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Kolekce: Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Opera
The Macbeth story as played out in a troupe of baboons in Botswana? This fanciful idea inspired the writer Alexander McCall Smith and the composer Tom Cunningham to come up with their chamber opera, The Okavango Macbeth. Set in the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana, the opera deals with the efforts of an ambitious female baboon, Lady Macbeth, to encourage her husband, Macbeth, to murder the dominant baboon, Duncan. The response to the opera’s premiere in the No 1 Ladies’ Opera House, led many to conclude that in this extraordinary and unusual tale a new operatic gem has emerged.
Lady Macbeth: Beth Mackay
Macbeth: Rónan Busfield
Duncan: Andrew McTaggart
Primatologists: Nicholas Morris, Jamie Rock & Jessica Leary
Lady Macbeth’s Friend: Lucinda Stuart-Grant
Chorus: Edinburgh Studio Opera
Orchestra: Mr McFall’s Chamber
Conductor: Michael Bawtree
Track listing
DISC ONE
Act One
1 At that time
2 This is the history of the baboons
Act Two
3 On whitened sand
4 Over there
5 Now listen: watching is waiting
6 The sky is our god
7 It is so good to have a friend
8 My lord Macbeth is come
Act Three
9 Evening, and now we take stock
10 But we are scientists
11 The task of government falls on my shoulders
12 I am tired ...
13 In Africa
14 Now he sleeps
15 It will not be easy
16 The order of our world is changed
17 How naturally lies this body
Total playing time [49:25]
DISC TWO
Act Four
1 Duncan is dead!
2 The order has changed
3 We cannot doubt
4 Affairs of state
5 See, he is nothing now
6 On whitened sand the river flows
7 It would be a simple act
8 Our time to each of us will come
9 No one could be happy to see
10 I am alone
11 Is there no comfort?
12 What might seem a harsh end
Total playing time [33:38] |
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ID: DCD34094
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Kolekce: BaroqueHandel's musical illustration of Dryden's Alexander's Feast, first performed in 1736, was a critical and popular success. A day after the première, the London Daily Post reported 'Never was upon the like Occasion so numerous and splendid an Audience at any Theatre in London, there being at least 1300 Persons present'.
Twice a year some of the UK's finest baroque players and young vocal soloists come together in Edinburgh's Canongate Kirk to give sell-out concerts of the great works of Bach and Handel. The chorus, handpicked by Will Dawes, comprises a sensational selection of singers from Britain’s finest early music consorts, including the Monteverdi Choir, the Sixteen, Polyphony and the Gabrieli and King’s Consorts.
Ludus Baroque's appearances are unmissable events in Edinburgh's calendar. Now for the first time listeners from further afield can experience the vibrancy of their Festival-fuelled performances in this their debut recording. Alexander's Feast is the perfect showpiece for the vitality and abandon of Ludus Baroque and their rising-star soloists.
Ludus Baroque - baroque chamber orchestra
Sophie Bevan soprano
Ed Lyon tenor
William Berger bass
Richard Neville-Towle conductor
Track listing
Part One (disc 1)
