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ID: COR16008 Disk: 3 Type: CD |
Kolekce: OratorioSamson - Thomas Randle (tenor)
Israelite man, Philistine man - Mark Padmore (tenor)
Dalila - Lynda Russell (soprano)
Israelite woman, Philistine woman, Virgin - Lynne Dawson
Micah - Catherine Wyn-Rogers (alto)
Messenger - Matthew Vine (tenor)
Manoa - Michael George (bass)
Harapha - Jonathan Best (bass) |
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ID: COR16017 Disk: 2 Type: CD |
Kolekce: Sacred OratoriosThe Christmas Oratorio is one of Bach's greatest masterpieces and this recording is one of The Sixteen's finest.
Lynda Russell (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), Mark Padmore (tenor, Evangelist), Michael George (bass, Herod), Libby Crabtree (angel, Echo) |
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ID: COR16019 Disk: 2 Type: CD |
Kolekce: Sacred OratoriosPodkolekce: Choir SOLOISTS
Lynda Russell, Nancy Argenta, Michael Chance, Tom Randle, Mark Padmore, Matthew Vine, Simon Berridge, Michael George, Robert Evans, Simon Birchall, Anthony Robson |
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ID: SIGCD124 Disk: 1 Type: CD |
Kolekce: Vocal CollectionThe Chinese poet, Du Fu (712-770), received no recognition in his lifetime but is now regarded as one of China’s finest poets. His poems appear in Roth’s work, Songs in Time of War, a stunning compilation of songs from Du Fu’s experiences in civil war China, beautifully arranged for tenor, violin, harp and guitar.
Inspired by a visit to Vancouver’s Chinese garden (in authentic Ming Dynasty style), Roth sketched musical ideas for the four songs, Chinese Gardens. The original version has since been revised for Mark Padmore and Morgan Szymanski who perform for the first time on this recording. |
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ID: SIGCD122 Disk: 1 Type: CD |
Kolekce: Vocal CollectionPodkolekce: Vocal and Piano Susan Gritton and Mark Padmore perform these songs with vigour, marvellously accompanied by Iain Burnside and do great justice to songs which many would regard as being the most distinctive and very finest examples of Britten’s art.
Britten’s extraordinary skill and fluency for setting his own native language has sometimes obscured the brilliance with which he embraced a wide range of foreign poetry throughout his career. In fact Britten left a series of exquisite settings, some of his very finest, in French, Italian, Latin, German, Russian, Scot dialect and Medieval English; and the role-call of poets attests to the diversity and sophistication of his literary tastes, including the work of Victor Hugo, Paul Verlaine, Artur Rimbaud, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Friedrich Hölderlin, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alexander Pushkin, Bertolt Brecht and William Soutar. The earliest of these works (written when Britten was just fourteen) was the Quatre chansons françaises, settings of Hugo and Verlaine for high voice and orchestra, written in the summer of 1928 for his parents’ twenty-seventh wedding anniversary. Les Illuminations followed a decade later; Latin settings were a constant throughout his career, for his many liturgical settings and notably in War Requiem and the Cantata misericordium; we find Scots dialect in his Souter settings, Who are these children? and his authentic response to the challenge of early English texts is demonstrated in his mystery-play settings, Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac and Noye’s Fludde, and profoundly so in one of his very last works, the choral setting of eight medieval English lyrics, Sacred and Profane. But Britten’s settings of Italian, Russian, French and German, performed here by Susan Gritton, Mark Padmore and Iain Burnside are certainly amongst the most distinctive and very finest examples of his art, each fashioned specifically for a much-loved and favoured artist.
© Dr John Evans, 05.12.07 |
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ID: COR16062 Disk: 3 Type: CD |
Kolekce: Choral CollectionPodkolekce: Choir Arguably the most famous oratorio ever written and certainly Handel’s best known work, Messiah needs little introduction. Composed in a staggering twenty-four days Messiah was first performed in Dublin in 1742 where it received a rapturous welcome. Not so the following year when it premiered in London to a distinctly hostile reception. It wasn’t until Messiah began to be presented
in charity performances at the Foundling Hospital in London that the public started to embrace the work we now regard as Handel’s greatest composition.
