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Alexander Goehr: Marching to Carcassonne; When Adam Fell; Pastorals / Peter Serkin, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Alexander Goehr: When Adam Fell, for orchestra, Op. 89; Pastorals, for orchestra, Op. 19; Marching to Carcassonne, for piano & orchestra, Op. 74
Performers: Serkin, Peter [Piano]
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

A unique programme of music by Alexander Goehr unavailable elsewhere on record. The composer's close association with conductor Oliver Knussen and pianist Peter Serkin give...continue...

New Music Show - Works by Martin Suckling, Edmund Finnis, Isambard Khrouostaliov et al. / Leigh Melrose, Nicholas Collon

1 CD / London Sinfonietta / 2012-11-13

Works: Martin Suckling: Candlebird, for voice & orchestra; Edmund Finnis: Veneer, for viola & reverb; Isambard Khroustaliov: Zoetrope, for orchestra; Tim Hodgkinson: The Glow & Zig-Zag, for horn & orchestra...
Performers: Melrose, Leigh; Senft, Enno; Silverthorne, Paul; Thompson, Michael [Horn]
Conductors: Collon, Nicholas
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

Continuing the London Sinfonietta Label's commitment to introducing the finest new music to a worldwide audience, this disc features a selection of commissions recorded live...continue...

Oliver Knussen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Ophelia Dances; Trumpets Coursing; Cantata

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Oliver Knussen: Symphony no 3, Op. 18; Trumpets for soprano & 3 clarinets, Op 12; Ophelia Dances for orchestra, Book 1, Op 13; Coursing for chamber orchestra, Op. 17; Cantata for oboe & string trio (...
Performers: Barry, Elaine; Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; Hirst, Linda; Mitchell, Ian; Pillinger, Edward
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Knussen, Oliver;
Ensemble: ; London Sinfonietta; Nash Ensemble; Philharmonia Orchestra

"No figure in British contemporary music is more respected than Oliver Knussen" -The Guardian This reissue celebrates composer/ conductor Oliver Knussen's 60th birthday. Works include...continue...

Jonathan Harvey: Bird Concerto With Pianosong; Ricercare una Melodia, et al.

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-01-31

Works: Jonathan Harvey: Bird Concerto with Pianosong, for piano & orchestra; Ricercare una Melodia, version for trumpet or oboe & tape-delay system; Other Presences, for trumpet & electronics; Ricercare una...
Performers: Archibald, Paul; Gill, Tim [Cello]; Hulse, Gareth; Nagano, Hideki
Conductors: Atherton, David
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

Bird Concerto - Harvey's hommage to Messiaen - is a celebration of the kind of technical advances in electroacoustics which the creator of Oiseaux exotiques...continue...

Thomas Ades: In Seven Days; Nancarrow Studies / Nicholas Hodges, piano

2 CD / Signum UK / 2012-01-01

Works: Thomas Adès: In Seven Days, for piano & orchestra with moving image; Conlon Nancarrow: Study for Player Piano no 6; Study for Player Piano no 7; Unspecified: DVD Bonus Disc
Performers: Ades, Thomas [Conductor/Composer]; Hind, Rolf; Hodges, Nicolas
Conductors: Adès, Thomas
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

The London Sinfonietta combine two works from Thomas Adès, one of the most distinctive and popular voices in modern composition. Both works feature accompanying films...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...

Henryk Gorecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs / Dawn Upshaw, David Zinman / A Tony Palmer Film [DVD]

1 DVD Video / United States Of Distribution / 2009-06-02

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
Performers: Upshaw, Dawn
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

This Symphony's inspiration came from a book Gorecki found during the Nazi occupation of Poland that showed examples of the different messages scratched on the...continue...
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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...

20th-Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Claude Debussy: La mer; Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Arnold Schoenberg: Pi...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Chang, Sarah; Devos, Louis; du Pre, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon; Little...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Dutoit, Charles; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Berglund, Paavo; Frühbeck de Burgos...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmo...

The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from...continue...

Attwood, Bailie, Causton / London Sinfonietta, et al

1 CD / London Sinfonietta / 2008-10-21

Works: William Attwood: Iwwer Tiermen; Joanna Bailie: Five Famous Adagios; Richard Causton: Phoenix Sleep
Performers: Bell, Sebastian
Conductors: Kok, Nicholas
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

Jerwood Series 4 includes music by William Attwood, Joanna Bailie and Richard Casuton. 'Phoenix', commissioned for the London Sinfonietta by Henry Greenfield, won Richard Causton...continue...

