Elias, Brian

Brian Elias: The House That Jack Built / A Talisman / Doubles, Tim Mirfin, bass

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Brian Elias: The House That Jack Built, for orchestra; A Talisman, for voice, trumpet & orchestra; Doubles, for orchestra
Performers: Holland, Jonathan; Mirfin, Timothy
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Brabbins, Martyn; Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The bold and dazzlingly inventive The House That Jack Built was inspired by the games and jeers of the playground. It is coupled with the...continue...

Three Macmillan Ballets / The Royal Ballet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-11-16

Works: Scott Joplin: Work(s); Brian Elias: Work(s); Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102
Performers: Acosta, Carlos; Benjamin, Leanne; Chloe, Yuhudi; Crawford, Helen; Galeazzi, Mara; Gartside, Bennet; Hristov, Valeri; Lamb, Sarah; McRae, Steven; Nunez, Marianela; Pennefather, Rupert; Watson, Edward
Conductors: Clark, Robert; Wordsworth, Barry; Grier, Dominic
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

MacMillan's vision has been vital in shaping The Royal Ballet's style and repertory, and what better way to appreciate his art than with this rare...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: French, German, Spanish
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Sound Census

2 CD / NM Classics Import / 2010-04-20

Works: Anthony Gilbert: Doubles, for ensemble; Anthony Payne: From a Mouthful of Air, for ensemble; Philip Cashian: Concertantes, for ensemble; Simon Bainbridge: Two Trios, for ensemble; Martin Butler: Hund...
Performers: Dussek, Michael; Maxwell, Melinda; Nockles, Bruce; Stirling, Stephen; Tunstall, Helen; Wills, Simon
Conductors: Poole, Quentin; Wills, Simon
Ensemble: Endymion Ensemble

BBC Music Magazine
It almost goes without saying that the Endymion players are first-rate advocates for these works...there is a diversity of approach from composers young...continue...
Recording information: Hall One, Kings Place, London (06/04/2009-06/06/2009)....continue...

NMC Songbook [Box Set]

4 CD / NM Classics Import / 2009-04-07

Works: David Sawyer: The Source, for 2 voices & tubular bells; Luke Bedford: Upon St. George's Hill, for voice & guitar; Anthony Powers: Shining Plain, for voice & piano; Gary Carpenter: Interlude, for voic...
Performers: Atherton, Elizabeth; Ball, Andrew; Barry, Gerald; Bickley, Susan; Booth, Claire; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Chance, Michael; Chapman, Jane [Harpsichord]; Ebrahim, Oma...

The Song of Songs / Singer Pur

1 CD / Oehms / 2007-10-30

Works: Dominique Phinot: Surge, propera amica mea, for 6 voices; Ivan Moody: Canticum Canticorum II, for choir; Leonhard Lechner: Surge, propera amica mea, motet; Guillaume Dufay: Anima mea liquefacta est, ...
Performers: Reinhard, Claudia; Schmidl, Marcus; Warwitz, Manuel; Wenk, Klaus; Zapp, Markus

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]

In Sunlight: Pieces for Madeleine Mitchell

1 CD / NM Classics Import / 2005-05-16

Works: Michael Nyman: On the fiddle, for violin & orchestra (or piano); James MacMillan: Kiss on Wood, for violin (or cello) & piano; A Different World, for violin & piano; Brian Elias: Fantasia for violin ...
Performers: Ball, Andrew; Mitchell, Madeleine

The Independent
For pioneering enterprise, the laurels ... go to an album from NMC called 'In Sunlight: Pieces for Madeleine Mitchell', a whole host of works...continue...

Jane Manning, Soprano

1 CD / NM Classics Import / 2002-01-28

Works: Judith Weir: Don't Let that Horse, for soprano (vocal) & horn; Peter Paul Nash: In a Walled Garden, for voice & ensemble; Justin Connolly: Poems of Wallace Stevens II, for soprano (vocal), clarinet &...
Performers: Manning, Jane
Conductors: Montgomery, Roger
Ensemble: Jane's Minstrels

Hi-Fi News & Record Review
Jane Manning is something of a legend in her own lifetime... certainly one of the most remarkable instigators of artistic achievements...continue...

Elias: Laments, etc / Otaka, King, Wyn-Rogers, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-03-23

Works: Brian Elias: Songs (5) to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya; Laments, for voice & orchestra
Performers: Bingham, Judith; Flannery, Sue; Higgins, Jennifer; Jarvis, Joyce; King, Mary; Stormer, Caroline; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn; Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Prime Cuts

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2000-09-01

Works: Grace Williams: Severn Bridge Variations; Brian Elias: Songs (5) to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya; Judith Weir: A Night At The Chinese Opera, opera; Jonathan Harvey: Haiku for piano; Philip Cashian: C...

Spectrum & Spectrum 2 / Thalia Myers

2 CD / NMC Classics / 1999-06-24

Works: Eleanor Alberga: If the Silver Bird could speak for piano; Only a wish away for piano; David Bedford: Toccata for piano; Sunset over Stac Pollaidh for piano; Diana Burrell: Constellations 1 & 2 for p...
Performers: Myers, Thalia

"The idea was marvelous: to commission short piano pieces from 50 prominent British composers, each in the format of a Beethoven bagatelle. The results are...continue...

Jane Manning sings Weir, Nash, Connolly, Bauld, Elias, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-12-24

Works: Judith Weir: Don't let that horse; Peter Paul Nash: In a walled garden; Justin Connolly: Poems of Wallace Stevens II, Op. 14; Alison Bauld: Farewell Already; Brian Elias: Peroration; Anthony Payne: A...
Performers: Manning, Jane
Conductors: Montgomery, Roger [cond.]
Ensemble: Jane's Minstrels