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ID: SIGCD012
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Baroque
Subcollection: Harpsichord
Harpsichords:
Von Nagel (Paris) 1988, after Michael Mietke (Partitas 1, 3 and 6)
Michael Johnson 1996, after Goermans-Taskin (Partitas 2, 4 and 5)
Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the following:
Birmingham Conservatoire, for providing a research grant in aid of this project, and for the loan of the instruments
Dr Richard D.P.Jones for providing a pre-publication copy of the revised Kritischer Bericht of the Neue Bach Ausgabe edition of the partitas. |
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ID: SIGCD021
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Violin
This two disc set of Heinrich von Biber's Rosary or Mystery Sonatas presents the complete set of fifteen sonatas and the concluding passacaglia which appears in the sole surviving Munich manuscript.
The sonatas each correspond to the fifteen mysteries or meditations on the life of Christ. The meditations are traditionally grouped into three groups of five; Joyful - his early life, Sorrowful - his passion; Glorious - his ressurection.
In writing the sonatas Biber uses scordatura, tuning the strings to a different set of notes for each sonata. This achieves technical feats impossible with normal tuning and results in different sonorities resulting from the varying amounts of pressure from the strings and achieving the different desired mood for each sonata. For the violinist, this involves a constant contradiction between sight and sound, for what he sees is not be what he hears!
Walter Reiter's recording of the Mystery Sonatas is the culmination of a seven year labour of love and is in his own words, is his "most powerfully artistic experience to date". |
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ID: SIGCD014
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Baroque
Traditionally known as the composer of the Four Seasons and the Gloria, the work of Cecilia Bartoli has shown that lesser-known works of the red priest from Venice can become hit records too.
Now Signum Records are delighted to introduce a two disc set on period instruments of the 12 Violin Sonatas, Opus 2. Cordaria features internationally-renowned baroque violinist Walter Reiter, "an artist who transcends authenticity to enter the universal" as one critic wrote, and an eminent continuo team of harpsichord, cello and theorbo.
Written in 1708, just before the 'L'estro armonico' concertos, these sonatas contain all the passion and the virtuosity, all the lyricism and emotion, which have made the concertos so eternally popular. In the words of the great Vivaldi scholar Michael Talbot, "Op. 2 is fully Vivaldian and certainly deserves to take its place among his other masterworks." |
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ID: SIGCD113
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
Proving that Jill Crossland “well deserves her enviable reputation as a Bach pianist” (BBC Music Magazine), this superb recording of Bach’s Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1, is a great way to start the New Year on Signum. Colloquially known as the “48” from the two books of twenty-four preludes and fugues, these works form one of the great landmarks of keyboard repertoire.
Bach’s own description from the title page of his copy of Book 1 reads -
“Preludes & Fugues through all tones and semitones including (both) major & minor (keys).”
Schumann even referred to the work as his
“daily bread”.
Revered for her performances of Bach, Jill Crossland gives
concerts across the world, first performing the complete
Well-tempered Clavier from memory as a student in
Manchester. |
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ID: SIGCD139
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Vocal and Piano
Ann Murray, Roderick Williams with Iain Burnside (piano)
The first in a two part set of Beethoven's Lieder und Gesänge. Beethoven himself was not a keen song writer, yet despite this almost half of his total works call for a voice. This disc includes some of the best of those compositions.
Ann Murray has appeared with some of the world's greatest orchestras and conductors, her discography reflects both her broad concert and operatic repertoire and also her great operatic roles.
Roderick Williams is active in the opera house, on the concert platform and in recital, encompassing a repertoire from baroque to world premieres. He has performed with all BBC orchestras and other acclaimed ensembles internationally.
