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Art Song Collection - Anniversary Series / Beethoven, Britten, Gurney, Hawes, Poulenc, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, O...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Asti, Eugene; Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Evans, Rebecca; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Glynn, Christo...
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Ensemble: Dante Quartet

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

The Complete Songs of Poulenc, Vol. 3 / Amanda Roocroft, soprano. Fiona Janes, mezzo, John Mark Ainsley, tenor, Neal Davies, baritone

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-12-03

Works: Francis Poulenc: Airs chantés, song cycle for voice & piano, FP 46; Colloque, for soprano, baritone & piano, FP 108; Les bijoux aux poitrines, mazurka for voice & piano (Mouvements du coeur), FP...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Anderson, Lorna; Fox, Sarah; Lemalu, Jonathan; Martineau, Malcolm; Milne, Lisa; Murray, Ann; Murray, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Oliemans, Thomas
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Composing over 150 works for piano and voice over a period of 44 years, the songs of Francis Poulenc remain consistently popular to concert audiences...continue...
Recording information: Church of St Michael and All Angels, Summertown, Oxford (2010-02-14_2010-02-20&2010-)....continue...

Louis Andriessen: Anaïs Nin; De Staadt / Cristina Zavalloni, voice

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-10-03

Works: Louis Andriessen: Anaïs Nin, for voice, orchestra & film; De Staat for 2 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos & chamber ensemble
Performers: Buhrs, Han; Zavalloni, Cristina
Conductors: Atherton, David
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

An exciting start to a new orchestral collaboration for Signum Records, this disc is the first of a new series with the London Sinfonietta –...continue...
Recording information: Queen Elizabeth Hall (04/14/2011)....continue...

Dialogues Of Sorrow: Passions On The Death Of Prince Henry (1612)

1 CD / Signum UK / 2010-08-27

Works: Robert Ramsey: When David Heard; What Tears, Dear Prince; How Are the Mighty Fallen; Sleep fleshly birth; Thomas Ford: 'Tis Now Dead Night, for vocal ensemble & lute; William Cranford: Weep, Weep, Br...
Performers: Chambers, Mark; Crouch, Gabriel; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Long, Matthew [Vocals]; Moore, Amy; Watson, Christopher; Wilkinson, Clare
Conductors: Crouch, Gabriel

In 1612, Prince Henry Frederick, son of James I and heir to the thrones of England and Scotland, died from a suspected bout of typhoid...continue...
Recording information: St Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (01/01/2010-01/04/2010)....continue...

Schoenberg: Gurrelieder / Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

2 Super Audio CD / Signum UK / 2009-10-03

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Performers: Andersen, Stig Fogh; Conrad, Andreas; Groop, Monica; Isokoski, Soile; Lukas, Ralf
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Brian Knowles: Poetry Serenade / James Morgan, R'SVP Voices, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-06-06

Works: Brian Knowles: Written in March, for voice & orchestra; Lord of the Winds, for voice, chorus & orchestra; He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, for voice & orchestra; I Remember, I Remember, for voice ...
Performers: Christos, Jon; Garrett, Nicholas; Pochin, Juliette; Thomas, Elin Manahan
Conductors: Morgan, James
Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; R'SVP Voices

'Poetry Serenade' brings together four top British singers to perform the newest masterpieces from Brian Knowles, based on the work of poets including William Wordsworth,...continue...

Carlson: Anna Karenina / Robertson, Kaduce, Gierlach, et al

2 CD / Signum UK / 2009-04-16

Works: David Carlson: Anna Karenina, opera
Performers: Abraham, Christine; Byrne, Dorothy; Coburn, Sarah; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Gayer, Josepha; Gierlach, Robert; Horn, Christian; Jovanovich, Brandon; Joyner, William; Kaduce, Kelly; Pallesen, N...
Conductors: Robertson, Stewart
Ensemble: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina' is a masterwork of 19th Century literature; a parable on the struggle for personal freedom against the conventions of a hostile society,...continue...

Beethoven: Lieder und Gesänge / Ann Murray, Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

2 CD / Signum UK / 2009-02-07

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 75; Bitten, song for voice & piano, Op. 48/1; Gottes Macht und Vorsehung, song for voice & piano, Op. 48/5; Die Liebe des Nächsten, song fo...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Murray, Ann; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

The first in a two part set of Beethoven's Lieder und Gesange. Beethoven himself was not a keen songwriter, yet despite this almost half of...continue...
Recording information: The Warehouse, London (2008-02-18_2008-02-19&2008-)....continue...

Weir: On buying a horse, etc / Bickley, Kennedy, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-01-05

Works: Judith Weir: On buying a horse; Ox Mountain was covered by trees; Songs from the Exotic, for soprano & piano; Scotch Minstrelsy, Songs (5) for voice & piano; The Voice of Desire; A Spanish Liederbook...
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Tynan, Ailish; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor

Much loved mezzo-soprano, Susan Bickley, and fast-rising stars Ailish Tynan and Andrew Kennedy perform songs written by one of Britain's leading composers, Judith Weir. With...continue...

Mediations & Remembrances - Pott / Martin, Russcher, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2006-07-02

Works: Francis Pott: A Meditation; Turn our Captivity; Mass in Five Parts; Jesu dulcis memoria, for soprano solo & chorus; Introduction, Toccata & Fugue, for organ; A Remembrance, anthem for chorus & organ;...
Performers: Apalaghie, Dan; Gannon, Judith; Mulvey, Aine; Russcher, Tristan
Conductors: Russcher, Tristan
Ensemble: Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

Music for the Virgin Mary / Concerto delle Donne

1 CD / Signum UK / 2006-03-02

Works: Nicolas-Antoine Lebègue: Prélude du premiere ton; Tierce en taille du deuxième ton, for organ in G minor; Oú s'en vont ces gays bergers?, noël for organ; Plein Jeu du huiti&#...
Performers: Cassidy, Jennie; Deam, Donna; Newton, Faye; Ross, Alastair; Ross, Gill

Recorded in the beautiful church of Notre Dame, Rozay-en-Brie, by Concerto delle Donne, this CD celebrates 300 years of Marc-Atoine Charpentier, whose works range from...continue...

Madame d'Amours - Cornysh, etc / London Musica Antiqua

1 CD / Signum UK / 2005-03-02

Works: Francisco de la Torre: La Spagna; William Cornysh: Whilles lyve or breth is in my brest; Blow thi horne hunter; Anonymous, English: My Lady Wynkfylds Rownde; My Lady Carey's Dompe (Royal, App. 58); M...
Performers: Bryan, John; Cassidy, Jennie; Harrison, Ian; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Thorby, Philip
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Ensemble: Musica Antiqua of London

Shostakovich: Hamlet, King Lear / Elder, Birmingham SO

1 CD / Signum UK / 2004-11-04

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Hamlet, Op. 32; King Lear, Op. 58a
Performers: Wilson-Johnson, David; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

In his youth, Shostakovich devoted much time and energy to composing for the theatre and the cinema, writing for an astonishing variety of movies, political...continue...