1 Ouverture
2 Recitative (tenor) ‘Twas at the royal feast
3 Air (soprano / tenor) and Chorus Happy, happy, happy pair!
4 Recitative (tenor) Timotheus, plac’d on high
5 Recitative (soprano) The song began from Jove
6 Chorus The list’ning crowd admire the lofty sound
7 Air (soprano) With ravish’d ears the monarch hears
8 Recitative (tenor) The praise of Bacchus
9 Air (bass) and Chorus Bacchus, ever fair and young
10 Recitative (tenor) Sooth’d with the sound, the king grew vain
11 Recitative (soprano) He chose a mournful Muse
12 Air (soprano) He sung Darius, great and good
13 Recitative (soprano) With downcast looks the joyless victor sate
14 Chorus Behold Darius great and good
15 Recitative (tenor) The mighty master smil’d to see
16 Arioso (soprano) Softly sweet in Lydian measures
17 Air (tenor) War, he sung, is toil and trouble
18 Chorus The many rend the skies with loud applause
19 Air (soprano) The prince, unable to conceal his pain
Part Two (disc 2)
1 Recitative (tenor) and Chorus Now strike the golden Lyre again
2 Air (bass) Revenge, Timotheus cries
3 Recitative (tenor) Give the vengeance due
4 Air (tenor) The princes applaud with a furious joy
5 Air (soprano) and Chorus Thais led the way
6 Recitative (tenor) Thus, long ago
7 Grand Chorus At last divine Cecilia came
8 Recitative (tenor / bass) Let old Timotheus yield the prize
9 Chorus Let old Timotheus yield the prize
10 Chorus Your voices tune, and raise them high |
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ID: DCD34131
Disk: 2
Type: CD
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Podkolekce: Klavír
Track listing
Disc One
1-4. Piano Sonata No 1
5-7. Piano Sonata No 2
8-11. Piano Sonata No 3
12. Variations
Disc Two
1. Prelude and Fugue
2. Improvisation and Fugue
3. Variations on a Chord
4-11. Little Piano Pieces
12. Homage to Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich*†
13-17. Five Aphorisms
18. Sonatina for piano (four hands)*
19-24. Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concertos K39, K467, K491 and K503
Total playing time [2:26:29]
[with *Richard Beauchamp and †John Cameron additional pianists]
In 2002 Simon Smith made his recording debut on Delphian in a disc of James MacMillan’s complete piano music, paired with Stuart MacRae’s Piano Sonata. Recordings of music by Hafliði Hallgrímsson and Thomas Wilson have followed. In this new, substantial outing Smith turns from music-making in Scotland to another of his lifelong loves, the music of Alfred Schnittke.
This two-disc set comprises Schnittke’s entire published output for solo piano (including one piece for piano duet and another for six hands at one keyboard). The Russian composer’s music often makes gargantuan demands of the player. Smith’s technical prowess, astonishing dynamic palette and heartfelt musicality make him its ideal exponent. |
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ID: DCD34133
Disk: 2
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Podkolekce: Choir
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain
James Sherlock organ and piano
Vicky Lester Harp
Ben Parry overall director
Track listing
.CD1
1 Fancie
Boys’ Choir / Greg Hallam
2 Festival Te Deum Op. 32
Training Choir South / Greg Beardsell
3 A Hymn of St Columba
Training Choir South / Greg Beardsell
4 Hymn to St Peter Op. 56a
Training Choir South / Greg Beardsell
5-7 Three Two-part Songs
Boys’ Choir / Greg Hallam
8 A Hymn to the Virgin
Training Choir North / Dominic Peckham
9 Jubilate Deo in C
Training Choir South / Greg Beardsell
10 Hymn to St Cecilia Op. 27
Chamber Choir / Ben Parry
11 Te Deum in C
Training Choir North / Dominic Peckham
12 The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
Cambiata Voices / Niall Crowley
13 Deus in adjutorium meum
Chamber Choir / Ben Parry
14 Antiphon
Training Choir North / Rachel Staunton
15 Jubilate Deo in E flat
Training Choir North / Rachel Staunton
CD2
1-12 A Ceremony of Carols Op. 28
Girls’ Choirs / Esther Jones
13 Rejoice in the Lamb Festival Cantata Op. 30
National Youth Choir / Robert Isaacs
Total playing time (2 CDs) [1:52:25]
In the thirty years since the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain were born, they have continued to blossom and flourish. New director Ben Parry was quick to notice they share their birthday in 2013 with Britten’s centenary, and the result is this celebratory double album.
Over the course of a year the Delphian engineers have followed the various choirs on their courses, and for the first time all eight groups appear on disc - six hundred singers, eight conductors, in three different venues.