Iain Burnside enjoys a unique reputation as pianist and broadcaster and is most recognised for his collaborations with leading international singers. This will be Iain's sixth disc with Signum Classics. |
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ID: SIGCD348
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Opera
Alan Oke
Alexandra Hutton
Britten-Pears Orchestra
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Charles Rice
Charmian Bedford
Chorus Of Opera North
Chorus Of The Guildhall School Of Music & Drama
Christopher Gillett
David Kempster
Gaynor Keeble
Giselle Allen
Henry Waddington
Robert Murray
Stephen Richardson
Steuart Bedford
2CD SET
CD1
Prologue
[1] Peter Grimes (Hobson, Swallow, Peter) 1.32
[2] You sailed your boat round the coast
(Swallow, Peter, Mrs. Sedley, Hobson, Ellen,
Chorus) 3.20
[3] Peter Grimes, I here advise you (Swallow,
Hobson, Peter, Chorus) 2.10
[4] The truth - the pity - and the truth (Peter,
Ellen) 1.55
[5] Interlude I: Dawn 2:47
ACT I
Scene 1
[6] Oh, hang at open doors (Auntie, Boles,
Balstrode, Chorus) 4.21
[7] Good morning, good morning! (Rector,
Nieces, Mrs. Sedley, Ned, Swallow, Auntie,
Boles, Balstrode, Chorus) 1.05
[8] Hi! Give us a hand (Peter, Boles, Balstrode,
Ned, Auntie, Hobson) 3.22
[9] I’ll have to go from pub to pub (Hobson,
Ellen, Ned, Chorus) 1.54
[10] Let her among you without fault (Ellen,
Hobson, Mrs. Sedley, Ned) 3.00
[11] Look! The storm cone! (Balstrode, Ned,
Boles, Chorus) 2.35
[12] And do you prefer the storm (Balstrode,
Peter) 3.24
[13] They listen to money (Peter, Balstrode) 1.35
[14] What harbour shelters peace (Peter) 1.02
[15] Interlude II: Storm 4.05
Scene 2
[16] Past time to close (Auntie, Mrs. Sedley,
Balstrode, Boles, Nieces) 2.22
[17] Loud man (Auntie, Nieces, Mrs. Sedley)
1.00
[18] There’s been a landslide up the coast
(Fisherman, Boles, Balstrode, Auntie) 0.59
[19] No, I mean love (Boles, Balstrode, Chorus)
0.32
[20] Pub conversation should depend (Balstrode,
Chorus) 1.19
[21] Have you heard the cliff is down (Ned,
Auntie, Mrs. Sedley, Chorus) 1.34
[22] Now the Great Bear and Pleiades (Peter,
Nieces, Boles, Balstrode, Auntie, Chorus) 3.34
[23] For peace sake (Balstrode, Peter) 2.29
[24] The bridge is down (Hobson, Ned, Ellen,
Boles, Auntie, Nieces, Peter) 1.27
ACT II
[25] Interlude III: Sunday Morning 2.26
Scene 1
[26] Glitter of waves (Ellen) 1.29
[27] Now that the daylight fills the sky (Ellen,
Rector, Chorus) 3.39
[28] Child you’re not too young (Ellen, Rector,
Peter, Chorus) 3.11
[29] This unrelenting work (Ellen, Peter, Chorus)
4.18
[30] Fool to let it come to this (Auntie, Ned,
Boles, Mrs. Sedley, Balstrode, Swallow, Nieces,
Rector, Chorus) 3.13
[31] People ... No! I will speak! (Boles,
Balstrode, Rector, Auntie, Ellen, Chorus) 2.09
Total time - 73.32
CD2
ACT II
Scene 1 (continued)
[1] We planned that their lives (Ellen, Rector,
Mrs. Sedley, Boles, Ned, Nieces, Auntie,
Balstrode, Hobson, Swallow, Chorus) 2.15
[2] Shall we go and see Grimes in his hut?
(Rector, Swallow, Balstrode, Mrs. Sedley, Boles,
Chorus) 0.47
[3] Now gossip is put on trial (Chorus) 2.02
[4] From the gutter (Nieces, Auntie, Ellen) 4.01
[5] Interlude IV: Passacaglia 5.29
Scene 2
[6] Go there (Peter) 1.54
[7] They listen to money (Peter) 5.02
[8] Now! Now! (Peter, Chorus) 2.09
[9] Peter Grimes (Rector, Swallow, Ned) 2.50
ACT III
[10] Interlude V: Moonlight 3.39
Scene 1
[11] Assign your prettiness to me (Swallow,
Nieces, Ned) 3.12
[12] Mr. Keene (Mrs. Sedley, Ned) 1.27
[13] Murder most foul it is (Mrs. Sedley, Ned) 1.24
[14] Come along, Doctor (Burgess, Burgesses,
Rector, Mrs. Sedley, Ellen, Balstrode) 2.43
[15] Embroidery in childhood was (Ellen,
Balstrode) 4.47
[16] Mr. Swallow (Mrs. Sedley, Auntie, Swallow,
Hobson) 1.55
[17] Who holds himself apart (Chorus) 3.27
[18] Interlude VI 2.08
Scene 2
[19] Grimes! (Voices, Peter) 5.09
[20] Peter, we’ve come to take you home (Ellen,
Peter, Balstrode) 2.23
[21] To those who pass the Borough (Swallow,
Fisherman, Auntie, Boles, Chorus) 5.13
Total time - 63.47
Britten’s powerful and masterful evocation of the North Sea in all its moods has to audiences all over the world become inextricably linked with the Aldeburgh that was home to George Crabbe (author of the ‘The Borough’ from which the story originates) in the eighteenth century and Britten in the twentieth.
