NMC Classics > Violin

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...

Tansy Davies: Spine / Samuel Boden, Joby Burgess, Simon Haram, Darragh Morgan, Huw Watkins

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Tansy Davies: Iris, concerto for saxophone & 15 instruments; Static, for voice & piano; Dark Ground, for solo percussion; Loure, for solo violin; Falling Angel, for 17 instruments; This Love, for voi...
Performers: Boden, Samuel; Burgess, Joby; Haram, Simon; Morgan, Darragh; Watkins, Huw
Conductors: Austin, Christopher;
Ensemble: Azalea Ensemble; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Concordia (Viol Consort)

This new recording includes make black white, a reconstruction of Dowland's Flow, My Tears performed by viol consort Concordia; the ritualistic Dark Ground for percussion...continue...

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...

Margan Hayes: Violin Concerto & other works / Keisuke Okazaki, violin

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-01-31

Works: Morgan Hayes: Port Rhombus, for ensemble; Strides, for piano (Book 1); Lucky's Speech, for violin; Concerto for Violin; Puppet Theatre, for piano; Lucky's Dream, for violin; Distressed Surfaces (3), ...
Performers: Okazaki, Keisuke [Violin]; Powell, Jonathan
Conductors: Austin, Christopher
Ensemble: Esbjerg Ensemble

Morgan Hayes' delicate yet manic Violin Concerto forms the center piece to this debut release on NMC. Included are his transcription of Squarepusher's Port Rhombus,...continue...

Cutler: Bartlebooth, Archie, etc / Sparling, Dullea, Leonard, Hazlewood, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2008-09-01

Works: Joe Cutler: Bartlebooth; Archie; Buckley's Hot Licks; Sal's Sax; In Praise of Dreams; Clavinova Music
Performers: Dullea, Mary; Gutman, Stephen; Leonard, Sarah; Michael, Robin; Morgan, Darragh; Sparling, Andrew
Conductors: Hazlewood, Charles
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Joe Cutler's first full-length album demonstrates his multi-faceted style of composition - from the song cycle 'In Praise of Dreams', written for soprano Sarah Leonard,...continue...

Dillon: The Soadie Waste, etc / Arditti Quartet, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: James Dillon: Dillug-Kefitsah; Del Cuarto Elemento; Traumwerk; The soadie
Performers: Arditti, Irvine; Kawai, Noriko; Takenouchi, Hiroake
Conductors:
Ensemble: Arditti String Quartet

This is the first appearance on NMC by the world-renowned Arditti Quartet who are among the most influential exponents of contemporary classical music. The Arditti...continue...

Bulb - Irish Piano Trios / Fidelio Trio

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2008-03-07

Works: Ed Bennett: For Marcel Dzama
Performers: Dullea, Mary; Michael, Robin; Morgan, Darragh
Conductors:
Ensemble: Fidelio Trio

The Fidelio Trio has never been content to accept the piano trio repertory as they found it. Brilliant young soloists in their own right, with...continue...

Holloway: Violin & Horn Concertos / Kovacic, Tuckwell, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2007-10-01

Works: Robin Holloway: Concerto for Violin, Op. 70; Concerto for Horn, Op. 43
Performers: Kovacic, Ernst; Tuckwell, Barry
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

"A beautifully-played-and-recorded programThis (re-release) is sensuous, exquisitely lyrical music that brews up an intoxicating mix of late-late-romanticism and prismatic modernismIf you don't know t...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...

Stuart MacRae: Violin Concerto, etc / Tetzlaff, Volkov

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2006-10-07

Works: Stuart MacRae: Concerto for Violin; Scenes (2) from the Death of Count Ugolino; Motus; Stirling Choruses
Performers: Lixenberg, Lore; Tetzlaff, Christian
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan; Mälkki, Susanna
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

NMC is proud to announce the release of the first disc devoted to the music of the acclaimed young Scottish composer Stuart MacRae, born in...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...

