer’s well-known rapprochement between jazz elements and formal classical procedures. |