Steuart Bedford leads a vast and accomplished ensemble on this new live recording, created shortly before the group’s unique staging of the work on the beach at Aldeburgh as part of the town’s world-renowned festival.
(Physical product booklet includes the full libretto to the opera, however this not available in the linked booklet below for copyright reasons.) |
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ID: SIGCD343
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Opera
Allan Clayton, tenor
Andrew Kennedy, tenor
The Orchestra of Classical Opera
Cora Burggraaf, mezzo-soprano
Ian Page, conductor
Sarah Fox, soprano
Sophie Bevan, soprano
CD 1 (52’52) Page
1. Sinfonia 3’20 32
2. Recitative: “Die löblich’ und gerechte Bitte” 1’46 32 (Gerechtigkeit, Christgeist, Barmherzigkeit)
3. No. 1, Aria: “Mit Jammer muß ich schauen” (Christgeist) 6’05 33
4. Recitative: “So vieler Seelen Fall” (Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit) 1’59 34
5. No. 2, Aria: “Ein ergrimmter Löwe brüllet” (Barmherzigkeit) 6’14 36
6. Recitative: “Was glaubst du” (Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit, Christgeist) 0’51 36
7. Accompanied recitative: “Wenn aus so vieler Tausend Mund” 2’20 37 (Christgeist, Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit)
8. No. 3, Aria: “Erwache, fauler Knecht” (Gerechtigkeit) 7’36 38
9. Recitative: “Er reget sich” (Christgeist, Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit) 0’18 39
10. Accompanied recitative: “Wie, wer erwecket mich?” 3’56 39 (Der Christ, Weltgeist, Christgeist)
11. No. 4, Aria: “Hat der Schöpfer dieses Leben” (Weltgeist) 7’14 41
12. Accompanied recitative: “Daß Träume Träume sind” (Der Christ) 1’28 42
13. No. 5, Aria: “Jener Donnerworte Kraft” (Der Christ) 9’37 42
CD 2 (31’50) Page
1. Recitative: “Ist dieses, o so zweifle nimmermehr” 1’43 44 (Weltgeist, Der Christ, Christgeist)
2. No. 6, Aria: “Schildre einen Philosophen” (Weltgeist) 5’14 45
3. Recitative: “Wen hör’ ich nun hier” (Weltgeist, Der Christ, Christgeist) 4’06 46
4. No.7, Aria: “Manches Übel will zuweilen” (Christgeist) 7’29 49
5. Recitative: “Er hält mich einem Kranken gleich” 2’26 50 (Der Christ, Christgeist, Weltgeist)
6. Recitative: “Hast du nunmehr erfahren” 1’11 52 (Barmherzigkeit, Christgeist, Gerechtigkeit)
7. No. 8, Trio: “Laßt mir eurer Gnade Schein” 9’36 53 (Christgeist, Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit)
Additional Bonus Features:
Film - ‘The Making of the Recording’
French and Italian translations of the notes, synopsis and libretto This additional content can be viewed by playing CD 2 through a CD-Rom or DVD-Rom drive on a computer
The first release in a new partnership between Classical Opera and Signum Records begins with Mozart’s remarkable sacred singspiel Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, composed when he was just eleven. The music is full of tender beauty, dynamism and descriptive flair, and the young composer’s innate sense of understanding and sympathy for the human condition already shines through.
