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ID: NMCD130
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Chamber Ensemble
A second disc of Anthony Payne's evocative vocal and chamber works, written for and featuring acclaimed soprano Jane Manning. She is accompanied by the pioneering ensemble she founded, Jane's Minstrels, in these settings of passages from Thomas Hardy's The Woodlanders, and Edward Thomas's well-loved poems Lights Out and Adelstrop.
3 - Fenella Barton, violin / Dominic Saunders, piano |
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ID: NMCD129
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Violin
To mark David Blake’s 70th birthday, NMC re-issues his Violin Concerto, performed by Iona Brown with the Philhamonia under Norman del Mar, and In Praise of Krishna, featuring soprano Teresa Cahill with the Northern Sinfonia, conducted by the composer.
Originally released on Argo in 1992; reissued with funding from Arts Council England.
1-2 - Iona Brown, violin/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Norman del Mar, conductor
3-9 - Teresa Cahill, soprano/ Northern Sinfonia/ David Blake, conductor |
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ID: NMCD125
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Folk Music
Sadie Harrison's violin concerto An Unexpected Light is coupled with chamber music exploring the folk musics of Lithuania, the Northern Caucasus and the Near East, and invoking Bartok’s treatment of his native Hungarian folksong. The music is performed by the Lithuanian artists for whom it, and was recorded in Vilnius.
1 - Rusne Mataityte, violin/ St Christopher Chamber Orchestra/ Donatas Katkus, conductor
2 - Rusne Mataityte, violin/ Albina Siksniute, piano
3 - 5 - R.Mataityte, violin/ A. Silale, violin/ V. Raskeviciute, viola/ E. Kulikauskas, cello
6 - 11 - Rusne Mataityte, violin
12 - 16 - Rusne Mataityte, violin/ Sergejus Okrusko, piano
17 - 20 - Rusne Mataityte, violin/ Edmundas Kulikauskas, cello/ Sergejus Okrusko, piano |
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ID: NMCD223
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Choir
MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Ear Massage Percussion Quartet, Yale Percussion Group, Robert van Slice, James Wood |
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ID: NMCD222
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Quartet
Kreutzer Quartet
Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, violins
Morgan Goff, viola, Neil Heyde, cello
Edward Cowie describes himself as 'the musical equivalent of a plein air visual artist', with compositions evolving from sketches or paintings done in situ. The natural world is inspiration for much of his music and on this album he focuses on flight; mainly of birds and insects. In String Quartet No. 3 ‘In Flight Music’ he adds contrast with two flying-machine-titled movements Hang-gliders and Vapour Trails.
String Quartet No.5 ‘Birdsong Bagatelles’ features 24 brief movements, which collectively cover all the major and minor keys of the chromatic scale. Each piece is named after a bird (Wren, Blackbird, Magpie ...) but Cowie avoids the Messiaen-style approach and instead focuses on the visual displays of birds and their habitat, rather than bird song.
String Quartet No.4 explores mortality. The quartet plays a continuous, slowly ascending emotional and sensual ‘hill-climb’, which ends with a hymn-like theme. |
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ID: NMCD120
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Chamber Ensemble
William Howard and the Schubert Ensemble in Martin Butler's piano quintet 'American Rounds', and other chamber music, plus Funerailles - Butler's major new work for solo piano - and arrangements of two Scarlatti sonatas.
1 - 5, 9-11 - The Schubert Ensemble
6 - Simon Blendis, violin/ William Howard, piano
7, 8 - William Howard, piano
12 - Douglas Paterson, viola |
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ID: NMCD133
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Electronic
Subcollection: New Music
Dennehy has written, “There is a whiff of high-class vandalism about my work” - an opinion borne out by this disc, which collects works from his early, uproarious Junk Box Fraud - for two increasingly smutty vocalists and strident ensemble - and pAt, for piano and taped "shipping forecast" - to the recent lyrical violin concerto, Elastic Harmonic, with soloist Darragh Morgan.
1 - Ensemble Intégrales
2 - T. Koleva, percussion
3, 6 - Crash Ensemble
4 - D. Morgan, violin / RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra - G. Maloney, conductor
5 - Joanna Mac Gregor, piano with tape |
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ID: NMCD132
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
This release brings together Roxburgh's complete works for piano solo and duo and is performed by a cast of outstanding pianists, including those who commissioned or premiered the works: together they bring their separate talents to this diverse body of work, a fitting tribute to his long career as a composer and teacher.
1-3 -Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong, for piano duo
4-7 - Thalia Myers, for young pianists
8 -13 - Hiroaki Takenouchi, piano
14 - 16 - Peter O'Hagan, piano
17-18 - Sally Mays, for young pianists
19-20 - Karl Lutchmayer, piano
21 - George King, piano
22-23 - James Young, piano |
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ID: NMCD203
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Ensemble
1.Peter Maxwell Davies: Sea Eagle I Adagio 4'05"
2.Peter Maxwell Davies: Sea Eagle II Lento 3'33"
3.Peter Maxwell Davies: Sea Eagle III Presto molto 1'30"
4.Gerald Barry: Jabberwocky 5'44"
5.Colin Matthews: Three of a Kind I Vivo 1'47"
6.Colin Matthews: Three of a Kind II Largamente 1'13"
7.Colin Matthews: Three of a Kind III Calmo 6'34"
8.Huw Watkins: Trio 12'48"
9.David Matthews: Quintet for Horn and Strings (live recording) I Andante 7'57"
10.David Matthews: Quintet for Horn and Strings (live recording) II Molto vivace 5'16"
11.Mark-Anthony Turnage: Prayer for a great man 3'57"
12.Robin Holloway: Trio for Horn, Cello and Piano I Liberamente 11'33"
13.Robin Holloway: Trio for Horn, Cello and Piano II Poco allegro 8'35"
Artists:
Richard Watkins horn
Paul Watkins cello
Huw Watkins piano
Mark Padmore tenor
The Nash Ensemble
Richard Watkins is one of the most sought-after horn players of his generation. He was Principal Horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra for twelve years, and is currently a member of the Nash Ensemble and a founder member of London Winds. Closely associated with promoting contemporary music for the horn, Richard Watkins has given premieres of concertos by Maxwell-Davies, Osborne, Lindberg, Muldowney, Lefanu, and Colin and David Matthews.
The title work on this album is Peter Maxwell Davies' solo horn piece Sea Eagle (1982). It was initially considered by many to be impossible to play but is now regarded as an essential part of the horn repertoire and is even a set-piece for the prestigious Munich Horn Competition.
Richard is joined on this recording by a stellar line-up of chamber musicians, including Paul Watkins and Huw Watkins for an unusual combination of horn, cello and piano (C Matthews & Holloway), and tenor Mark Padmore to present the unmistakable soundworld of Gerald Barry. His setting of Lewis Carroll’s famous poem Jabberwocky - which is first sung in French, with expressive legato phrases, and then repeated more forcefully in German - features some delightfully unconventional horn writing. |
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