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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...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Beethoven, Brahms / Stephen De Pledge, piano

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

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Johannes Brahms: Rhapsodies (2) for piano, Op. 79
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen

New Zealand pianist Stephen De Pledge is one of the most exciting and versatile musicians of his generation. Stephen's solo performances have taken him throughout...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Sussex (12/11/2008-12/12/2008)....continue...

Classical Accordion: Scarlatti, JS Bach, Berio, Mozart, Piazzolla / Ksenia Sidorova, accordion

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-07-26

Works: Arne Nordheim: Flashing, for accordion; Johann Sebastian Bach: Overture in the French Style, BWV 831; Luciano Berio: Sequenza XIII, for accordion; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in D mino...
Performers: Sidorova, Ksenija [Accordion]

This is the debut recording from stunning young classical accordionist, Ksenija Sidorova featuring the best contemporary works for classical accordion, alongside well-known transcriptions. The accordi...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex....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...

Summertime

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

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Samuel Barber: Songs (4), Op. 13; The Monk and His Cat, song for voice & piano (Hermit Songs), Op. 29/8; Edward Elgar: Op. 16; Gabriel Fauré: Clair de lune, Op. ...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Three centuries of song are represented here, and, as BBC Music Magazine's Hilary Finch put it "such is the skill of Johnson's programming that the...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)....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...