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Will Todd Choral Music "The Call of Wisdom" / Tenebrae, English CO

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-07-05

Works: Will Todd: The Lord is my Shepherd, for chorus (from Te Deum); Stay with me (Padre Pio's Prayer), for chorus & piano; The call of wisdom, for chorus; Man unkind, for chorus; My Lord has come, for cho...
Conductors: Short, Nigel
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

Will Todd is one of the UKs most popular and performed modern choral composers. His output includes works for choir, stage works, and orchestral works,...continue...

Phoenix: Works for solo oboe by Patterson, Vaughan Williams & Howells / Emily Pailthorpe, oboe

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-09-27

Works: Paul Patterson: Phoenix Concerto, Op. 102; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Herbert Howells: Sonata for oboe & piano
Performers: Pailthorpe, Emily
Conductors: Wallfisch, Benjamin
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra

Commissioned by David Bowerman and ?rst performed in 2009, this is the world premiere recording. Paul Patterson writes "The ?re, passion and power of the...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (03/07/2010/03/09/2010); Henry Wood Hall, London (05/16/2010-05/17/2010)....continue...

Hawes: Song of Songs / Elin Manahan Thomas, Roger Sayer, English Chamber Orchestra

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-06-06

Works: Patrick Hawes: Song of Songs, for voice, chorus & orchestra; Perfect Love, for chorus; When Israel was a Child, for chorus & organ; The Lord's Prayer, for voice & chorus; O Lord Our Governor, for cho...
Performers: Coxwell, Janet; Liebeck, Jack; Sayer, Roger; Thomas, Elin Manahan; Watson, Christopher; Wilson, Suzanne
Conductors: Hawes, Patrick
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

The composer Patrick Hawes has established a reputation as one of the most popular contemporary English composers working today. This new disc of choral and...continue...

Made Famous By Classic FM

2 CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-05-05

Works: Karl Jenkins: Adiemus; Jay Ungar: The Ashokan Farewell; Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3; Ludovico Einaudi: Le Onde; Peter Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness; Nigel Hess: Ladies in Lav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barley; Benedetti, Nicola; Coxwell, Janet; Doyle, Patrick; Fernández, Eduardo; Hunt, Fionnuala; Jansen, Janine; Johnson, Emma; Lord, Jon; Maxwell Davies, Peter, Sir; Ogden, Cr...
Conductors: Jenkins, Karl; Perkins, John; Zinman, David; Hess, Nigel; Foster, Lawrence; Goodall, Howard; Damev, Mischa; Hawes, Patrick; Litton, Andrew; Preston, Simon; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Pesek, Libor; Levine, ...
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orche...

Glass Box - Philip Glass Nonesuch Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch / 2008-09-30

Works: Philip Glass: Contrary Motion; Music with Changing Parts; Music in Similar Motion; Music in 12 parts; Einstein on the Beach; Closing; North Star; Dressed like an Egg; Mad Rush; MEDLEY; Koyaanisqatsi;...
Performers: Allen, Sanford; Anderer, Joseph; Arner, Leonard; Baker, Timothy; Balm, Neil; Barab, Seymour; Bargen, Karl; Bauch, Ethan; Beckenstein, Marion; Benary, Barbara; Benincasa, Rex; Bielawa, Lisa; Bielecki,...
Conductors: Riesman, Michael; Keene, Christopher; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Goldray, Martin; Ingman, Nick
Ensemble: ; American Composers Orchestra; Bruckner Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Kronos Quartet; Lyric Quartet; New York City Opera Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble; Quena Ensemble; String Orchestra; S...

This elegantly packaged 10-disc retrospective surveys four decades of work by Philip Glass, from his earliest solo pieces to his world-renowned operas to his Oscar-nominated...continue...

Mathias: Dance Overture, Divertimento / Atherton, Davidson

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-01-09

Works: William Mathias: Dance Overture, Op 16; Divertimento for String Orchestra, Op 7; Invocation and Dance, Op 17; Prelude, aria and finale for string orchestra, Op 25; Sinfonietta, Op 34; Laudi, Op 62; V...
Conductors: Atherton, David; Davison, Arthur
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Youth Orchestra of Wales; New Philharmonia Orchestra

The composer's son Rhiannon Mathias notes that, "The first five works on this disc are the fruits of his early years, and they share many...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

Simply Christmas

2 CD / Decca / 2003-10-14

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Lowell Mason: Jo...
Performers: Barter, Robin; Blades, James; Briggs, David [Organ]; Cleobury, Stephen; Corkhill, David; Domingo, Placido; Finucane, Tom; Haynes, Simon; Hughes, Christopher; Keenlyside, Simon; Kendall, William; Lamb...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Willcocks, David, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Cleobury, Stephen; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Guadagno, Anton; Münchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Rudel, Julius; Davis, C...
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; Bach Choir; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Clare College Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; Finchley Children's Music Group members; Goldsborough Orchestra; Ki...