Ancora - Birtwistle: Carmen Arcadiae, Secret Theatre, Silbury Air

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2008-10-04

Works: Harrison Birtwistle: Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum; Silbury Air; Secret Theatre
Conductors: Howarth, Elgar
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

Birtwistle: Nenia, Verses for Ensembles, The Fields of Sorrow / Atherton, Hacker, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2008-09-09

Works: Harrison Birtwistle: Fields of Sorrow; Verses for Ensembles; Nenia
Performers: Manning, Jane
Conductors: Atherton, David;
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta; Matrix Ensemble

Cole, Foskett, Bedford / Gould, Booth, Knussen, London Sinfonietta

1 CD / London Sinfonietta / 2008-06-17

Works: Jonathan Cole: Testament; Ben Foskett: Concerto for Violin; Luke Bedford: Or voit tout en aventure
Performers: Booth, Claire; Gould, Clio
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

This CD features three works, all commissioned by the London Sinfonietta, by rising stars of the British new music scene. 'Or Voit Tout En Aventure'...continue...

Birtwistle: Punch and Judy / Atherton, London Sinfonietta

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2007-06-02

Works: Harrison Birtwistle: Punch and Judy
Performers: Bryn-Julson, Phyllis; DeGaetani, Jan; Langridge, Philip; Roberts, Stephen [baritone]; Tomlinson, John; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Atherton, David
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

As a whole the opera loses none of its powerful and sustained impact when compared with Birtwistle's own more mature compositions. If anything, its startling...continue...

Wuorinen: Cyclops 2000, etc / Knussen, London Sinfonietta

1 CD / London Sinfonietta / 2007-03-13

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Cyclops 2000; A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

Oliver Knussen conducts two works by American composer Charles Wuorinen. Cyclops 2000 was recorded at the world premiere performance in the Queen Elizabeth Hall in...continue...

Snapshots - Fiftieth Birthday Tributes for Oliver Knussen

1 CD / London Sinfonietta / 2006-11-07

Works: Louis Andriessen: Very Sharp Trumpet Sonata; Charles Wuorinen: Fifty Fifty; Alexander Goehr: Only Two Notes for Olly (the other Five for Later); Detlev Glanert: Dancing Landscape; Elliott Carter: Au ...
Performers: Hind, Rolf; Hodges, Nicolas; Nockles, Bruce; Orford, John; Silverthorne, Paul
Conductors: Benjamin, George
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

The new London Sinfonietta Label was launched in 2004 with this CD of tributes written for Oliver Knussen's fiftieth birthday celebrations by a selection of...continue...

Takemitsu: Arc, Green / Hind, Knussen, London Sinfonietta

1 CD / London Sinfonietta / 2006-11-07

Works: Toru Takemitsu: Green; Arc for Piano and Orchestra
Performers: Hind, Rolf
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

Takemitsu's ambitious two-part work for large ensemble and piano, 'Arc,' is paired here with his piece 'Green.' Takemitsu explains that the latter work was composed...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...

Tansy Davis: Neon; Stuart MacRae: Interact

1 CD / London Sinfonietta / 2006-02-01

Works: Tansy Davies: Neon, for ensemble; Stuart MacRae: Interact, for trumpet & orchestra
Performers: Wallace, John [Trumpet]
Conductors: Porcelijn, David; Gruber, HK
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

Morgan Hayen: Dark Room; Jonny Greenwood: Smear; Dai Fujikura: Fifth Station

1 CD / London Sinfonietta / 2006-02-01

Works: Morgan Hayes: Dark Room, for clarinet & orchestra; Jonny Greenwood: Smear, for orchestra & 2 ondes martinots; Dai Fujikura: Fifth Station, for cello & orchestra
Performers: Hartmann-Claverie, Valerie; Hopkins, Louise; Perrault, Bruno; Wiel, Mark Van de
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

Ancora - Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time, etc / Howarth

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-11-01

Works: Harrison Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time; Ritual Fragment; Gawain's Journey
Conductors: Howarth, Elgar; Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta; Philharmonia Orchestra

Michael Torke - Five

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2005-04-12

Works: Michael Torke: Vanada for brass, keyboard & percussion; Flint, for 2 pianos, cello, double bass & saxophone quartet; Music on the Floor; Slate for piano, piano 4-hands, xylophone, marimba & ensemble;...
Conductors: Nagano, Kent; Torke, Michael; Zagrosek, Lothar; Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Apollo Saxophone Quartet; London Sinfonietta

Michael Torke has created a substantial body of works in virtually every genre, each with a characteristic personal stamp that combines restless rhythmic energy with...continue...

Michael Torke - Four

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2005-02-06

Works: Michael Torke: The Adjustable Wrench, for ensemble; Overnight Mail, for orchestra; Monday and Tuesday, for chamber ensemble
Conductors: Nagano, Kent; Hempel, Jurgen; Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: ; London Sinfonietta

"...There is billiant manipulation of rhythm, highly sprung so that the music barely touches the ground, and an assertive, dazzling white-smiled confidence about the writing...continue...