On this disc The Sixteen and Harry Christophers are joined by four soloists all revered Handelians who have had a long association with The Sixteen. |
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ID: SIGCD332 Disk: 1 Type: CD |
Podkolekce: Chamber Ensemble Music for voice and guitar by Alec Roth
Alec Roth
Mark Padmore
Morgan Szymanski
My Lute and I (Words by Thomas Wyatt)
1. I. Sigh and Moan [2.33]
2. II. Tell Me [2.41]
3. III. How? [3.48]
4. IV. A Kiss [1.28]
5. V. Wonders [3.06]
6. VI. Out of My Mind [3.11]
7. VII. Tangled [3.11]
8. VIII. Sometime I Sing [3.31]
9. IX. Now Cease [4.22]
10. Invocation [4.40]
(guitar solo)
11. Dark Night (Words by Vikram Seth) [4.50]
Three Night Songs (Words by Vikram Seth)
12. I. The Gift [3.04]
13. II. Heart [3.23]
14. III. All You Who Sleep Tonight [1.34]
15. Autumnal (Words by John Donne) [4.01]
English Folk Songs
16. I. Scarborough Fair [2.01]
17. II. The Brisk Young Widow [2.12]
18. III. The Turtle Dove [3.00]
19. IV. Dance to Your Daddy [1.40]
20. V. Sweet William [2.59]
21. Lights Out (Words by Edward Thomas) [4.21]
Total timings: [65.37]
A lyrical collection of chamber works for tenor and guitar - Sometime I Sing unites Gramophone award-winning tenor Mark Padmore with Mexican guitarist Morgan Szymanski in settings of texts by Thomas Wyatt, Vikram Seth, John Donne and Edward Thomas by the composer Alec Roth.
Roth is a UK-based composer who works across a wide range of musical genres, including stage works, vocal, choral, orchestral, instrumental, and Javanese gamelan - his former posts include Founder/Director of the Royal Festival Hall Gamelan Programme and Southbank Gamelan Players; Music Director of the Baylis Programme, English National Opera; and Associate Composer, Opera North. |
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ID: NMCD203 Disk: 1 Type: CD |
Podkolekce: Sbor 1.Peter Maxwell Davies: Sea Eagle I Adagio 4'05"
2.Peter Maxwell Davies: Sea Eagle II Lento 3'33"
3.Peter Maxwell Davies: Sea Eagle III Presto molto 1'30"
4.Gerald Barry: Jabberwocky 5'44"
5.Colin Matthews: Three of a Kind I Vivo 1'47"
6.Colin Matthews: Three of a Kind II Largamente 1'13"
7.Colin Matthews: Three of a Kind III Calmo 6'34"
8.Huw Watkins: Trio 12'48"
9.David Matthews: Quintet for Horn and Strings (live recording) I Andante 7'57"
10.David Matthews: Quintet for Horn and Strings (live recording) II Molto vivace 5'16"
11.Mark-Anthony Turnage: Prayer for a great man 3'57"
12.Robin Holloway: Trio for Horn, Cello and Piano I Liberamente 11'33"
13.Robin Holloway: Trio for Horn, Cello and Piano II Poco allegro 8'35"
Artists:
Richard Watkins horn
Paul Watkins cello
Huw Watkins piano
Mark Padmore tenor
The Nash Ensemble
Richard Watkins is one of the most sought-after horn players of his generation. He was Principal Horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra for twelve years, and is currently a member of the Nash Ensemble and a founder member of London Winds. Closely associated with promoting contemporary music for the horn, Richard Watkins has given premieres of concertos by Maxwell-Davies, Osborne, Lindberg, Muldowney, Lefanu, and Colin and David Matthews.
The title work on this album is Peter Maxwell Davies' solo horn piece Sea Eagle (1982). It was initially considered by many to be impossible to play but is now regarded as an essential part of the horn repertoire and is even a set-piece for the prestigious Munich Horn Competition.
Richard is joined on this recording by a stellar line-up of chamber musicians, including Paul Watkins and Huw Watkins for an unusual combination of horn, cello and piano (C Matthews & Holloway), and tenor Mark Padmore to present the unmistakable soundworld of Gerald Barry. His setting of Lewis Carroll’s famous poem Jabberwocky - which is first sung in French, with expressive legato phrases, and then repeated more forcefully in German - features some delightfully unconventional horn writing. |
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ID: SIGCD487 Disk: 1 Type: CD |
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