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World music CD DVD shop and Classic distribution
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ID: NMCD014
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
The enigmatic and intensely charged music of Bill Hopkins reflects the avant-garde sound-world of the 1960s with characteristic immediacy and quiet energy; Nine or Ten Osannas, by Anthony Gilbert - a close friend and ally - completes the disc. |
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ID: NMCD016
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Cry, for 28 solo voices and electronics, is an epic work that describes the creation myth, contrasting intricate rhythmic figures with huge arching phrases, and close dissonances with massive major chords. |
| 22.00 eur Buy |
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ID: NMCD021S
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
Written for William Howard, Matthews's Piano Sonata draws on Howard's expertise as an interpreter of Schubert, while the 16 short sections of Powers's The Memory Room take the listener on a journey through five centuries of keyboard styles. |
| 22.00 eur Buy |
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ID: NMCD019
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano and Cello
Featuring an outstanding and virtuoso cello & piano duo, long committed to contemporary music, this recording showcases works by six composers at the forefront of British music and includes Crosse's profound and majestic Wavesongs. |
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ID: NMCD022
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Piano
Barry's work draws inspiration from the clarity and vigour of Baroque music and the immediacy of contemporary visual and dramatic arts; it is compulsive and breathtakingly virtuosic. |
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ID: NMCD023
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Piano
Two vital orchestral works by this key figure of the celebrated 'Manchester School' of post-war British composers and one of the most influential teachers of composition. |
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ID: NMCD025
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Chamber Ensemble
A celebration of the unique contribution to contemporary music of this outstanding artist who, over the past 35 years, has given more than 350 world premieres: this collection includes songs by Anthony Payne, Brian Elias and Alison Bauld, plus Judith Weir's tribute to Chagall ('Don't let that horse') and Anthony Gilbert's quirky Beastly Jingles. |
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ID: NMCD026
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Chamber Ensemble
This introduction to Lambert's music demonstrates his highly personal and quirky style combined a strong sense of theatre and a shrewd awareness of timing with craftmanship and elements of improvisation. |
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ID: NMCD029
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Chamber Ensemble
A disc that reveals the striking diversity of Woolrich's chamber music: The intimacy of A Farewell contrasts with the larger scale 'machines for instruments', such as the title work. |
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ID: NMCD030
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Three recordings from 1941, publicly available for the first time following transfer from the original 78rpm discs and lengthy subsequent treatment: the centrepiece is an off-air recording of the American premiere of Les Illuminations with Peter Pears. |
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