Michael Torke - Ecstatic Collection

6 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2004-11-02

Works: Michael Torke: Green for orchestra; Purple, ballet; Ecstatic Orange, ballet; Ash for orchestra; Bright Blue Music; Proverbs (4), for female voice & ensemble; Book of Proverbs, for chorus & orchestra;...
Performers: Anderson, Valdine; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Harle, John; Ollmann, Kurt
Conductors: Zinman, David; Torke, Michael; De Waart, Edo; Levi, Yoel; Miller, David A.; Nagano, Kent; Hempel, Jurgen; Zagrosek, Lothar;
Ensemble: ; Albany Symphony Orchestra; Apollo Saxophone Quartet; Argo Band; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Balanescu Quartet; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; Michael Torke Band; Philharmonia Orc...

"What a midcareer retrospective at the Whitney Museum is to a visual artist, Michael Torke's six-CD set of orchestral music is for a composer. When...continue...

Ancora - Matthews: Cello Concerto no 1, etc / Carewe, et al

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2004-04-01

Works: Colin Matthews: Sonata for Orchestra no 5 "Landscape", Op. 17; Concerto for Cello, Op. 27; Hidden Variables; Memorial; Quatrain; Machines and Dreams
Performers: Baillie, Alexander
Conductors: Carewe, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra

Goehr: Romanza, Sinfonia, etc /Knussen, Atherton, Welsh, etc

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2004-01-01

Works: Alexander Goehr: Sinfonia, Op. 42; Romanza for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Behold the Sun, Op. 44a; Metamorphosis/Dance, Op. 36; Lyric Pieces, Op. 35; ...a musical offering (J. S. B. 1985)..., Op. 46
Performers: Thames, Jeanine; Welsh, Moray
Conductors: Atherton, David; Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Benjamin: A Mind of Winter, etc / Benjamin, Elder, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-04-11

Works: George Benjamin: Ringed by the flat Horizon for orchestra; A Mind of Winter for soprano & chamber orchestra; At First Light for orchestra; Panorama; Antara
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Archibald, Paul; Bell, Sebastian; Blake, Richard; Hulse, Gareth; Nodaira, Ishiro; Pople, Ross; Walmsley-Clark, Penelope
Conductors: Elder, Mark; Benjamin, George
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

"This release...is a model for packaging a challenging contemporary composer...with informative notes and committed performances...There is much to enjoy here, especially the cool, straight line...continue...

Goehr: Piano Concerto, Symphony / Serkin, Knussen, Bernas

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: Alexander Goehr: Symphony in One Movement, Op. 29; Concerto for Piano, Op. 33
Performers: Serkin, Peter
Conductors: Bernas, Richard; Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

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

Adams: Gnarly Buttons, etc / Adams, Collins, Kronos Quartet

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1998-04-21

Works: John Adams: John's Book of Alleged Dances, for string quartet; Gnarly Buttons
Performers: Adams, John [Composer]; Atherton, Joan; Chase, Roger; Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; Dutt, Hank; Harrington, David; Hirsch, Rebecca; Houghton, Lynda; Hulse, Gareth; Jeanrenaud, Joan; Kampen, ...
Conductors: ; Adams, John [Composer]
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet; London Sinfonietta

Brouwer: The Black Decameron / Williams, Mercurio, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-03-17

Works: Leo Brouwer: Guitar Concerto no 4 ("Concerto de Toronto"); Elogio de la Danza, for guitar; Black Decameron, suite (3) for guitar; Hika "In Memoriam Toru Takemitsu"
Performers: Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

Benjamin: 3 Inventions, Upon Silence, Sudden Time, Octet

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1998-02-17

Works: George Benjamin: Upon Silence, for mezzo-soprano and Five Viols; Three Inventions for chamber orchestra; Sudden Time; Octet; Upon Silence for mezzo-soprano and Seven strings
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Wallace, John [Trumpet]
Conductors: Benjamin, George
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

"A new CD of music by the unprolific but much respected English composer George Benjamin (b.1960) is something of an event...A pupil of Messiaen, Benjamin...continue...

Górecki: Kleines Requiem, Harpsichord Concerto, Good Night

2 CD / Warner Classics / 1995-06-13

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Kleines Requiem for a Polka (for piano and 13 instruments), Op. 66; Concerto for harpsichord (or piano) & orchestra, Op. 40; Good Night (Requiem for Soprano, Alto Flute, ...
Performers: Bell, Sebastian; Chojnacka, Elisabeth; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Hockings, David; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Zinman, David; Stenz, Markus
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

Mason: String Quartet, etc / Arditti Quartet, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 1994-03-01

Works: Benedict Mason: Quartet for Strings No 1; Double concerto for horn, trombone & ensemble; Self-Referential Songs and Realistic Virelais
Performers: Alberman, David; Arditti, Irvine; de Saram, Rohan; Knox, Garth; Purser, David; Thompson, Michael [Horn]; Whittlesey, Christine
Conductors: ; Masson, Diego; Metzmacher, Ingo
Ensemble: Arcadian Academy; Ensemble Modern; London Sinfonietta