Ringger: A Moment of Sunrise, etc / Jenny, Prossnitz

1 CD / Tudor / 2001-01-01

Works: Rolf Urs Ringger: Gioia; Con slancio; Cuando el fuego se está apagando; Addio!; Odelette; Les Insaisissables; Dommage que...; Pieces (6) for Piano; A Moment of Sunrise
Performers: Prossnitz, Walter
Conductors: Jenny, Mathias
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; Tallis Chamber Choir

Artists of the Century - Michala Petri - Ultimate Collection

2 CD / RCA Records / 1999-06-15

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 10 no 3/RV 428 "Il gardellino"; Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "L...
Performers: Hannibal, Lars; Jarrett, Keith; Malcolm, George; Petri, David; Petri, Hanne; Petri, Michala; Ross, Alastair; Selin, Elizabeth
Conductors: Kamu, , Okko; Neary, Martin; Spivakov, Vladimir; Langford, Gordon
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra members; Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra; Westminster Abbey Choir

The All-Star Christmas Album / Battle, Brightman, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Jester Hairston: Mary's boy child; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald an...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Brightman, Sarah; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Davis, Carlene; Domingo, Placido; Forsberg, Bengt; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gardiner, John Eliot; Herrick, Christopher [Organ]; ...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Davis, Carl; Karajan, Herbert von; Ocejo, José Luis; Gardiner, John Eliot; Daniel, Paul; Maazel, Lorin; ; Minkowski, Marc; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Marin, Ion
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Singers; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; English Northern Philharmonia; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; London Sym...

Personnel: Ambrosian Singers (vocals); Paul Miles-Kingston (soprano, treble); Sarah Brightman, Kathleen Battle, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano); Bryn Terfel (baritone, b...continue...

World Anthems

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-06-16

Works: John Williams: Olympic Fanfare and Theme, for orchestra; Spanish Traditional: La marche real (National Anthem, Spain); Peter Dodds McCormick: Advance Australia Fair (National Anthem, Australia); Poli...
Conductors: Fraser, Donald
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

Night Tracks

1 CD / Teldec / 1996-10-29

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 2 "London"; The lark ascending; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869; Suite for Cello solo no 6 in D majo...
Performers: Aldwell, Edward; Clarke, Mary; Katsaris, Cyprien; Lawler, Emmanuel; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Little, Tasmin; Milman, Misha; Rautio, Erkki; Richter, Sviatoslav; Stacy, Tom; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir; Masur, Kurt; Tchernushenko, Vladislav; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Foster, Lawrence; ; Wolff, Hugh; Rabinowitz, Harry; Simms, Philip
Ensemble: Anuna; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Borodin String Quartet; Camerata Tallinn; English Chamber Orchestra; Glinka State Academic Chorus Leningrad; Instrumental Ensemble; London Symphony Orchestra; Monte Car...

Classical Princess - Music for Dress-Up

1 CD / Delos / 1996-01-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; The Snow Maiden, incidental music, Op. 12; Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Alan Menken: Beauty and the...
Performers: Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Cardenes, Andres; Golabek, Mona; McDonald, Susann [Harp]; Solow, Jeffrey
Conductors: Litton, Andrew; Schwarz, Gerard; Fraser, Donald; Macal, Zdenek
Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Lloyd Webber: Requiem / Maazel, Domingo, Brightman

1 CD / Decca / 1995-11-14

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem
Performers: Brightman, Sarah; Domingo, Placido; Lancelot, James; Miles-Kingston, Paul
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; Winchester Cathedral Choir

Bolling: Suite for Chamber Orchestra / Rampal, English CO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1989-07-25

Works: Claude Bolling: Suite for Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Piano
Performers: Bolling, Claude
Conductors: Rampal, Jean-Pierre
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

Romances for Saxophone / Branford Marsalis

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-01-01

Works: Claude Debussy: L'isle joyeuse; Arabesques (2) for Piano; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Sergei Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Maurice Ravel: Pi&egrav...
Performers: Marsalis, Branford
Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; Tallis Chamber Choir