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American Violin Concertos by Wiprud, Barber & Menotti / Ittai Shapira, violin

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Concerto for Violin in A minor; Theodore Wiprud: Concerto for Violin ("Katrina"); Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin, Op. 14
Performers: Shapira, Ittai
Conductors: Sanderling, Thomas; Thomson, Neil
Ensemble: ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

In this laudable effort Israeli virtuoso violinist Ittai Shapira gathers three seemingly disparate violin concertos to create a picture of the genre through a particularly...continue...

A Different World - contemporary works for violin & piano by Salonen, Sher, MacMillan, Watkins, Bacewicz et al. / Diana Galvydyte, violin; Christopher Guild, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-08-28

Works: Vytautas Barkauskas: Partita for solo violin, Op. 12; Eduardas Balsys: Eglè, Queen of the Serpents, for violin & piano; Joe Schittino: Poem for violin & piano ("Eglè"); Esa-Pekka Salone...
Performers: Galvydyte, Diana; Guild, Christopher

A fabulous disc of contemporary composers performed by exciting young Lithuanian violinist Diana Galvydyte. This release includes highly virtuosic and very soulful works, with two...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK (01/05/2012-01/06/2012); Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK (12/19/2011-12/20/2011)....continue...

David Bowerman: Fantasies - Whereon the Wild Thyme Blows / Stephen De Pledge, piano; Anna Leese, soprano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-05-29

Works: David Bowerman: Fantasy on a Theme of Elgar, for violin & piano; Shakespeare Songs (5), for voice & piano; Quartet for Strings on a Prelude, Chorale and Fugue of César Franck; Carne Beach, for p...
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen; Leese, Anna; Pailthorpe, Emily; Samuel, Laura; Stokes, Anna
Conductors: Chorzelski, Krzysztof;
Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio; Sacconi Quartet; Serenata of London

David Bowerman began writing music at the age of 65, and these compositions are more reflective than futuristic. He draws on music and literature that...continue...

Ittai Shapira: The Old Man and the Sea, Violin Concerto / Ittai Shapira, violin

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-04-24

Works: Ittai Shapira: The Old Man and the Sea, for violin & orchestra; Concierto Latino, for violin & orchestra; Caprice Habañera, for violin
Performers: Shapira, Ittai
Conductors: Thomson, Neil; Chorzelski, Krzysztof
Ensemble: London Serenata; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Ittai Shapira [brings] solo violin writing to life with a sweet, plaintive tone and an almost narrative approach to phrasing. New York Times Violinist-composer Ittai...continue...

Poulenc: Complete Chamber Works / London Conchord Ens.

2 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-03-27

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Sonata for violin & piano, FP 119; Sonata for Flute and Piano; Sonata for oboe & piano, FP 185; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Sextet for wind quintet & p...
Performers: Carroll, Thomas; Ellis, Tom; Flammineis, Andrea; Fulcher, Byron; Hosford, Richard; Koch, Maya; Korth, Nicholas; Martin, Maximiliano; Milford, Julian; Pailthorpe, Daniel; Pailthorpe, Emily; Robson, Ba...
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Ensemble: London Conchord Ensemble

This new disc from the acclaimed London Concord Ensemble presents Francis Poulenc's complete chamber music on 2 CDs. This flexible ensemble of internationally recognized young...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Wet Sussex, UK....continue...

Messiaen: Poémes Pour Mi

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-06-28

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano; Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant-Jésus; Le merle noir; Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6), for piano, I/54
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen; Jeffers, Gweneth-Ann; Pailthorpe, Daniel; Trusler, Matthew
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Conchord Ensemble

Poémes pour Mi, sung by soprano Gwen-Ann Jeffers, opens this recording of some of Messiaen's most important chamber works. Pianist Stephen De Pledge, who studied...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex....continue...

Glory Tree: Chamber Works By Cheryl Frances-Hoad

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-06-28

Works: Cheryl Frances-Hoad: Memoria, for oboe, cor anglais, string trio & piano; My Fleeting Angel, for piano trio; The Snow Woman, for solo violin; The Ogre Lover, for string trio; Invocation, for solo cel...
Performers: Daniel, Nicholas; Enzlin, Irene; Gorokhov, Leonid; Kolin, Sebastian; Lomeiko, Natalia [Violin]; Martin, Rodrigo Moro; Morris, Steffan; Petrov, Michael; Power, Andrew; Raybould, Natalie; Scott, Catrio...
Conductors: ; Hofman, Matilda
Ensemble: Ensemble Na Mara; Kreisler Ensemble; Lendvai String Trio

Cheryl Frances-Hoad has a unique and special compositional voice, recently becoming the youngest composer to win two prizes in the same year at the British...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex (09/22/2008-09/24/2008)....continue...

Concierto Latino / Ittai Shapira, violin

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-05-31

Works: Ittai Shapira: Concierto Latino, for violin & orchestra
Performers: Shapira, Ittai
Conductors: Chorzelski, Krzysztof
Ensemble: Serenata of London

Composer and violinist Ittai Shapira's Concierto Latino represents the intertwining strands of both his musical and personal life. As the title suggests, Latin music (composers...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's, New Southgate, London (03/26/2010)....continue...

David W. Bowerman: Favoured Fantasies

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-02-22

Works: David Bowerman: Isolde Fantasy, for violin & piano; Theme & Variations, for piano; Sonata for cello & piano; Wildbrooks Suite, for flute & piano; Elegy, for piano; Fantasy on a Theme of Elgar, for vi...
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen; Galvydyte, Diana; MacRae, Bridget; Milford, Julian; Pailthorpe, Daniel; Peletsis, Anna; Shapira, Ittai

Champs Hill Records is delighted to release this collection of the best works of David Bowerman, which features a number of well-known and up-and-coming artists....continue...
: Jon Thorne, Daisy Gathorne-Hardy, Sara Trickey, Katy Gorsuch....continue...

Gian Carlo Menotti: Trio For Violin Clarinet; Piano Five Songs

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-05-25

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano; Five Songs, for voice & piano; Cantilena e scherzo for harp & string quartet; Canti della lontananza, song cycle for soprano & piano
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Martin, Max [Clarinet]; Milford, Julian; Thorsen, Marianne; Tingay, Gillian; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Menotti's instrumental and vocal concert music has not attracted as much attention as his stage works, but his cantatas, concertos, song-cycles and other works all...continue...

A Fantasy Idyll: Music by David Bowerman

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-04-27

Works: David Bowerman: Fanfare, for 3 trumpets & organ; Improvisation on Little Cornard, for organ; Spiritual Fantasy, for piano trio; Shakespeare Settings (2), for voice & piano; An Equal Music, for voice ...
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen; Earis, Andrew; Fichert, Jakob; Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Galvydyte, Diana; Helsdon, Claire; Hodges, Katie; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Leese, Anna; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Nea...

The third CD from new English composer David Bowerman, this CD further explores his love of song and his natural affinity for the organ, as...continue...