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Janácek: Choral Music / New London Chamber Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-04-10

Works: Leos Janácek: Ríkadla (Nursery Rhymes) (18) for 9 voices & 10 instruments, JW 5/17; Kaspar Rucky, ballad for soloists & female chorus, JW 4/41; 70,000 (Sedmdesát tisíc, Th...
Performers: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; MacDougall, Jamie; Norman, Daniel; Pitt, Amanda; Webb, Hugh; Williamson, Clive
Conductors: Wood, James
Ensemble: ; Critical Band

Fanfare
These performances strike me as nearly ideal ... this enchanting Hyperion disc.
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Recording information: 1996-03-12_1996-03-14&1996-....continue...

Harvey: The Angels; Ashes Dance Back; Marahi; The Summer Cloud's Awakening / Latvian Radio Choir, James Wood, Clive Williamson, Ilona Meija, Arne Deforce

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-04-12

Conductors: Wood, James
Ensemble: Latvian Radio Choir

Jonathan Harvey is Britain's foremost composer of electronic music and he has developed a complex and personal musical language for which he is globally recognized....continue...

Poulenc: Secular Choral Music / New London Chamber Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-10-12

Works: Francis Poulenc: Un soir de neige, chamber cantata for 6 voices (or chorus), FP 126; Chansons françaises (8), for chorus, FP 130; Sept chansons, for chorus, FP 81; Chanson à boire, for male...
Performers: Burtt-Jones, Natalia; Clark, Christopher; Eastwood, Rona; Jackson, Celia; Johnson, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; McMullin, Peter; Oliver, Aidan; Thomas, Meinir Wyn; Ward, John
Conductors: Wood, James

Boulanger: Clairières dans le Ciel / Wood, Hill, Ball, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-05-01

Works: Lili Boulanger: Clairières dans le ciel (13), for voice & piano; Les Sirènes for mezzo-soprano, chorus & piano; Renouveau; Hymne Au Soleil for alto, chorus & piano; Pour les Funéraille...
Performers: Ager, Jeanette; Ball, Andrew; Hill, Martyn; Johnson, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Pitt, Amanda; Townsend, Ian
Conductors: Wood, James

'Truly one of the great French song cycles of the first quarter of this century' (Fanfare, USA)

'Utterly seductive music with depth, sensitively performed. Highly recommended'...continue...