NMC Classics > Chamber Music

Rob Keeley: Songs, Chimes & Dances, chamber music

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Rob Keeley: Music for Art and Tom, for saxophone & piano; Bells of Halkis, for piano; Little Trio, for clarinet, cello & piano; Two Ways of Looking at a Spider, for guitar; Trio for horn, violin & pi...
Performers: Dullea, Mary; Holmes, Tim; Keeley, Rob [Composer]; Leathwood, Jonathan [Guitar]; Maxwell, Melinda; Michael, Robin [Cello]; Morgan, Darragh; Sparling, Andrew; Watkins, Richard

Rob Keeley was born in Bridgend in 1960. He studied with Oliver Knussen at the Royal College of Music, Magdalen College Oxford under Bernard Rose,...continue...
Recording information: Coombehurst Studio, Kingston University (07/18/2011-07/20/2011); Highgate School, London (07/18/2011-07/20/2011); University of Denver, Colorado (07/18/2011-07/20/2011); Coombeh...continue...

Ed Bennett: My Broken Machines / Garth Knox, viola d'amore; Paul Roe, bass clarinet

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Ed Bennett: Stop-Motion Music, for ensemble; Slow Down, for piano trio; Cartoon Music, for ensemble; Monster, for bass clarinet; for JF, for string quartet; My Broken Machines, for ensemble; Ghosts, ...
Performers: Knox, Garth; Roe, Paul
Conductors:
Ensemble: Decibel (Ensemble); Fidelio Trio

Matthews: Divertimento / Knussen, Brindisi Quartet, Haffner Wind Ensemble, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2008-09-01

Works: Colin Matthews: Quartet for Strings no 2; Quartet for Oboe and Strings no 1; Divertimento for Double String Quartet; Concertinos (5) for Wind Quintet; Triptych
Conductors: ; Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: Brindisi String Quartet; Haffner Wind Ensemble

'Divertimento' was commissioned by and dedicated to Peter Pears for the 1982 Aldeburgh Festival. Colin Matthews is active as administrator of the Holst Foundation, chair...continue...

Lutyens: Trios, Motet, etc / Weeks, Maxwell, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2006-11-04

Works: Elisabeth Lutyens: Présages, Op. 53; Motet, Op. 27; Trio for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon, Op. 52; Magnificat and Nunc dimittis; Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 57; Verses of Love; Fant...
Performers: Dussek, Michael; Keen, Helen; Maxwell, Melinda; O'Neill, Robin; Osostowicz, Krysia; Salmon, Jane; Sleigh, James; Van der Wiel, Mark
Conductors: Weeks, James D.E.;
Ensemble: Endymion Ensemble; EXAUDI

"This disc is a welcome reminder of the particular virtues of a kind of music less prominent than it once was. The works included centre...continue...

Ancora - Simpson: Symphony no 3, Clarinet Quintet

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2006-04-06

Works: Robert Simpson: Symphony no 3; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
Performers: Humphreys, Sydney; Keenlyside, Raymond; Major, Margaret; Simpson, Derek; Walton, Bernard
Conductors: Horenstein, Jascha;
Ensemble: Aeolian String Quartet; London Symphony Orchestra

A powerful and original symphonist, Simpson was born in 1921 and died in 1997. He worked as Senior Producer at the BBC for 28 years...continue...

Finnissy: Independence Quadrilles; etc / Trio Fibonacci

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-10-07

Works: Gerald Barry: In the Asylum; James Clarke: Trio for Piano and Strings; Étude for Piano; Independence; Island; Isolation for Violin/Viola solo; Michael Finnissy: In stiller nacht; Necessary and...
Performers: Derome, Julie-Anne; Prynn, Gabriel; Ristic, André
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Ensemble: Fibonacci Trio

Trio Fibonacci's debut on NMC also sees the first appearance on the label of James Clarke, whose Piano Trio is joined by solo works for...continue...

Remembering Tippett - Recordings from the 1940s

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-02-07

Works: Michael Tippett: Sonata for Piano no 1; Concerto for Double String Orchestra; Quartet for Strings no 2; Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium
Performers: Sellick, Phyllis
Conductors: Goehr, Walter; ; Tippett, Michael
Ensemble: Morley College Choir; Orchestra; Zorian Quartet

Smalley: Poles Apart, etc / Finch, Continuum Ensemble

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2004-06-01

Works: Roger Smalley: Poles Apart; Trio for Piano and Strings; Variations for Piano on a theme by Chopin; Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano; Crepuscule; Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas (3) for Pian...
Performers: Finch, Douglas
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Ensemble: Continuum Ensemble

Judith Weir: Piano Concerto, Piano Trio, etc / Domus, et al

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2004-04-01

Works: Judith Weir: Distance and Enchantment; El Rey de Francia; I Broke Off a Golden Branch; The Art of Touching the Keyboard; The Bagpiper's String Trio; The King of France

"Judith Weir has one of the most distinctive compositional voices in contemporary music: her material tonal, largely folk-inspired, but always refracted through the prism of...continue...