The vast range of Britten’s choral output encompasses work to match the character of each of the different choirs, from the fresh-faced eagerness of the Training Choirs to the maturity and sophistication of the elite National Youth Chamber Choir. The rigorous training all these singers enjoy bears abundant fruit. Their vocal discipline, their energy, their sheer enthusiasm are vividly conveyed in this unique double birthday celebration. |
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ID: DCD34119
Disk: 2
Type: CD
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Podkolekce: Klavír
Track listing
Disc One
1-20 Passacaglia on DSCH
Disc Two
1 Passacaglia on DSCH (conclusion)
2 Promenade Pastorale*
3 Waltzes*
4-10 Fugue, Variations and Epilogue
on a Theme by Arnold Bax*
11 Nocturne (Homage to John Field)*
12-28 Variations on a Theme of Pizzetti*
29-30 Sonatina No 2 *
* premiere recordings
Total playing time (2 discs) [2:20:39]
Music of extraordinary range and power composed at the dawn of the Space Age, Ronald Stevenson’s Passacaglia on DSCH was long claimed as the biggest single stretch of music ever written for piano. It is a veritable world tour of styles as well as a single-minded exploration of its generating motif, and rising star James Willshire -- who received five-star acclaim in 2011 for his Delphian debut disc of music by Rory Boyle - has the technique and vaulting ambition to match both the work's grandeur and its immense wealth of detail.
Willshire gave the 1955 Variations on a Theme of Pizzetti its belated concert premiere just this year, and now commits it to disc as one of a number of premiere recordings. The more recent, and equally substantial Fugue, Variations and Epilogue on a Theme by Arnold Bax crystallises Stevenson’s lifelong devotion to a Celtic aesthetic as well as foregrounding his innovative approach to variation technique. A clutch of shorter works completes the picture, bringing to light some of Stevenson’s less often remarked qualities - charm, exuberance, wit and grace.
In 2000, at the age of fifteen, James was awarded an Educational Scholarship in the London International Piano Competition, the youngest British pianist to be thus recognised. He has performed at festivals throughout the UK and abroad, including the Lichfield, Cheltenham, and Winchester Festivals and many more. |
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ID: DCD34126
Disk: 2
Type: CD
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Podkolekce: Klavír
Track listing
CD 1
1-2 Prelude & Fugue I in C major
3-4 Prelude & Fugue II in C minor
5-6 Prelude & Fugue III in C sharp major
7-8 Prelude & Fugue IV in C sharp minor
9-10 Prelude & Fugue V in D major
11-12 Prelude & Fugue VI in D minor
13-14 Prelude & Fugue VII in E flat major
15-16 Prelude & Fugue VIII in D sharp minor
17-18 Prelude & Fugue IX in E major
19-20 Prelude & Fugue X in E minor
21-22 Prelude & Fugue XI in F major
23-24 Prelude & Fugue XII in F minor
CD 2
1-2 Prelude & Fugue XIII in F sharp major
3-4 Prelude & Fugue XIV in F sharp minor
5-6 Prelude & Fugue XV in G major
7-8 Prelude & Fugue XVI in G minor
9-10 Prelude & Fugue XVII in A flat major
11-12 Prelude & Fugue XVIII in G sharp minor
13-14 Prelude & Fugue XIX in A major
15-16 Prelude & Fugue XX in A minor
17-18 Prelude & Fugue XXI in B flat major
19-20 Prelude & Fugue XXII in B flat minor
21-22 Prelude & Fugue XXIII in B major
23-24 Prelude & Fugue XXIV in B minor
Total playing time over 2 CDs [121:18]
Peter Hill’s recording of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II wowed critics across the board in January 2012, prompting The Guardian to write: ‘With luck this is the first in a series of Bach recordings from Hill, and let’s hope Book I of the “48” follows soon.’
