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Songs Now: British Songs of the 21st Century / Paul Carey Jones, baritone; Ian Ryan, piano

1 CD / Meridian / 2012-11-13

Works: David Power: Evening Songs (8), for voice & piano; Tom Armstrong: Opened Spaces, for voice & piano; David Lancaster: Memory of Place, for voice & piano; Richard Whalley: Songs (6) of Old Japanese Wis...
Performers: Jones, Paul Carey; Ryan, Ian

Fervor: The Music of Luis Jorge González / Cremaschi, McDonald, Stanley and Eckert

1 CD / Meridian / 2012-06-12

Works: Luis Jorge Gonzalez: City Twilights, for piano; Beyond Departure, for trombone & piano; Con Fervor por Buenos Aires, for voice & piano; Sonata Elegiaca, for viola & piano
Performers: Cremaschi, Alejandro; Eckert, Erika; McDonald, Margaret [Piano]; Simson, Julie; Stanley, William [Trombone]

This CD contains recent solo and chamber works for voice, trombone, and viola from a man described as "genuine" by Fanfare. The folk music of...continue...
Recording information: Hamilton Hall, University of Denver, Colorado, USA (03/17/2010-03/18/2010)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte

2 CD / Meridian / 2010-08-10

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 19a; Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Songs without words, vol 4, Op. 53; Songs without words, vol 5, Op. 6...
Performers: Mamou, Roberte

Mendelssohn's creation and cultivation of 'Songs Without Words' had both a positive and a negative impact on his reputation as a composer, a truth that...continue...

The Quiristers of Winchester College sing Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mozart & Schubert

1 CD / Meridian / 2009-09-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Herbstlied, Op. 53/4; Gruss, Op. 63/3; Duets (6), Op. 63; On Wings of Song; Das Ahrenfeld, Op. 77/2; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Johannes Brahms: Romances and Songs (5), Op. 84; Son...
Performers: Bottone, Robert; Brett, Francis; Evershed, Edward; Gibb, William; Nouban, Arron; Seligman, Tom; Smith, Julian

Meridian Records is proud to announce a new issue of the Winchester Quiristers singing part-songs, duets, and solos by four great composers of the classical...continue...

Music of Kings from the 11th through the 16th Centuries

1 CD / Meridian / 2007-11-13

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Lamento di Tristano, estampie; Alfonso X: Cantiga de Santa María 139, Maravillosos e piadosos; Cantiga de Santa María 10, Rosa das rosas e Fror das frores; Cantiga d...
Conductors: Zlokovich, Vera
Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Consort, Serbia

Medieval courts were the main gathering centers of professional musicians aside from churches. No wonder, then, that even some of the kings and noblemen applied...continue...

The Water is Wide and other Lute Songs / Perrin, Parsons

2 CD / Meridian / 2007-07-10

Works: British Isles Traditional: The Water Is Wide, folk song; English Traditional: Scarborough Fair; Through Bushes and through Briars; Lillibulero, lute song; The Turtle Dove; The Three Ravens, folk song...
Performers: Parsons, David; Perrin, Nigel

Nigel Perrin sang with the legendary King's Singers from 1968 to 1980. He initially left the group to work for the Church Army in an...continue...

Alma Española / Arad, Zorn, Manzano

1 CD / Meridian / 2006-09-12

Works: Enriqué Granados: Colección de tonadillas; Colección (7) de canciones amatorias; Manuel de Falla: Dance no 1 (from La vida breve); El pan de Ronda; Oración de las madres que tie...
Performers: Arad, Idit; Manzano, Luis-Miguel; Zorn, Yuval

Israeli-born soprano Idit Arad began her studies at the Rubin Academy High School in Jerusalem. Arad has always had a deep affinity with Spain and...continue...

Villa-Lobos: Complete Works for Cello Vol 1 / Lisboa, Braga

1 CD / Meridian / 2005-04-15

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Berceuse for Cello and Piano, W 88; O canto do cisne negro, W 122; Sonhar for Cello and Piano, W 86/Op. 14; Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Voice and Piano; Preludio for Cello and Pi...
Performers: Braga, Miriam; Lisboa, Tânia

Emotional Turbulence / Cohen-Licht, Chasson

1 CD / Meridian / 2004-10-05

Works: Richard Strauss: Lieder (5), Op. 15; Arnold Schoenberg: Songs (4), Op. 2; Benjamin Britten: Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35; Xavier Montsalvatge: Canciones negras (5)
Performers: Chasson, Tamir; Cohen-Licht, Daphna

Handel: Organ Music, Deutsche Arien, etc

1 CD / Meridian / 2004-08-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dalla guerra amorosa, HWV 102a; Suite for Keyboard in G minor, HWV453; German Arias (9); Air in G minor, HWV 457; Sonata for Oboe and Basso Continuo in C minor, HWV 366/Op. 1...
Performers: Fenton, Jane; Isepp, Martin; Kenny, Yvonne; Sanger, David; Scully, Mary; Shirley-Quirk, John; Watkins, Sara [Oboe]

Although most of Handel's vocal and instrumental music outside of the late operas and oratorios dates from his youth, it a naive to consider it...continue...

