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ID: DCD34059
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Type: CD
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Chamber Music
Subcollection: TrioA chamber-music portrait of Hafliđi Hallgrímsson, one of the most influential figures in the recent flowering of Icelandic music. Enigmatic yet eloquent, inscrutable and self contained, these exquisitely crafted, jewel-like works reflect the personality of the composer himself as well as his multi-faceted literary and artistic interests and influences.
Fidelio Trio: Matthew Jones (viola), Darragh Morgan (violin), Robin Michael (cello) & Mary Dullea (piano)
Track listing
1.-15. Notes from a Diary for viola and piano, Op. 33 (2005)
16.-22. Seven Epigrams for violin and cello, Op. 23 (1996)
23. Metamorphoses for piano trio, Op. 16 (1994)
Total playing time [73.04]
All world premiere recordings |
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ID: DCD34055
CDs: 1
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Collection:
Chamber Music
Subcollection: QuartetAll world premiere recordings
The elder statesman in Scotland's music scene, Robert Crawford has throughout his life lavished intense care over every one of his compositions. The Edinburgh Quartet and pianist Nicholas Ashton are intimately acquainted with Crawford's music and mirror the composer's attention to detail in a long overdue survey of this lovingly-crafted music.
Track listing
1. Sonata Breve (1991)
2. Quintet (2005) Sonata No. 2, Op. 5 (1951)
3. Allegro e caloroso
4. Prestissimo, scherzo
5. Arioso, poco lento
6. Finale, vivace Six Bagatelles, Op. 3 (1947)
7. Allegretto scherzando
8. Dirge, Grave
9. Scherzo, Prestamente
10. Alla marcia
11. Tempo di menuetto, poco lento
12. Allegretto scherzando
13. A Saltire Sonata (1991)
Total playing time [64.44] |
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ID: DCD34056
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Choral Collection
World Premiere Recordings.
Best known as a composer of exquisitely quirky miniatures for accordion or piano solo, Howard Skempton has in recent years developed an equally strong affinity for the choral medium. The Exon Singers' programme on this brand new disc includes a new Missa brevis composed especially for the recording, alongside songs and shorter choral pieces constituting a broad survey of Skempton's output over the past twenty-five years.
Track listing
Howard Skempton
1. Upon my lap my sovereign sits
2. O Saviour of the World
3. Locus iste
4. The Song of Songs
5. O Life! for baritone and organ
6. Nature's Fire for organ
7. Adam lay y-bounden
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Edinburgh Service)
8. Magnificat
9. Nunc dimittis
Lamentations for baritone and theorbo
10. How sits this city
11. I am the man
12. The anointed Lord
13. For oughtest thou, O Lord
14. Beati quorum via
Emerson Songs for soprano and baritone
15. Music
16. Brahma
17. Pan
18. Xenophanes
19. He wishes for the cloths of Heaven
20. Ave Virgo sanctissima
21-25. Missa brevis (2008)
26. Ostende nobis Domine
27. Recessional for organ
Total playing time [71:16] |
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ID: CLAVES509016
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
World Premiere Recording
F.J. Haydn
Arianna a Naxos, cantata, Hob.XXVIb/2
C. Monteverdi
Lamento d'Arianna 'Lasciatemi morire'
G. Rossini
Giovanna d'Arco
A. Vivaldi
Cantata RV675 'Piango, gemo, sospiro' |
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ID: CLAVES502301
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: OrchestreThis compact disc features the premiere recordings of the most important works for orchestra by Max d’Ollone: «Le Ménétrier» (the village fiddler), Lamento and the Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra Like his teacher Jules Massenet, d’Ollone was particularly fascinated by the human voice, and for this reason he is primarily remembered as a composer of operas, sacred and secular cantatas and countless songs.
Although Max d’Ollone wrote relatively little orchestral music and although this repertoire was written in a limited period of time (almost exclusively before 1914), his symphonic music is characterized by a very high artistic and compositional quality. His orchestral music is richly lyrical, emotionally expressive and technically impeccable.
The three-movement structure of «Le Ménétrier» with a solo violin part is very reminiscent of a concerto, a purely instrumental form, but d’Ollone described it as a «symphonic poem in three parts with a solo violin». Lamento is a meticulously orchestrated work. One is carried away by the beauty of its melodic lines and their emotional force. The delicate harmonies, at times unexpected and yet always elegant and smooth, contribute to the sense of movement toward a profound serenity. The Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra is forceful and majestic, at times reminiscent of Saint-Saëns. The monumental, grandiloquent finale masterfully accentuates the emotional power of this composition. This recording is rounded off by a chamber music work, the Andante and Scherzo for Three Cellos a short composition that offers clear demonstration of the evolution of the composer’s musical language.
Orchestra Simfonica De Barcelona I Nacional De Catalunya (Barcelona Symphony Orchestra) |
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ID: SINFCD1-2004
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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World Premiere Recording
Subcollection: OrchestreThirteen tribute pieces written for Oliver Knussen, featuring works by Anderson, Andriessen, Benjamin, Carter, Glanert, Goehr, Henze, Lindberg, Matthews, Thomas, Turnage, Wuorinen and Zuidam. ;Live recording of world premiere performances in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, on 12 June 2002. |
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ID: SIGCD149
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
World Premiere Recording
Subcollection: Chamber OrchestraSongs of the Sky is the first in a new series of discs in collaboration with the Britten Sinfonia.