His performances of Bach’s first volume of masterpieces exhibit all the qualities that were identified by reviewers of Hill’s previous traversal - ‘warmth, clarity and insight’ (Classical Music Magazine,
Editor’s Choice), ‘vital communication’ (HiFi Critic),‘impeccable’ (BBC Radio 3 CD Review, Disc of the Week), ‘shimmering’ (BBC Music Magazine), ‘liquescent’ (International Record Review).
One of the leading British pianists of his generation, Peter Hill is known for his performances and recordings of twentieth-century and contemporary music as well as the classical repertoire. His complete cycles of Messiaen and of Berg, Schoenberg and Webern have received superlative acclaim. The Messiaen was described as ‘one of the most impressive solo recording projects of recent years’ (New York Times), and won Messiaen’s endorsement: ‘Beautiful technique, a true poet: I am a passionate admirer of Peter Hill’s playing’. Both sets feature in the book 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die. |
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ID: DCD34062
Disk: 3
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Kolekce: Organ CollectionPodkolekce: Organ
John Kitchen (the Organ of St James's Church, Bermondsey)
The two books of voluntaries William Russell published before his untimely death open a window on an important and neglected period in English music. Sitting on the cusp of the Romantic period, they bring together the influences of Handel, Haydn and of Russell's friends and contemporaries including Samuel Wesley and John Stanley in a fascinating stylistic mix. For this first recording of the complete voluntaries, John Kitchen has faithfully observed Russell's original performing instructions on a restored 1829 organ whose period qualities bring the music vividly and compellingly to life.
"Kitchen's playing is idiomatic, insightful and fluent." Early Music
"The always supremely musical John Kitchen revels in the organ's endless tonal palette." Choir & Organ
Russell, W:
Twelve Voluntaries (1804)
Twelve Voluntaries (1812)
Voluntary in G (unpublished) |
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ID: DCD34301-3
Disk: 3
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Kolekce: InstrumentalPodkolekce: Klavír
Angela Brownridge piano
The complete solo piano works of Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988) are presented here for the first time on three discs, containing many premiere recordings. Written for Leighton's own instrument, and played here by his distinguished pupil Angela Brownridge, the varied nature of this programme spans Leighton's entire career as a composer.
Track listing
Kenneth Leighton
Disc 1
Five Studies Op. 22 (1952)
1 Allegro ma non troppo
2 Allegro leggerissimo
3 Allegro molto
4 Molto lento, molto espressivo, ed un poco liberamente
5 Presto con bravura
Sonatina No. 1 Op. 1a (1946)
6 Allegretto con moto
7 Andante expressivo
8 Prestissimo
Variations Op. 30 (1955)
9 Introduzione: Lento misterioso
10 Canzonetta: Allegro grazioso
11 Ninna-nanna: Cullante
12 Toccata: Allegro molto e ritmico
13 Notturno: Lento sostenuto
14 Valzer: Con moto, grazioso ma un poco ironico
15 Fanfara: Allegro molto
16 Interludio: Andante, dolce ed innocente
17 Fuga: Allegro marcato
Sonata No. 1 Op. 2 (1948)
18 Allegro
19 Scherzo: Presto
20 Lento e semplice
21 Rondo: Allegro molto e ritmico
Six Studies (Study-Variations) Op. 56 (1969)
22 Adagio molto
23 Allegro molto e secco, molto ritmico
24 Adagio molto, misterioso ma molto espressivo
25 Allegro leggiero e cappricioso
26 Allegro molto, nervosa
27 Presto con bravura
Disc 2
Sonata No. 2 Op. 17 (1953)
1 Allegro molto e sempre agitato
2 Lento sostenuto - elegiaco
3 Theme and Variations
4 Conflicts (Fantasy on Two Themes) Op. 51 (1967)
Four Romantic Pieces Op. 95 (1986)
5 Molto moderato
6 Presto capriccioso
7 Adagio molto
8 Allegro molto - con brio
Fantasia Contrappuntistica (Homage to Bach) Op. 24 (1956)
9 Maestoso ed un poco liberamente -
10 Toccata: Allegro molto e ritmico -
11 Chorale: Lento sostenuto -
12 Fuga I: Allegretto con moto -
13 Fuga II: Presto e gaio - Primo tempo
Disc 3
Sonatina No. 2 Op. 1b (1947)
1 Allegro
2 Andante sostenuto
3 Allegro molto
Nine Variations Op. 36 (1959)