The story follows the efforts of The Spirit of Christianity (Andrew Kennedy) - aided by Divine Justice (Cora Burggraaf ) and Divine Mercy (Sarah Fox) - to win back the heart of a Lapsed Christian (Allan Clayton) as he lies fast asleep. In opposition to this however stands The Spirit of Worldliness (Sophie Bevan), who urges the Christian to forget what The Spirit shows him and to follow her pleasure-seeking philosophies. As Justice and Mercy withdraw to observe, The Spirit of Christianity seeks to win back the lapsed Christian, but will this lost soul be able to resist the temptations of indulgence and short-term satisfaction that Worldliness offers?
The second disc in this 2CD Set is an Enhanced CD, with an exclusive 10-minute feature on the making of the recording additional libretto and programme note translations. Full German to English translations included in the booklet. |
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ID: SIGCD340
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Choir
Christopher Maltman
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Gabrieli Young Singers' Scheme
John Mark Ainsley
Paul McCreesh
Susan Gritton
Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir
CD1 - 37.20
1. REQUIEM AETERNAM 10.17
REQUIEM AETERNAM Chorus
TE DECET HYMNUS Boys
REQUIEM AETERNAM Chorus
WHAT PASSING-BELLS Tenor
KYRIE ELEISON Chorus
2. DIES IRAE 27.03
DIES IRAE Chorus
BUGLES SANG Baritone
LIBER SCRIPTUS Soprano & Chorus
OUT THERE, WE,VE WALKED Tenor & Baritone
RECORDARE Chorus
CONFUTATIS Chorus
BE SLOWLY LIFTED UP Baritone
DIES IRAE Chorus
LACRIMOSA Soprano & Chorus | MOVE HIM INTO THE SUN Tenor
PIE JESU Chorus
CD2 - 46.45
1. OFFERTORIUM 9.35
DOMINE JESU CHRISTE Boys
SED SIGNIFIER SANCTUS MICHAEL Chorus
SO ABRAM ROSE Tenor & Baritone | HOSTIAS E PRECES Boys
QUAM OLIM ABRAHAE Chorus
2. SANCTUS 10.19
SANCTUS Soprano & Chorus
AFTER THE BLAST Baritone
3. AGNUS DEI 3.49
ONE EVER HANGS Tenor | AGNUS DEI Chorus
4. LIBERA ME 23.02
LIBERA ME Soprano & Chorus
IT SEEMED THAT OUT OF BATTLE I ESCAPED Tenor & Baritone
LET US SLEEP NOW… Tenor & Baritone | IN PARADISUM Boys, Soprano & Chorus
REQUIESCANT IN PACE Chorus
TOTAL RUNNING TIME 84.05
Following their acclaimed recordings of Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts and Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Paul McCreesh has once again assembled the mass forces of Gabrieli Consort & Players and Wrocaw Phiharmonic Choir to record one of the iconic masterpieces of the twentieth-century oratorio repertoire.
The work reflects Britten’s long-held and committed pacifist beliefs. Composed to mark the consecration of a new Cathedral in Coventry, Britten combines the Latin text of the Missa pro Defunctis with nine poems by the First World War poet Wilfred Owen, which vide a moving (and frequently uncomfortable) commentary on the liturgical text. |
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ID: SIGCD042
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Renaissance
Subcollection: Choir
The final release explores the most obscure and enigmatic corner of Tallis’s output - his secular music. His profession as church musician and member of the Chapel Royal did not require him to write secular songs or pieces, yet some works may have been written for the Tudor court. Other works are thought to have been written for generations of choir boys, who were assisted with their training by the composer. Plays and performances outside of the choirboy’s obligation were popular, as well as instrumental consort music and keyboard pieces associated with their training. Tallis is likely to have been given the opportunity to write his secular works for these occasions.
Tallis’s music was admired and used by others far beyond the Chapel Royal and the court. Some of his intended sacred choral works are included on this recording in other guises, arranged by musicians with performance intentions very different to that of the church. His reputation of greatness amongst his friends and contemporaries is reflected in William Byrd’s elegy Ye sacred muses, where he echoes the sentiments of others with the words "Tallis is dead, and Music dies". This musical tribute has justifiably become one of Byrd’s most popular works.
Volume 9 of The Complete Works is a double CD release, marking the end of this popular series. Alistair Dixon has realised the project, and directed his choir Chapelle du Roi throughout the earlier volumes. Musicians featured on this final disc are: Andrew Benson-Williams (organ), Laurence Cummings (virginals), the ensemble Charivari Agréable, Lynda Sayce (lute), and Stephen Taylor (counter tenor) |
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