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ID: QTZ2041
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Music from the Service of Prayer and Dedication to Celebrate the Marriage of TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
Released to mark the First Anniversary of the wedding of TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, this CD is a record of an extraordinary musical occasion featuring a glittering array of international star, including the Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk whose appearance was a "gift" to the Royal couple from the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg.
G.Albinoni: Concerto Op. 9 No. 2 for oboe & strings in D minor: Adagio
P. M. Davies: Farewell to Stromness
E. Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
G.Finzi: Romance for string orchestra, Op. 11
T. Grechaninov: The Creed
E. H. Grieg: Våren, elegiac melody for strings, Op. 34 No. 2
G. F. Handel: Water Music (extracts)
A. Hoddinott: Celebration Fanfare
W. Walton: Henry V - Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
The Choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor
Timothy Byram-Wigfield, conductor
Ekaterina Semenchuk - mezzo-soprano
Gordon Hunt - oboe
Roger Judd - organ |
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ID: QTZ2040
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
"Yesterday, to judge from the tumultuous ovation that followed his dazzling performance of Chopin's opus 28 Preludes, free of both perfume and rhetoric, then history repeated itself. Certainly, I believe that a performance of these 24 miracles of miniaturism which has more clarity, transparency and economy than Williams's interpretation is just about unthinkable."
The Glasgow Herald
FREDERIC CHOPIN - COMPLETE PRELUDES
Nocturne, Op. 48 No. 1
Ballade Op. 52
Scherzo Op. 31
Llyr Williams - Piano |
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ID: QTZ2087
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Chamber Ensemble
Leonid Desyatnikov is one of the most successful living Russian composers. The release of Leaden Echo with words by Gerard Manley Hopkins is one of the disc’s six works which the composer considers to be amongst the most important of his output. Roman Mints has brought together some of the finest Russian musicians recording today along with the outstanding young British counter tenor William Purefoy.
Main Theme from motion picture Moscow Nights arranged for violin and string ensemble by Roman Mints |
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ID: QTZ2083
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Chamber Orchestra
J.S. Bach and Alfred Schnittke may not immediately strike the listener as obvious musical companions. Yet there are numerous important parallels between the works on this disc. Alfred Schnittke was fascinated with musical heritage; he appropriated earlier styles and musical quotations to create his own unique brand of ‘polystylism’. In the case of his celebrated Concerto Grosso No.1 it was, of course the music of the Baroque on which he relied most heavily. What better way to illuminate Baroque pastiche, than by recording it alongside a work from that era.
J.S. Bach
Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings
(arr. for flute, oboe and strings)
A. Schnittke
Moz-art à la Haydn for 2 Violins and Strings
(arr. for flute, oboe and strings)
Concerto Grosso No 1 for 2 Violins, Harpsichord, Prepared Piano & Strings
(arr. for flute, oboe, harpsichord and prepared piano)
Maria Alikhanova, flute
Dmitri Bulgakov, oboe
Misha Rachlevsky, conductor
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin |
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ID: QTZ2082
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Saxophone
Dzama Stories is a collaboration between the Irish composer Ed Bennett and the legendary British saxophonist Paul Dunmall. Featuring an ensemble of ten exceptional performers, Ed Bennett's composition draws influence from the work of the Canadian artist Marcel Dzama. Through the combination of pre-composed and freely improvised sounds, Bennett and Dunmall have created a work of huge energy which spans from the wildly rhythmic, noisy and chaotic to music of great subtlety and quiet reflection.
This CD is journey, across abstract lands: a huge hallucination of beautifully contorted landscapes. Furthermore like emerging from the ghost train at Barry’s amusements: a disturbing mix of anxiety and an overriding compulsion to do it all again, and that will be just from the first listen!
Ed Bennett:
Dzama Stories - Music for amplified ensemble, electronics and improvisor
I Need This - Music for amplified female voice and electronics |
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ID: QTZ2081
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Oboe
A disc of ground-breaking new works for oboe by the exciting, young oboist James Turnbull
The repertoire on this release has been chosen in a deliberate attempt to assemble works from the past 30 years by British composers that demonstrate the great contrasts possible with the oboe. There are pieces that emphasize stillness and meditation while others focus on the raw emotions of anger and grief.
Contemporary Oboe Music
M. Berkeley:
Fierce Tears I
Second Still Life for Oboe & Harp, world premiere
Fierce Tears II, world premiere
Davies, Maxwell:
First Grace of Light for solo oboe
T. Davies:
Forgotten Game, world premiere
Arabesco, world premiere
J. MacMillan:
In Angustiis II for Solo Oboe, world premiere
C. Matthews:
Night-Spell,world premiere
J. Woolrich:
The Kingdom of Dreams, world premiere
The Turkish Mouse, world premiere |
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ID: QTZ2077
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
Great works for piano performed by a past winner of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition.
Although Brahms first attracted attention as a pianist, his output for piano was surprisingly limited. This fine release covering three piano works brings the debut recording of Alexander Kobrin to Quartz. In 2006, Kobrin made his debut with the New York Philharmonic at both the Avery Fisher Hall and for the inaugural concert of the Bethel Woods Arts Centre. He was also invited to open the 06/07 season concerts with both Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. |
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ID: QTZ2076
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
June 2010 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Schumann. Schumann wrote his Woodland Scenes in just nine days, beginning on 29th December 1848. The cycle of nine short pieces offers typically schizophrenic and ephemeral visions, in which the distinction between fantasy and reality is blurred. This unique and beautifully crafted recording links these three composers by simple woodland themes.
Three of the best-loved works for piano focusing on woodland themes.
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Waldszenen, Op.82
Edward MacDowell (1860 - 1908)
Woodland Sketches, Op.51
Leos Janacek (1854 - 1928)
On an Overgrown Path - Book 1 |
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ID: QTZ2075
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: String instruments
This recording thus serves as homage to the memory of the glorious period, in which some of these instruments existed, in the form of a suggestive approach to the disquieting and enigmatic sonic world of the time. The exquisitely selected ingredients for this menu are sheep gut strings, Venice catline gut roped bass strings according to Praetorius, black horse hair for the bows, historical tunings (such as the French music played at 390 hertz), historical temperaments (Pythagorean for the Vihuela), English scordatura tuning, instruments made according to old techniques, instrument models of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, etc…
C.F. Abel - Pieces de Viole
A.de Cabezon - Fabordan
A. Ferrabosco sr. - Fantasia a tres, 3 lessons for the Lyra-Viol
S. de Machy - Pieces de Viole
D. Ortiz - Trattado de glosas
Sainte Colombe the elder: Pieces de Viole
G.P. Telemann - Der getreue Music-Meister
Fernando Marin:
Vihuela de arco (440 Hz)
Lyra-viol (415 Hz)
Viola da Gamba (390 Hz & 415 Hz) |
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