Barrett: Transmission, Interference, etc / Rosman, Buckley

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2006-06-03

Works: Richard Barrett: interference; Opening of the Mouth; Basalt for Trombone solo; transmission
Performers: Barrett, Richard [Comp.]; Buckley, Daryl; Marks, Benjamin; Neville, Peter; Pierotti, Susan; Rosman, Carl

Richard Barrett is equally active as a composer and performer, and he is featured on electronics in this release. Equally committed to notated composition and...continue...

Opera - New Works for Violin and Piano / Morgan, Dullea

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2006-05-04

Works: Joe Cutler: (re)Gaia; Richard Causton: Seven States of Rain; Joseph Phibbs: Fantasia for Violin and Piano; Bryn Harrison: Listenings no 1 for Violin and Piano; Jonathan Powell: Intrecciata; Morgan Ha...
Performers: Dullea, Mary; Morgan, Darragh

NMC is proud to announce the release of this Artists Series disc featuring the talented young duo of Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea. Music on...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
Conductors:
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...

In Sunlight - Pieces for Madeleine Mitchell - Nyman, etc

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-06-04

Works: Michael Nyman: On the fiddle; James MacMillan: Kiss on Wood; A Different World; Brian Elias: Fantasia for Violin and Piano; Nigel Osborne: Taw-Raw; Stephen Montague: Folk Dances for Violin and Piano;...
Performers: Ball, Andrew; Mitchell, Madeleine [violin]

Ancora - Casken: Golem / Bernas, Music Projects London

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-05-05

Works: John Casken: Golem
Performers: Beswick, Judith; Clarke, Adrian; Cotterell, Stephen; Hall, John; Harrhy, Paul; Hockings, David; Honour, Colin; Irvine, Robert; McFarlane, Belinda; Morris, Richard; Preston, Sophia; Robson, Christophe...
Conductors: Bernas, Richard
Ensemble: Music Projects, London

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

Holt: Boots of Lead, Feet of Clay, etc / Rattle, Brabbins

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-01-06

Works: Simon Holt: Kites, for chamber ensemble; Feet of Clay, for solo cello; eco-pavan, for piano & ensemble; Boots of Lead, for mezzo-soprano & ensemble; Lilith
Performers: Barnell, Andrew; Bradley, Christopher; Cookhorn, Margaret; Ellis, James; Heard, Robert; Heinen, Ulrich; Hind, Rolf; Johnston, Robert; Leaver, Richard; Lilley, Colin; Limbrick, Simon; Manasse, Robert;...
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn; Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

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

Hugh Wood: Violin Concerto, Cello Concerto / Atherton, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2003-05-02

Works: Hugh Wood: Concerto for Violin, Op. 17; Concerto for Cello, Op. 12
Performers: Parikian, Manoug; Welsh, Moray
Conductors: Atherton, David
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

"Performances are splendid - the soloists are magnificent - and the recored sound is detailed, if not quite the last word in ambiance." - Lehman,...continue...

Eduard van Beinem - Live - The Radio Recordings

12 CD / NMC Classics / 2000-11-21

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 56, "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen" BWV 56; Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060; Concerto ...
Performers: Beinum, Eduard Van; Cutner, Solomon; Francescatti, Zino; Groot, Cor De; Hengeveld, Gerard; Hertog, Johannes den; Kolassi, Irma; Kulenkampff, Georg; Lipatti, Dinu; Machula, Tibor de; Menuhin, Yehudi; ...
Conductors: Beinum, Eduard Van
Ensemble: ; Royal Concertgebouw 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

Hopkins: En Attendant, etc; Gilbert: 9 or 10 Ossanas /Wells

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-09-28

Works: Bill Hopkins: En Attendant, for chamber ensemble; Two Pomes, for chamber ensemble; Pendant, for violin & chamber ensemble; Sensation, for voice & chamber ensemble; Anthony Gilbert: Nine or Ten Osanna...
Performers: Balanescu, Alexander; Wells, Alison
Conductors: Bernas, Richard
Ensemble: Music Projects, London

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

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