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ID: NMCD086
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Kolektion: Cello CollectionSubkolektion: Cello and Symphony Orchestra
Casken's lyrical Cello Concerto is coupled with Maharal Dreaming, a vivid orchestral fantasy derived from his opera Golem; the glittering showpiece for strings, Darting the Skiff; and the theatrical and exuberant Vaganza, with its echoes of Petrushka.
These recordings were originally released on Collins Classics.
Reissued with funding from Arts Council England.
Casken's acerbic musical architecture is ideal for this ensemble; an ensemble whose smoothness of sound in the Mahlerian figures of Darting the Skiff is balanced by their precise articulation of Vaganza and subdued sonority in Maharal Dreaming. With Schiff's cool, mellifluous account of the Cello Concerto at its centre, this Casken retrospective is a must for any new music devotee.The Independent on Sunday |
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ID: NMCD129
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Kolektion: InstrumentalSubkolektion: Violin
To mark David Blake’s 70th birthday, NMC re-issues his Violin Concerto, performed by Iona Brown with the Philhamonia under Norman del Mar, and In Praise of Krishna, featuring soprano Teresa Cahill with the Northern Sinfonia, conducted by the composer.
Originally released on Argo in 1992; reissued with funding from Arts Council England.
1-2 - Iona Brown, violin/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Norman del Mar, conductor
3-9 - Teresa Cahill, soprano/ Northern Sinfonia/ David Blake, conductor |
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ID: NMCD140
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subkolektion: Piano and Clarinet
This CD features eight premiere recordings:
• Three additional songs of Les Illuminations
• In memoriam Dennis Brain
• Rondo Concertante
• Elegy for Strings
• Variations for Solo Piano
• and the completion of Movements for a Clarinet Concerto.
The stunning performance of Les Illuminations by world-renowned soprano Sandrine Piau has been made possible thanks to the French label Naïve kindly releasing Sandrine from her exclusive recording contract for this CD. The ‘Clarinet Concerto’ was written for jazz star Benny Goodman, but Britten never completed it as the sketches were impounded by US Customs in 1941. It was Britten’s intention to resume work on the piece in 1943 but he never got round to it and so it remained a fragment, not performed until edited by Colin Matthews in 1990.
Britten intended the additional three songs recorded here-also setting Rimbaud-to be part of Les Illuminations. Sandrine Piau’s love affair with the music of Benjamin Britten blossomed when she was chosen to sing the role of Flora in Britten’s Turn of the Screw at Radio France.
In memoriam Dennis Brain for 4 horns, strings and tubular bells commemorates the great horn player for whom Britten wrote his Serenade for tenor, horn and strings. He died in a car crash in 1957. |
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ID: SIGCD246
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Kolektion: Choral CollectionSubkolektion: Voices and Orchestra
The Huddersfield Choral society has one of the longest and most fruitful relationships with Handel’s famous Messiah than perhaps any other chorus in the world: they first performed it in concert during their inception year of 1836, and have continued to do so annually since 1860 with concerts the world over as well as in their hometown of Huddersfield.
Recorded live in concert in December 2010, this new recording combines the famous ensemble with the Northern Sinfonia and four world-class professionals, under the direction of Jane Glover CBE. The disc begins with John Wainwright’s ‘Christians Awake’, a traditional addition to the Messiah programme at their concerts in Huddersfield. |
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