Camilleri: Four Greek Songs, etc / Campbell, et al

1 CD / Meridian / 2003-11-04

Works: Charles Camilleri: Greek Songs (4) for Clarinet and Piano; Dirge 9/11/01 for Clarinet and Piano; Duo for Bass Clarinet and Piano; Divertimento for Clarinet and Piano no 2; Maltese Folk Songs (3); Sho...
Performers: Campbell, David [Clarinet]; Jacobson, Julian; Martlew, Zoë

Tributes - Melodies for Clarinet and Piano / Campbell, Ball

1 CD / Meridian / 2003-10-07

Works: Charles Camilleri: Concertino for Clarinet no 1; Geoffrey Bush: Tributes (5) for Clarinet and Piano; Ferruccio Busoni: Elegy for Clarinet and Piano, K 286; Sir Arthur Bliss: Pastoral for Clarinet and...
Performers: Ball, Andrew; Campbell, David [Clarinet]

John Hawkins: Voices from the Sea, etc / Hill, Pay, et al

1 CD / Meridian / 2003-06-03

Works: John Hawkins: Voices from the Sea; Variations for Piano; Waiting; Brief Encounters; Worlds Apart; Shadows; Disturbed Nights; Gestures; Quietus
Performers: Hill, Martyn
Conductors: Pay, Antony
Ensemble: Divertimenti

"John Hawkins is a name new to me and, I suspect, to most readers. But it is a name to remember... These evocative settings show...continue...

Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, etc / Bott, Tan, Bury, Pleeth, et al

1 CD / Meridian / 2003-02-04

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, H 26b no 2; Scottish Folksong, H 31a; Original Canzonettas Book 1, H 26a; Original Canzonettas Book 2, H 26a; The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Beznosiuk, Lisa; Bott, Catherine; Bury, Alison; Kelly, Frances; Pleeth, Anthony; Tan, Melvyn

Eternal Source of Light / Bowman, King, The King's Consort

1 CD / Meridian / 2002-11-05

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74; Dietrich Buxtehude: Jubilate Domino, omnis terra, BuxWV 64; Jesu, meine Freud und Lust, BuxWV 59; Johann Christoph Bach: Ach, dass...
Performers: Bowman, James; King, Robert [Conductor, Keyboard]
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

James Bowman has been one of the world's foremost countertenors for more than 30 years. He made his London debut in 1967 when he was...continue...

Turina: Erato, Serenata, Piano Quintet, etc / Amigos Quartet

1 CD / Meridian / 2002-04-02

Works: Joaquin Turina: Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 1; Escena andaluza, Op. 7; Serenata for String Quartet, Op. 87; Las musas de Andalucía, Op. 93; El poema de una Sanluqueña,...
Performers: Dukes, Philip; Hashimoto, Miyako; Hill, Johnathan; Hulse, Eileen; Kitchen, Johnathan; Pulman, James; Roberts, Roland
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Ensemble: Amigos String Quartet

Schubert Songs transcribed by Liszt Vol 2 / Anthony Peebles

1 CD / Meridian / 2002-01-08

Works: Franz Liszt: Das Wandern (Schubert) for Piano, S 565 no 1; Wohin? (Schubert) for Piano, S 565 no 5; Ungeduld (Schubert, 1st version) for Piano, S 563 no 5; Der Jäger (Schubert) for Piano, S 565 ...
Performers: Peebles, Antony

Liszt transcribed 56 of Schubert's songs for piano solo, most of them when he was only in his late 20s. This is the second volume...continue...

Dvorák: Mass in D; Bruckner, et al /Bristol Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Meridian / 2001-08-07

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Mass in D major, Op. 86/B 153; Johannes Brahms: Geistliches Lied, Op. 30; Motets (3) for chorus, Op. 110; Anton Bruckner: Christus factus est; Tota pulchra es, WAB 46; L...
Performers: Cave, Philip; Coupe, Anthony; Foulkes, Stephen; Pinel, Anthony; Taylor, Stephen [Treble]
Conductors: Archer, Malcolm
Ensemble: Bristol Cathedral Choir

Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor, etc / New College Choir

1 CD / Meridian / 2001-05-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Kenneth Leighton: God's grandeur; Herbert Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing; Bernard Rose: Feast Song for St. Cecilia; William Henry Harris: Faire is t...
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: New College Choir, Oxford

Purcell: Sacred Music / Higginbottom, Müller, et al

1 CD / Meridian / 2001-03-06

Works: Henry Purcell: Blow up the trumpet in Sion, Z 10; The Lord is King, be the people never so impatient, Z 53; Lord, what is man?, Z 192; Let mine eyes run down with tears, Z 24; Jehova, quam multi sunt...
Performers: Cox, Jeremy; Cryer, Geoffrey; Cunningham, Sarah; Goldsworthy, Philip; Johnston, Daniel; L'Estrange, Alexander; Müller, Rufus; Moody, Howard; Morton, Michael; Robinson, Timothy; Sillman, Justin; ...
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: New College Choir, Oxford

"For such transcendent music to succeed, it has to be performed with sufficient technical prowess. This the New College choir commands, and they add to...continue...

A French Collection - Bizet, et al / Hill, Johnston, Ferber

1 CD / Meridian / 2001-03-06

Works: Charles Gounod: Où voulez-vous aller?; Viens, les gazons sont verts, song for voice & piano; César Franck: Nocturne, M 85; Claude Debussy: Poèmes (7) de Banville; Clair de lune; Ta...
Performers: Hill, Martyn; Johnson, Graham [Piano]

Brahms: Sonatas for Viola and Piano Op 120, etc

1 CD / Meridian / 2000-06-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91; Sonata for Clarinet (or Viola) & Piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Sonata for Clarinet (or Viola) & Piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2
Performers: Jacobson, Julian; Silverthorne, Paul; Walker, Sarah

Banks of Green Willow - Music for England / Kenneth Page

1 CD / Meridian / 1996-12-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67; Frederick Delius: Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra; Edward Elgar: Chanson de nuit, Op. 15 no 1; Chanson de matin, Op. 15 no 2; Charles Hubert Parry: Lady Radno...
Conductors: Page, Kenneth
Ensemble: Da Camera Orchestra