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Musica Intima "20" - Gems for chorus from 20 Years on Atma / Musica Intima Choir

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-08-28

Works: Robert Lucas Pearsall: Lay a garland on her hearse; Stephen Chatman: You Have Ravished My Heart; Barrie Cabena: I waited for the Lord, for choir; Urmas Sisask: Confitemini Domino, for chorus; Seth Ga...
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Ensemble: Musica Intima

Lush harmonies, intricate arrangements and soaring melodies have been the foundation of musica intima's recordings. Over the years, musica intima has relished performing and recording...continue...

Songs Without Words - Grieg, Brahms, Chabrier, Faure / Julius Drake

1 CD / ATMA / 2011-03-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Album für die Jugend, Op. 68; Kinderszenen no 12 ("Kind im Einschlummern"), for piano, Op. 15/12; Johannes Brahms: Intermezzi (3) for Piano, Op. 117; Felix Mendelssohn: Song Wit...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]

Renowned as one of the best accompanists working today, British pianist Julius Drake has chosen the ATMA label to record his first solo CD, Songs...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London, England (12/06/2008-12/08/2008)....continue...

Divine Musick: The Late Works of Benjamin Britten

1 CD / ATMA / 2010-09-28

Works: William Croft: A Hymn on Divine Musick; Pelham Humfrey: Lord! I have sinned; A Hymne to God the father "Wilt thou forgive that sin"; Jeremiah Clarke: Blest Be These Sweet Regions; John Blow: Oh! that...
Performers: Swartz, Jennifer; Wiliford, Lawrence

"Light-voiced, mellifluous, pleasing, Wiliford makes easier listening than Pears could sometimes be in the twilight of his career...The balance between voice and harp is excellent...continue...
Recording information: Salle Françoys-Bernier Domaine Forget, St-Irénée, Québe (11/21/2009-11/23/2009)....continue...

Britten: Les Illuminations

1 CD / ATMA / 2010-08-31

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations; Prelude and Fugue for 18-part String Orchestra, Op. 29; Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10; Now sleeps the crimson petal, song for tenor, ...
Performers: Gauvin, Karina; Giguère, Pascale; Marsolais, Louis-Philippe
Conductors: Zeitouni, Jean-Marie

"Gauvin is a seductive interpreter of [Les Illuminations]. Her glinting sound gives a diamantine shimmer to the heroic passages, yet she never sacrifices the essential...continue...
Recording information: Salle Raoul-Jobin, Palais Montcalm, Québec, Quebec, Can (04/2009)....continue...

Britten: Cello Suites / Denise Djokic

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-11-25

Works: Benjamin Britten: Suite for solo cello no 1, Op. 72; Suite for solo cello no 2, Op. 80; Suite for solo cello no 3, Op. 87
Performers: Djokic, Denise

Britten wrote his 'Three Suites for Cello' between 1964 and 1971 for his friend, the legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. Like other composers including Hindemith, Bloch,...continue...

O nata lux / Musica Intima

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-10-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); Gabriel's Message (Basque); Baloo, Lammy (Scottish); Ce matin, j'ai rencontré le train (French); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All,...

'O Nata Lux' features works by 20th century landmark composers including Britten, Howells and Willan, as well as contemporary arrangements of traditional Christmas music such...continue...

La Mer - Debussy, Britten, Mercuren / Nézet-Séguin, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2007-10-30

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes; Pierre Mercure: Kaléidoscope, for orchestra
Performers: Benny, Marie-Andre
Conductors: Nézet-Séguin, Yannick

Recently appointed to replace Valery Gergiev as Music Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic, conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin has won rave reviews for his masterful interpretations both...continue...