Goehr: Romanza, Sinfonia, etc /Knussen, Atherton, Welsh, etc

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2004-01-01

Works: Alexander Goehr: Sinfonia, Op. 42; Romanza for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Behold the Sun, Op. 44a; Metamorphosis/Dance, Op. 36; Lyric Pieces, Op. 35; ...a musical offering (J. S. B. 1985)..., Op. 46
Performers: Thames, Jeanine; Welsh, Moray
Conductors: Atherton, David; Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Bright Future -Chamber Music 2000 Project /Schubert Ensemble

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2003-04-05

Works: Joe Cutler: Jiggadybox; Nicola LeFanu: Miniature and canon; Martin Butler: Spring Rounds; Joseph Phibbs: Trio semplice for Violin, Piano and Cello; Rachel Stott: Serendipity and Household Objects; Ju...
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Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble of London

The Hoxton Thirteen / Wiegold, Composers Ensemble

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2002-02-01

Works: Richard Baker: Los Rabanos; Tansy Davies: Patterning; Jonathan Powell: Saturnine; Mary Bellamy: Constellations; Morgan Hayes: Buoy; Sam Hayden: Partners in Psychopathology; Alison Kay: Rat-race; Jona...
Conductors: Wiegold, Peter
Ensemble: Composers Ensemble

A White Room - Weir, Matthews, et al / Schubert Ensemble

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-05-01

Works: Judith Weir: Arise, Arise! You slumbering sleepers; Elena Firsova: Frozen Time; Howard Skempton: La Gora di Mulino; Philip Cashian: Music for the Night Sky; Piers Hellawell: A White Room
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Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble of London

Gilbert: Dream Carousels, etc / Clark Rundell, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-01-01

Works: Anthony Gilbert: Dream Carousels, for orchestra; Quartet of Beasts, for flute, oboe, bassoon & piano; Igórochki, for recorder & chamber ensemble; Six of the Bestiary, for saxophone quartet; Towa...
Performers: Ager, Rachael; Hudson, Benjamin [Bassoon]; Lawson, Peter; Turner, John
Conductors: Reynish, Timothy; Rundell, Clark
Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music New Ensemble; Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

Finnissy: Mars + Venus, etc / Finnissy, Mutter, Ixion

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1999-02-04

Works: Michael Finnissy: Traum des Sängers; WAM; Enek; Mars and Venus
Performers: Mutter, Charles
Conductors: Finnissy, Michael
Ensemble: Ixion Ensemble

Butler, Cashian, Nicholls: String Quartets / Bingham Quartet

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-12-24

Works: Martin Butler: Songs and Dances From a Haunted Place; Philip Cashian: Quartet for Strings no 1; David Nicholls: Quartet for Strings
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Ensemble: Bingham String Quartet

G. Barry: Works / Kawai, Ni Mheadhra, Nua Nós

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-09-28

Works: Gerald Barry: Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1; Au milieu; Triorchic blues; Bob; Sur les pointes; Swinging tripes and trillibubkins; "_________"; Sextet
Performers: d'Arcy, Michael; Kawai, Noriko
Conductors: Mheadhra, Dáirine Ní
Ensemble: Nua Nós

Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983) / Jane's Minstrels

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: Elisabeth Lutyens: Chamber Concerto no 1, Op. 8; Valley of Hatsu-Se, Op. 62; Tempi (6) for 10 Instruments, Op. 42; Isis and Osiris, Op 74; Triolet I, Op. 160a; Requiescat; Triolet II, Op. 160b
Performers: Manning, Jane
Conductors: Montgomery, Roger [cond.]
Ensemble: Jane's Minstrels

Woolrich: Lending Wings / Masson, Composers Ensemble

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: John Woolrich: Lending Wings; Dartington Doubles; Black Riddle; The Death of King Renaud; Spalanzani's Daughter; A Farewell; Berceuse
Performers: Atkins, Jane; Edwards, Catherine; van de Wiel, Mark; Wiegold, Mary
Conductors: Masson, Diego;
Ensemble: Brodsky String Quartet; Composers Ensemble

Turnage: On all Fours, Sarabande, etc / Knussen, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: Mark-Anthony Turnage: On all fours; Lament for a hanging man; Sarabande for Saxophone and Piano; Release
Performers: Brown, Ian [Classical]; Kimm, Fiona; Robertson, Martin; Van Kampen, Christopher
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble