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Signum Classics Anniversary Series - A Cappella Collection / King's Singers; Swingle Singers; BBC Singers; Voces8; Coro Cervantes

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-10-06

Works: Walter Murphy: A Fifth of Beethoven; Imogen Heap: Hide and Seek, song; Bob Chilcott: Weather Report, for chorus; Swansongs Vol. 1, for chorus; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1;...
Performers: Bellatrix; Ed Lewis / Jon Hendricks / Dave Lambert; Gabrielle / Jonathan Shorten; Spitf'ya
Conductors: ; Chilcott, Bob; Short, Nigel; Aransay, Carlos Fernández
Ensemble: ; BBC Singers; King's Singers; London Quartet; Swingle Singers

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...

My Dancing Day: Choral Music by Richard Rodney Bennett / BBC Singers

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-08-03

Works: Richard Rodney Bennett: My Dancing Day, carol setting for chorus; Gloria, Gloria, carol setting for chorus; In the Bleak Midwinter, carol setting for chorus; New Year Carol, carol setting for chorus;...
Performers: Goater, Edward; Robinson, Olivia
Conductors: Brough, Paul
Ensemble: BBC Singers

As one of Britain's most respected and versatile musicians, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett has produced over two hundred works for the concert hall, and fifty...continue...
Recording information: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012)....continue...

A Festival of Psalms by Allegri, Bernstein, Byrd, Parry, Purcell, Wesley / Choir of Temple Church

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-03-07

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; William Byrd: Teach me, O Lord; Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Ascribe Unto the Lord, for chorus & organ; Henry Purcell: Thy word is a lant...
Performers: Clements, William; Millett, Robert; Morris, Greg [Organ]; Pryce, Sally; Temmink, Robert-Jan; Underwood, Giles; Wall, Simon; Watkin, Toby
Conductors: Vivian, James
Ensemble: Choir of Temple Church

The Psalms of David are arguably the portion of the Old Testament that has been enfolded most completely within the Christian tradition and its liturgies....continue...
Recording information: Temple Church, London, England (03/2011)....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...

Songs of Cricket / The London Quartet

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-09-02

Works: Peter Warlock: The Cricketers of Hambledon, for voice & piano; Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Summer Game, song (from the musical "Cricket; Richard Stilgoe: Lillian Thomson, song; The Barmy Army, song; And...
Performers: Hatt, Chris; Lumley, Eliza; Rice, Tim; Stilgoe, Richard

Featuring guest performances from the likes of Richard Stilgoe, Rory Bremner and Tim Rice, this album should prove a must-buy for cricket- and music-fans alike.

It's...continue...
Recording information: Air Studios, London (02/24/2011-02/25/2011); Floating Earth, London, England (02/24/2011-02/25/2011); Air Studios, London (02/28/2011); Floating Earth, London, England (02/28/20...continue...

The Complete Songs of Poulenc, Vol. 2 / Milne, Anderson, Murray and Lott

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-07-03

Works: Francis Poulenc: Toréador, song for voice & piano, FP 11; Trois poèmes de Louise Lalanne (3), for voice & piano, FP 57; Deux poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, for voice & piano, FP 94; ...
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Lemalu, Jonathan; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christopher; Martineau, Malcolm; Milne, Lisa; Murray, Robert [Tenor Vocal]

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, Oxfor (2010-02-14_2010-02-20&2010-)....continue...

The Complete Songs of Poulenc, Vol. 1

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-04-03

Works: Francis Poulenc: Cocardes, song cycle for voice & piano (or ensemble), FP 16; C'est ainsi que tu es (Métamorphoses, no 2); La belle Jeunesse (Chansons gaillardes, no 7); A sa guitare; Épi...
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Lemalu, Jonathan; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christopher; Martineau, Malcolm; Milne, Lisa; Murray, Robert [Tenor Vocal]

This release marks the first in a new series charting the complete songs of Francis Poulenc, performed by some of the greatest singers of the...continue...
Recording information: St. Michael & All Angels Church, Summertown, Oxford (2010-02-14_2010-02-20&2010-)....continue...

Monteverdi: Vespers / Howarth

2 CD / Signum UK / 2011-04-03

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin; Dixit Dominus, motet for 6 voices and 6 strings (from Vespers), SV 206/2; Nigra sum sed formosa, antiphon for tenor (from Vespers), SV 206/3; Laudat...
Performers: Boden, Sam; Bury, Alison; Clegg, David; Davidson, Grace; Dougan, Eamonn; Gaunt, William; Hopkins, Kirsty; Long, Matthew [Vocals]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Travers-Brown, Timothy; Young, Stuart
Conductors: Howarth, Robert

This disc represents a new partnership between Signum Records and The Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, one of London's and the world's leading...continue...
Recording information: Hall One, Kings Place, London, England (08/30/2010)....continue...

A Family Christmas

1 CD / Signum UK / 2010-08-07

Works: Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival; Sleigh Ride, popular song (with lyrics by Mitchell Parrish); Buddy Kaye: Christmas Alphabet, song; Traditional: Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman; Katherine K. Davis: The...
Performers: Aitken, Julie; Docherty, Niall; Mansfield, Roshni; McKechnie, Charlotte
Conductors: Bell, Christopher

Eton College Chapel Choir perform an enchanting selection of 20th Century French Choral and Organ music. As well as music by composers who were at...continue...
Recording information: RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow (09/14/2009-09/15/2009)....continue...

Verdi: Requiem

2 CD / Signum UK / 2010-02-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Colombara, Carlo; Giannattasio, Carmen; Simeoni, Veronica; Timchenko, Alexander
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri

Signum Records are proud to present the first release in a new series of live orchestral recordings featuring the illustrious St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, led...continue...
Recording information: Great Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg (03/02/2009)....continue...

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...

Tavener: Songs of the Sky; Martland, Watkins, Yarde, O'Regan / Britten Sinfonia

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-04-16

Works: Steve Martland: Tiger Dancing, for strings; Huw Watkins: Dream, for violin, clarinet & piano; Tarik O'Regan: Raï, for chamber ensemble; Jason Yarde: Who Knows the Beauty?, for chamber ensemble; ...
Performers: Bending, Adrian; Cornes, Jeremy; Cox, Michael; Dale, Miranda; Daniel, Nicholas; Daniels, Charles; Dearnley, Caroline; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Farrall, Joy; Finnimore, Clare; Hawley, Joy; Ibragimova, A...

'Songs of the Sky' is the first in a new series of discs in collaboration with the Britten Sinfonia. How does music react when cultures...continue...

King's Singers - Live at the BBC Proms

1 CD / Signum UK / 2008-12-01

Works: Francis Poulenc: Chansons françaises (8), for chorus, FP 130; John McCabe: Scenes in America Deserta; Orlande de Lassus: Dessus le marche d'Arras, chanson for 6 voices, B. xi/105 (S. xvi/152);...
Performers: King's Singers

Recording information: Royal Albert Hall....continue...

O Sacrum Convivium - Byrd, Holst, etc / Gough, London University Royal Holloway Choir

1 CD / Signum UK / 2008-03-04

Works: William Byrd: Cibavit eos, motet for 4 voices (SATB); Tomás Luis de Victoria: O magnum mysterium; Thomas Weelkes: Alleluia, I heard a voice; When David heard; Arvo Pärt: Magnificat; Gusta...
Performers: Crocket, Tom; Major, Rachel; Marshall, Naomi; Millinger, David; Rathbone, Samuel

Choral music from the sixteenth-century, right up to the late-twentieth-century is featured on this beautiful eleven-track album, with stunning performances from The Choir of Royal...continue...

Beauty and the Beatbox / Swingle Singers, Shlomo, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-10-01

Works: Walter Murphy: A Fifth of Beethoven; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Performers: Goldsmith, Joanna; Shlomo
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Swingle Singers; Vocal Orchestra

With a stunning selection of brand new arrangements, the Swingles’ return to disc promises some of their best and most memorable performances to date. The...continue...

Tippett - Choral Images / Cleobury, BBC Singers

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-03-06

Works: Michael Tippett: Dance, Clarion Air, madrigal for chorus; Plebs angelica, motet for double chorus; The Weeping Babe, motet for soprano & chorus; Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Evening Canticles), for ch...
Performers: Adams-Barbaro, Jennifer; Charlesworth, Stephen; Farrington, Iain; Feaviour, Margaret; Fox, Jacqueline; Johnston, Robert; MacIntyre, Stuart; Menna, Siân; Murgatroyd, Andrew
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: BBC Singers

When Sir Michael Tippett first worked with the BBC Singers in 1944, the experience was such that he recalled nearly 50 years later that "It...continue...

Talbot: Path of Miracles / Short, Tenebrae

1 Super Audio CD / Signum UK / 2006-06-02

Works: Joby Talbot: Path of Miracles, for a cappella choir
Performers: Badley, Paul; Bowley, John; Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Busher, Andrew; Butler, Richard; Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Davidson, Grace; Dougan, Eamonn; Doyle, Julia; Forbes, Joanna; Fraser, Jul...
Conductors: Short, Nigel
Ensemble: Tenebrae (Vocal Ensemble)

'Path of Miracles', for a cappella choir, was commissioned by Tenebrae from Joby Talbot and premiered last year. The work is based on the most...continue...
Personnel: Joanna Forbes, Grace Davidson (soprano); Paul Badley, John Bowley, Richard Butler, Jeremy Budd , Andrew Busher (tenor); Joseph Cullen , William Gaunt , Guthrie Thomas, Adrian Peacock, Simon...continue...

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...

Tallis - Complete Works / Dixon, Charivari Agréable

10 CD / Signum UK / 2005-01-03

Works: Thomas Tallis: Ave Dei patris filia; Ave rosa sine spinis; Alleluia, Ora pro nobis; Euge caeli porta; Mass "Salve intemerata", for 5 voices, P. 3; Salve intemerata virgo; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis...
Performers: Anderson, Mark; Arnold, Jonathan; Barclay, David; Beckley, Lisa; Benson-Wilson, Andrew; Brough, Paul; Brown, Andrea; Carroll, Alicia; Charrier, Paul; Clifton-Griffith, Natalie; Davis, Ben; Empitt, Ju...
Conductors: Dixon, Alistair;
Ensemble: Chapelle du Roi; Chapelle du Roi (Chorus); Charivari Agréable