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Oliver Knussen: Autumnal; Choral; Violin Concerto; Requiem; Songs for Sue / Leila Josefowicz, violin; Alexandra Wood; Huw Watkins; Claire Booth

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Oliver Knussen: Choral, for band; Autumnal, for violin & piano (Triptych, Part 1); Whitman Settings, for voice & piano, Op. 25; Secret Psalm, for violin; Prayer Bell Sketch, for piano, Op.29; Concert...
Performers: Booth, Claire; Josefowicz, Leila; Knussen, Oliver; Watkins, Huw; Wigglesworth, Ryan; Wood, Alexandra
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver; Wigglesworth, Ryan
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

Technophonia brings together cutting edge music interfaces used by Drake Music Scotland, the nation's leading arts organization providing music-making opportunities for people with disabilities. Olive...continue...

Alexander Goehr: Colossos or Panic; The Deluge; etc. / Hilary Summers, Clair Booth

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Alexander Goehr: Colossos or Panic, for orchestra; The Deluge, cantata for 2 voices & orchestra, Op. 7; Little Symphony, Op. 15
Performers: Booth, Claire
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Schoenberg Ensemble

To celebrate Alexander Goehr's 80th birthday this year, BBC Radio 3 commissioned a new orchestral work which was premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra on...continue...
Recording information: CBSO Centre, Birmingham (01/31/2010); Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (01/31/2010); Studio 1, BBC Maida Vale, London, England (01/31/2010); CBSO Centre, Birmingham (04/22/2...continue...

Brian Elias: The House That Jack Built / A Talisman / Doubles, Tim Mirfin, bass

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Brian Elias: The House That Jack Built, for orchestra; A Talisman, for voice, trumpet & orchestra; Doubles, for orchestra
Performers: Holland, Jonathan; Mirfin, Timothy
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Brabbins, Martyn; Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The bold and dazzlingly inventive The House That Jack Built was inspired by the games and jeers of the playground. It is coupled with the...continue...

Ancora - Bainbridge: Viola Concerto, etc / Trampler, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2006-10-07

Works: Simon Bainbridge: Fantasia for Double Orchestra; Concerto for Viola and Orchestra; Concertante in moto perpetuo for Oboe and Chamber Ensemble
Performers: Black, Nigel; Daniel, Nicholas; Edwards, Catherine; Farrall, Joy; Irvine, Robert; Kiernan, Patrick; Lukas, Kathryn; Shave, Jacqueline; Tarlton, Neil; Trampler, Walter; Wilkinson Khoroshunin, Katie
Conductors: Bainbridge, Simon; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Composers Ensemble; London Sinfonietta

The central work on the disc is the composer's 'Viola Concerto,' commissioned by Walter Trampler who performs here with the London Sinfonietta under the distinguished...continue...

Gilbert: On Beholding a Rainbow, Unrise, etc / A. Marwood

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-04-01

Works: Anthony Gilbert: ...into the Gyre of a Madder Dance; Certain Lights Reflecting; Unrise; Concerto for Violin "On Beholding a Rainbow"
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Marwood, Anthony
Conductors: Rundell, Clark; Davis, Andrew, Sir; Walker, Garry
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra; Royal Northern College of Music Wind Ensemble

Tippett: Symphonies no 2 & 4 / Tippett, BBC SO

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-03-02

Works: Michael Tippett: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 4
Conductors: Tippett, Michael
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

This recording, from 1993, is the last one made by the conductor and the only time he recorded his performance of these works. Originally featured...continue...

Ancora - Saxton: Caritas, Violin Concerto, etc / Masson

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2004-10-01

Works: Robert Saxton: Music to Celebrate the Resurrection of Christ; I Will Awake the Dawn; Concerto for Violin; In the Beginning; Caritas
Performers: Bell, Galloway; Best, Jonathan; Bryson, Roger; Budd, Bruce; Cookson, Brian; Davies, Eirian; Gwynne, David; Hibberd, Linda; Little, Tasmin; Ormiston, Linda; Ventris, Christopher; Wilson, Paul
Conductors: Bedford, Steuart; Poole, John; Bamert, Matthias; Masson, Diego
Ensemble: BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; English Northern Philharmonia; Opera North Chorus

Buller: Proença, Theatre of Memory / Elder, Walker, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2003-06-06

Works: John Buller: Proença for Mezzo Soprano, Electric Guitar and Orchestra; Theatre of memory
Performers: Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Musgrave: Helios and Other Works / Van Steen, BBC SO, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2003-04-05

Works: Thea Musgrave: Helios; Night Music; Memento vitae; The Seasons
Performers: Daniel, Nicholas
Conductors: Kraemer, Nicholas; Van Steen, Jac
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Hoyland: In Transit, Vixen / Brabbins, B.B.C. SO

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2002-04-06

Works: Vic Hoyland: In Transit; Vixen (A-Vixen-A)
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Woolrich: The Ghost in the Machine, etc / Brabbins, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-11-08

Works: John Woolrich: The Barber's Timepiece; Oboe Concerto; The Ghost in the Machine, accelerando for large orchestra; Concerto for viola (cycle of seven songs without words)
Performers: Daniel, Nicholas; Tomter, Lars Anders
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wood: Symphony, Scenes from Comus / Davis, BBC SO

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-11-01

Works: Hugh Wood: Symphony, Op. 21; Scenes from Comus, Op. 6
Performers: McGreevy, Geraldine; Norman, Daniel
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"Hugh Wood is now almost 70, and this recording of his Symphony, the largest work in a relatively small output, should help it take its...continue...

