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Composer: FITKIN, Graham ((b. 1963)) |
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ID: CC0057
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Clarinet
An exciting new release featuring one of the best loved British concertos in the repertoire, and two premiere recordings. As well as the Finzi, David Campbell brings his authoritative playing to two works for clarinet and orchestra, which were specially written for him. The Fitkin is an approachable work which highlights both the lyrical and more challenging ideas associated with this eminent composer and Carl Davis, who as one of our most successful composers of film music, brings his skills as a more serious composer to a highly attractive new work.
David Campbell enjoys an international career as clarinet soloist and teacher. His solo engagements have taken him to over forty countries and he has performed a wide-ranging repertoire with many orchestras including: the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, English Chamber, London Mozart Players, BBC Concert, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Scottish, BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. John's, Smith Square and many abroad.
Davis, C: Clarinet Concerto 'Hungarica'
Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31
Fitkin: Clarinet Concerto 'Agnostic'
David Campbell (clarinet) / Aurora Orchestra, Nick Collon |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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ID: CC2003
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Oboe
The CD booklet contains (in English, French and German) a description of each piece, a biography and photo of each composer, and the libretto of Fox Woman.
Xas-Orion was conceived by Paul Goodey and Michael Oliva as a duo for oboe and electronics organised in 33 triggered events. Both parts are organised around the note 'B' which forms a core, rather than a tonal centre. The distinction between the the two sound worlds of oboe and electronics is deliberately blurred.
New Ground (by David Sutton-Anderson) is a set of linked variations on Purcell's keyboard piece 'A New Ground' heard at the outset.
Ostrich on the Plain (by Graham Fitkin) was written in 1985. There were two starting points: first, the manipulation of speed using metric modulation, and second, the sheer effort in playing the oboe.
At the Still Point of the Turning World... (by Edwin Roxburgh) has the sound of the oboe fed through a system of six delays, ranging from 4.2 to 60 seconds, plus filtering and modulation. The whole system is controlled by a graphic score.
Into the Light (by Michael Oliva) is a piece in the Romantic tradition of the tone poem. It takes the form of a journey from death (cor anglais) into a supposed afterlife (oboe) in which the piano plays the role of a sort of 'pulse giver'.
Diptych (Abstractions IV) by Timothy Salter has two movements, the first marked 'with feverish energy' and the second 'reflective yet with intensity; restless, agitated'. The mood at the end of the first movement is carried over into the cor anglais soliloquy that opens the second.
Fox Woman(music by Cecilia McDowall, words by Christie Dickason) uses the oboe in a way that exploits not only its elegance and subtlety, but also its potential for brutality. This range suggests the Japanes myths of fox spirits, dangerous shape-shifters which often took the form of beautiful women. |
| 21.00 eur Buy |
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ID: DCD34065
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Clarinet
From the vigour of Fitkin's Vent and the flamboyance of Piazzolla to the refinement of Eddie McGuire's offerings, the Fell Quartet have created an inspired programme of superbly realised works from both the history and present of this still-young medium. Featuring four world premiere recordings.
Dubois, P:
Quatuor pour trombones
Fitkin:
Vent - World premiere recording
McGuire, E:
Celtic Knotwork
Chinese Knotwork - World premiere recording
Piazzólla:
Histoire du Tango
Sayers:
For Four - World premiere recording
Simpson, N:
Mardale Changes
Uhl:
Divertimento
Fell Clarinet Quartet |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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ID: MSVCD92100
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Vocal and Piano
New French Song has created a whole new repertoire of songs by British composers. The artists commissioned twenty exceptional British composers, some of whom were well established, others of whom were yet to receive the recognition they deserve. The composers were asked to set French literature of their choice from the past two hundred years. The result is a fascinating rainbow work covering all the major literary movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, overlapping into the twenty-first century - Romanticism, Symbolism, Surrealism, Cubism, Modernism and post-Modernism.
tracks: O'Regan: Sainte Harrison: ...issu stellaire.. Todd: Le Pont Mirabeau Cowie: Les Hiboux Chilcott: L'enfant dort Casken: Colloque Sentimental Crane: Tour de France Statistics 1902-2003 Gorb: La Cloche Fêlée Jackson: A la Mémoire de Claude Debussy Finnissy: Salomé Keeling: Artemis Wood: Alicante Burrell: Longtemps ce fut l'été Roe: Pourquoi? LeFanu: Billet à Whistler McGuire: Rêves de la Bonne Heure Bingham: La Jeune Morte Redgate: Mirlitonnades Skempton: Le Pont Mirabeau Fitkin: Les Aliments Blancs |
| 12.00 eur Buy |
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ID: NMCD057
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
50 short pieces for piano by 30 of Britain's leading composers |
| 28.00 eur Buy |
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ID: NMCD080
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Chamber Ensemble
Following on from a white room, Bright Future features more works from Chamber Music 2000 project, with composers including Michael Finnissy, Joe Cutler, Judith Bingham and Nicola LeFanu. |
| 22.00 eur Buy |
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ID: QTZ2020
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano and Saxophone
An outstanding album featuring the internationally celebrated saxophone virtuoso, Rob Buckland. Towards The Light features original compositions by Andy Scott, Takashi Yoshimatsu, Nikki Iles and Roy Powell as well as transcriptions of pieces by the great jazz pianist Chick Corea and the composer Graham Fitkin. As Rob says in his sleeve notes: "There are no styles of music anymore; there is simply music". |
| 18.00 eur Buy |
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ID: SIGCD158
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Orchestra
Accompanied by a select group of musicians including Sinfonia ViVA, Lara James, the renowned saxophonist, performs contemporary works by some of today’s leading composers, demonstrating the unique timbre and versatility of the modern saxophone. |
| 18.00 eur Buy |
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ID: SIGCD227
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Saxophone
Flux is Signum s second disc with the contemporary music ensemble Lunar Saxophone Quartet. A saxophone quartet is by necessity a group that relies on new repertoire and compositions, lacking the historical treasure-trove of works available to groups such as string quartets. As a result LSQ have become a championing force for new music and compositions. This disc of the group s commissions combines the works of established composers such as Gabriel Jackson and Michael Nyman with others by contemporaries of the group a flux of styles and influences from a group who seek to create music that is accessible, without compromise. |
| 26.00 eur Temporarily out of stock |
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ID: SIGCD236
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Dance Music
The Smith Quartet return on Signum with a new album of commissions and world premiere recordings, all centered on the theme of ‘Dance’. The featured programme is a veritable ‘whos-who’ of contemporary composition, including works from Michael Nyman, Graham Fitkin, Jon Lord, Michael Finnissy and Django Bates. |
| 18.00 eur Buy |
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