How does music react when cultures collide? And what does it mean to speak of musical modernity in today’s ever-changing artistic climate? This collection of five world premiere recordings, written especially for the Britten Sinfonia, explores the different guises of 21st century composition.
Tarik O’Regan takes Arab dance music out of its traditional environment and explores its influence upon and absorption of non-Arab culture. Jason Yarde’s Who knows the Beauty, uses freely experimental approaches to combine different soundworlds, scored for piano quintet and saxophone. Written in direct response to the deadly tsunami in 2004, John Tavener’s Songs of the Sky is a powerful memorial to those who died in the tragedy.
Britten Sinfonia
One of Europe’s most celebrated and innovative groups, Britten Sinfonia features some of the finest chamber musicians and soloists. The orchestra is widely praised for the quality of its performance and intelligent approach to concert programming, which is centred around the development of its players. Uniquely, it does not have a principal conductor or artistic director but chooses to work with a range of the finest international guest artists from across the musical spectrum, as suited to each particular project. Recent seasons have included projects with Thomas Adès, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, James MacMillan, Ian Bostridge, Joanna MacGregor, Masaaki Suzuki, Polyphony and the Michael Clark Company. In 2008/09 guest artists include Mark Padmore, director Katie Mitchell, Imogen Cooper, Dhafer Youssef, Alina Ibragimova and Paul Lewis. Britten Sinfonia performs in many of Europe’s finest concert halls and Festivals and is a regular at the BBC Proms. It has residencies in Cambridge, Norwich, Birmingham and Krakow, with a concert series at London’s Southbank Centre and the Wigmore Hall. The ensemble enjoys a blossoming international profile, a recent highlight being an acclaimed tour of South America, and is frequently heard on disc, BBC Radio 3 and commercial radio. The orchestra has received awards including a Gramophone Award and in 2007 won the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Ensemble Award in recognition for its work. |
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ID: SIGCD220
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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World Premiere Recording
Subcollection: OrchestreWorld Premiere Recording
The outstanding British cellist Jamie Walton returns to disc on Signum, accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra under Alexander Briger. This disc includes William Walton's 1975 revision to the final movement of the cello concerto, which has never before been recorded or publically performed (as well as a performance of the original final movement).
This disc completes an Anglo-Russian trilogy of recordings by Jamie with this orchestra and conductor, proceed by pairings of Elgar & Myaskovsky (Cello Concertos - SIGCD116), and Britten & Shostakovich (Cello Symphony & Cello Concerto No.2 - SIGCD137). Both discs were released to great critical acclaim:Elgar & Myaskovsky (SIGCD116) |
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ID: SIGCD221
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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World Premiere Recording
World Premiere Recording
This premiere recording of John Tavener's Towards Silence, written for four string quartets and a large Tibetan bowl, explores the nature of consciousness and the process of dying. Tavener had long wanted to write the work and persuaded Professor Paul Robertson (leader of the Medici Quartet and Co-Founder of the Music Mind Spirit Trust) to perform it. However, shortly after the manuscript was completed both men became critically ill and close to death themselves.
By August 2008 Robertson had recovered sufficiently to resuscitate the project, which had now taken on a profound significance for himself and for Tavener. The members of the Medici Quartet immediately agreed to reform and identified young professional string quartets with whom to perform and to act as musical mentors.
Tavener's vision was for all four quartets to be positioned high up in the cathedral dome, invisible to the audience, and arranged in the shape of a cross, bringing the Christian, Bhuddist and Hindu religions together. This sense of space has been captured in the recording, which is an SACD hybrid that can also be enjoyed on a surround sound setup. |
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ID: STR33866
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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World Premiere Recording
Subcollection: Vocal and PianoSara Mingardo is one of the few rare authentic contralto voices on today’s music scene, and last year she won the prestigious Premio Abbiati 2010 as ‘Best Italian Singer’. Here she wonderfully interprets, in a thrilling World Première Recording, lyrical pieces for voice and piano by Guido Alberto Fano, with Aldo Orvieto at the piano.
G. A. Fano was born in Padua in 1875 and he died exactly 50 years ago in a small town in Friuli. His approach to song seems akin to that of Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968), who spoke of a new interest among Italian composers for vocal chamber music: “Incipit vita nova”, he proclaimed, with Dantesque tones he greeted the salvation of the genre from the monopoly enjoyed by the previous generation, first and foremost, the huge output of Abruzzo-born Francesco Tosti. A “new life” on which Pizzetti embarked by shedding the yolk of pleasant melody and conventional cadential formulae. These little known but highly attractive lyrical pieces, composed on immortal masterpieces by two great Italian poets, Giosuè Carducci (1835-1907) and Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912), clearly show Fano’s distance from the precepts of late 19th-century drawing-room song. |
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