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Oliver Knussen: Autumnal; Choral; Violin Concerto; Requiem; Songs for Sue / Leila Josefowicz, violin; Alexandra Wood; Huw Watkins; Claire Booth

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Oliver Knussen: Choral, for band; Autumnal, for violin & piano (Triptych, Part 1); Whitman Settings, for voice & piano, Op. 25; Secret Psalm, for violin; Prayer Bell Sketch, for piano, Op.29; Concert...
Performers: Booth, Claire; Josefowicz, Leila; Knussen, Oliver; Watkins, Huw; Wigglesworth, Ryan; Wood, Alexandra
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver; Wigglesworth, Ryan
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

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David Sawer: From Morning to Midnight

1 CD / NM Classics Import / 2007-02-13

Works: David Sawer: Tiroirs, for chamber orchestra; From Morning to Midnight, symphonic suite; The Memory of Water, for 2 violins & string orchestra; The Greatest Happiness Principle, for orchestra
Performers: Blendis, Simon; Wood, Alexandra
Conductors: Mälkki, Susanna; Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

BBC Music Magazine
This is flintily expressionistic music, needle-sharp in texture, superbly scored, and powerfully Projected in this BBC performance by Martyn Brabbins, who conducted the...continue...

Holt: Boots of Lead, Feet of Clay, etc / Rattle, Brabbins

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-01-06

Works: Simon Holt: Kites, for chamber ensemble; Feet of Clay, for solo cello; eco-pavan, for piano & ensemble; Boots of Lead, for mezzo-soprano & ensemble; Lilith
Performers: Barnell, Andrew; Bradley, Christopher; Cookhorn, Margaret; Ellis, James; Heard, Robert; Heinen, Ulrich; Hind, Rolf; Johnston, Robert; Leaver, Richard; Lilley, Colin; Limbrick, Simon; Manasse, Robert;...
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn; Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group