Matthews: In The Dark Time, Chaconne / Jac van Steen, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-05-01

Works: David Matthews: In the Dark Time, Op. 38; Chaconne for Orchestra, Op. 43
Conductors: Van Steen, Jac
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"...The tone poem 'In the Dark' traces the turn of the year through declining autumn and winter stasis to the renewal of spring...For all its...continue...

Elias: Laments, etc / Otaka, King, Wyn-Rogers, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-03-23

Works: Brian Elias: Songs (5) to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya; Laments, for voice & orchestra
Performers: Bingham, Judith; Flannery, Sue; Higgins, Jennifer; Jarvis, Joyce; King, Mary; Stormer, Caroline; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn; Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Bainbridge: Ad Ora Incerta, etc / Brabbins, Bickley, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1999-10-26

Works: Simon Bainbridge: Ad Ora Incerta; Primo Levi Settings (4)
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Walker, Kim
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn;
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Nash Ensemble

Crosse: Memories of Morning, etc / Baillie, Brabbins, BBC SO

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1999-06-24

Works: Gordon Crosse: Memories of Morning - Night, Op. 30; Some Marches on a Ground, Op. 28; Concerto for Cello, Op. 44 "In Memoriam Luigi Dallapiccola"
Performers: Baillie, Alexander; Bickley, Susan
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Nash: Symphony no 1, Apollinaire Choruses / Brabbins, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1999-04-30

Works: Peter Paul Nash: Symphony no 1; Apollinaire Choruses
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn; Joly, Simon
Ensemble: BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra

"Nash has many good ideas of his own - long spanning melodic arches in eccentric, unpredictable rhythms; gentle woodwind shimmerings that drift by like clouds...continue...

Skempton: Lento for Orchestra / Wigglesworth, BBC SO

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-12-25

Works: Howard Skempton: Lento for Orchestra
Conductors: Wigglesworth, Mark
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Bedford: Alleluia Timpanis, Symphony no 1, etc / Brabbins

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-12-24

Works: David Bedford: Alleluia timpanis; Symphony no 1; Concerto for Recorder; Twelve Hours of Sunset
Performers: Adams, Piers
Conductors: Van Steen, Jac; Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Crouch End Festival Chorus

Smalley: Pulses / Bernas, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-12-24

Works: Roger Smalley: Pulses
Conductors: Bernas, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Jonathan Lloyd: Symphony no 4 / Martyn Brabbins, BBC SO

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-09-28

Works: Jonathan Lloyd: Symphony no 4
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sackman: Hawthorn / Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: Nicholas Sackman: Hawthorn
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sawer: Byrnan Wood / Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: David Sawer: Byrnan Wood
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Butler: Fixed Doubles, O Rio / Brabbins, Tamayo, BBC SO

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: Martin Butler: Fixed Doubles; O Rio
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn; Tamayo, Arturo
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Holloway: Second Concerto for Orchestra / Oliver Knussen

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: Robin Holloway: Concerto for Orchestra no 2, Op. 40
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

Elgar - The Sketches for Symphony no 3 / Davis, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-07-16

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 3 in C minor
Performers: Gibbs, Robert; Norris, David Owen
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Birtwistle: The Mask of Orpheus / Davis, BBC Singers, et al

3 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-07-16

Works: Harrison Birtwistle: The Mask of Orpheus
Performers: Allen, Stephen; Angel, Marie; Booth, Juliet; Bronder, Peter; Dames-Longworth, Philippa; Ebrahim, Omar; Folwell, Nicholas; Garrison, Jon; McCormack, Elizabeth; Morgan, Arwel Huw; Opie, Alan; Owens, An...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra

"...In his operas, the vocal lines sit with remarkable ease on both the voice and the words with none of the chalk-on-blackboard quality that pervades...continue...

Finnissy: Red Earth / BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-07-16

Works: Michael Finnissy: Red Earth
Performers: Harrison, Caroline; Keen, Helen; Redgate, Christopher; Simpson, Robert [Oboe]; Webb, Barry
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Barrett: Vanity / Tamayo, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-07-16

Works: Richard Barrett: Vanity, for orchestra
Conductors: Tamayo, Arturo
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Payne: Time's Arrow / Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-07-16

Works: Anthony Payne: Time's Arrow
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Elgar/Payne: Symphony no 3 / Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-04-02

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 3 in C minor
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"All praise to Andrew Davis and the BBC SO for such an eloquent, profoundly involving performance and to the production team for obtaining such handsome,...continue...