4 Molto moderato, sostenuto ed uguale
5 Esitando molto
6 Allegro molto, con fuoco e molto ritmico (il più presto possible)
7 Lento sostenuto
8 Allegretto capriccioso con slancio ma un poco ironico
9 Presto con bravura, precipitoso
10 Alla Marcia (un pochiss. più mosso)
11 Adagio sostenuto e molto espress.
12 Andantino con moto, tempo giustissimo e sempre molto delicate
Sonata Op. 64 (1972)
13 Lento e chiaro
14 Chorale with contrasts: Adagio molto e sostenuto
15 Toccatas and Chorale: Presto precipitoso
Household Pets Op. 86 (1981)
16 Cat's Lament: Largo e cantabile
17 Jolly Dog: Presto con spirito
18 Goldfish: Adagio e calmissimo
19 White Rabbit: Allegro ma non troppo
20 Bird in cage: Largo e lamentoso
21 Squeaky Guinea-pig: Allegro molto
22 Animal Heaven: Lento e sostenuto, cantabile
23 Jack-in-the-Box (1959)
24 Study (1965)
25 Lazy-bones (1965)
Pieces for Angela Op. 47 (1966)
26 Clockwork Doll: Allegro alla marcia
27 The Swan: Andante con moto
28 Little Minx: Molto allegro capriccioso
29 Cradle-Song: Non troppo lento, dolce
30 A Sad Folk Song: Flowing and expressive
31 Leap-Frog: Allegro ritmico
32 Lament: Moderato espress.
33 Final Fanfare: Brisk and loud
Preludes (1988)
34 Prelude in D minor: Allegro con molto cantabile ed un poco agitato
35 Prelude in D major: Lentissimo dolce e cantabile
36 Prelude in E flat minor: Adagio molto (Tempo giusto)
37 Prelude in C major: Allegro molto chiaro e limpido
38 Prelude in C minor: Adagio molto sonoro e cantando |
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ID: DCD34127
Disk: 3
Type: CD
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Evelina Dobraceva, Soprano
Ekaterina Siurina, Soprano
Justina Gringyte, Mezzo-Soprano
Daniil Shtoda, Tenor
Andrei Bondarenko, Baritone
Rodion Pogossov, Baritone
Alexander Vinogradov, Bass
Iain Burnside, Piano
Track listing
Disc One
1-6 Six Songs Op. 4
7-12 Six Songs Op. 8
13-24 Twelve Songs Op. 14
25 Were you hiccupping, Natasha?
Disc Two
1-12 Twelve Songs Op. 21
13-27 Fifteen Songs Op. 26
28 A Letter to K.S. Stanislavsky
from S. Rachmaninov
Disc Three
1-14 Fourteen Songs Op. 34
15-20 Six Songs Op. 38.
Total playing time (3 CDs) [1:80:18]
This is the first complete recording for twenty years of Rachmaninov’s published song output. With the addition of two delightfully comic occasional pieces, it lays two further claims to importance: our seven singers - hand-picked by renowned pianist Iain Burnside - are all native Russian speakers, and every song is performed in the key in which Rachmaninov wrote it, respecting both the specificity of vocal colour and the carefully designed tonal and expressive trajectory within each opus.
For the first twenty-five years of his career Rachmaninov regularly expressed himself in song, from Tchaikovskian beginnings to the extraordinarily personal range of vocal and pianistic utterance in his final two collections. Almost a century after exile brought down the curtain on this period of his creative output, Burnside and his singers bring these works to shimmering, gushing, crackling, magnificent life. |
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