McDowall, Cecilia

The Lost City: Lamentations Through the Ages / Miranda Laurence and Susanna Fairbairn, sopranos; Robert Vanryne, trumpet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Cecilia McDowall: The Lord is Good, for chorus; Pablo Casals: O vos omnes; Dominique Phinot: Incipit oratio Jeremiae prophetae, motet for 8 voices; Benjamin Britten: Sacred and profane, Op. 91; John ...
Performers: Fairbairn, Susanna; Laurence, Miranda; Vanryne, Robert
Conductors: Watson, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Sospiri

The Lamentations of Jeremiah may be unremittingly sad, but they have had a deep resonance for composers throughout the ages. This is a collection that...continue...
Recording information: Eglise St. Laurent, Roujan, Languedoc Roussillon (08/09/2011-08/12/2011)....continue...

Cecilia McDowall: Shipping Forecast; Theatre of Tango; Crossing the Bridge et al. / Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone; Madeleine Easton, violin; Kathryn Thomas, flute; Andrew Hobday, narrator

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2012-09-12

Works: Cecilia McDowall: Great Hills, concertante for violin, 2 flutes & orchestra; Pavane, for orchestra; Theatre of Tango, for voice, violin & orchestra; Crossing the Bridge, for orchestra; Rain, Steam & ...
Performers: Easton, Madeleine; Kocsis, Tamas; Shaw, Joanna; Thomas, Kathryn; Williams, Jeremy Huw
Conductors: Vass, George
Ensemble: ; Ulster Orchestra

George Vass conducts the Choir of Merton College, Oxford, the Ulster Orchestra and Orchestra Nova in Dutton Epoch's fifth CD devoted entirely to the music...continue...

Seelenvogel - Soulbird: works for flute, cello & piano by Spitznagel, Fabregas, McDowall, Grove / Meininger Trio

1 CD / New Classical Adventure / 2012-08-28

Works: Astrid Spitznagel: Trio for flute, cello & piano; Elisenda Fábregas: Colores Andaluces, for cello & piano; Cecilia McDowall: Not Just a Place, for flute, cello & piano; Stefans Grové: Soul...
Performers: Gepp, Rainer; Mlejnik, Milos
Conductors:
Ensemble: Meininger-Trio

Christiane Meininger studied with Ricarda Broehl at the Musikhochschule in Germany and distinguishes herself as a master pupil of Severino Gazzelloni at the Accademia Musicale...continue...
Recording information: Jochen-Klepper-Saal der Evangelischen Kirchengemeinde B (09/26/2011-09/30/2011)....continue...

Dancing in the Dark

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2010-07-13

Works: Richard Baker: Keck, for brass ensemble; Torbjorn Hultmark: A Lullaby, for brass ensemble; Vagn Holmboe: Quintet for brass no 1, Op. 79; Mark Kesel: Nachna, for brass ensemble & tabla; Cecilia McDowa...
Performers: Namdhari, Sukhvinder Singh

Since its formation in 1984 Chaconne Brass has built a reputation for imaginative programming and integrating the brass quintet with elements such as technology and...continue...
Recording information: St. Martin's Church, North Nibley, Gloucestershire....continue...

McDowall: Laudate, Radnor Songs, A Canterbury Mass, Five Seasons / Nicholls, Allen, Vass, Orchestra Nova

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-09-08

Works: Cecilia McDowall: Laudate; I have done what is mine to do; Now may we singen; Radnor Songs, for voice & orchestra; A Canterbury Mass, for chorus; Five Seasons, cantata for chorus, oboe, English horn,...
Performers: Allen, Katherine; Jones, Ilid; Nicholls, Rachel; Willison-Kawalec, Suzanne
Conductors: Vass, George
Ensemble: Orchestra Nova

The latest volume of Dutton's Cecilia McDowall edition presents choral music and an orchestral song cycle under the sympathetic baton of George Vass. McDowall has...continue...

Gougeon: Canto Del Piccolo; Hannaway, McDowall, etc / Patrick Healey, Brigitte Poulin

1 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2009-08-11

Works: Frank Hannaway: Sonata for piccolo & piano; American Suite, dances (6) for piccolo & piano; Cecilia McDowall: Impressions (7) for Piccolo and Piano; Alan Ridout: Farndale Dances (5) for Solo Piccolo;...
Performers: Healy, Patrick; Poulin, Brigitte

This collection of contemporary works for solo piccolo and piccolo and piano is performed by Patric Healey, who is the piccolo player with the National...continue...

Out of the Cool / works for flute & piano

1 CD / Metier / 2009-08-01

Works: Richard Rodney Bennett: Winter Music, for flute & piano; Summer Music, for flute & piano; Robert Saxton: Krystallen, for flute & piano; Cecilia McDowall: The Moon Dances, for flute & piano; Arthur Bu...
Performers: Ball, Andrew; Milan, Susan

This disc of new music for flute by British composers includes three world premiere recordings. The former principal flute of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Susan...continue...
Recording information: St. Michael's Church, Highgate, London (11/2007)....continue...

A song more silent - McDowall, Plowman, O'Regan, Beamish / Moldoveanu, Stevenson, Bevan, et al

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Cecilia McDowall: Ave maris stella, for soprano, chorus & string orchestra; Lynne Plowman: Cries Like Silence, for 4 voices, chorus, orchestra & organ; Tarik O'Regan: And There Was A Great Calm, for ...
Performers: Archibald, Paul; Bevan, Sophie; Bywater, Scott; Chance, Michael; Comberti, Sebastian; Dobbin, Carolyn; Jonson, Ben [Poet]; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; Kimberg, Dawid; Stevenson, Alexandra
Conductors: Moldoveanu, Nicolae
Ensemble: London Mozart Players

The World of Epoch

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-11-11

Works: Robert Farnon: Captain Horatio Hornblower, suite from the film score; David Dubery: Mrs Harris in Paris, for recorder & string orchestra; Haydn Wood: Suite of Four Edward Elgar Songs, transcriptions ...
Performers: Gibbs, Robert; McAslan, Lorraine; Mead, Steven; Owen, Martin; Scott, Ian; Trusler, Matthew; Turner, John; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wu, Mary; Young, Alistair
Conductors: Wilson, John; McKenzie, Philip; Lloyd-Jones, David; Vass, George; Handley, Vernon; Bell, Stephen; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Horovitz, Joseph; Wordsworth, Barry; Sutherland, Gavin; Drummond, David; Yat...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Ensemble

'The World of Epoch' is a mid-priced sampler containing twenty tracks that highlight the classical and light music repertoire featured in Dutton's Epoch series. Composers...continue...

Yates: Fire Island; Heath, Piazzolla, McDowall: Music for Flute / Noakes, Palmer, Pearson

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-11-11

Works: Martin Yates: Sonata for flute & piano ("Fire Island"); Sonatina for flute & piano; Cecilia McDowall: The Moon Dances, for flute & piano; Not Just a Place, for flute, cello & piano; David C. Heath: G...
Performers: Danford, Detta; Findon, Andrew; Francis, Helled; Keen, Helen; Moore, Amanda; Murray, Julie; Noakes, Anna; Palmer, Caroline; Pearson, Justin [Vocals, Bass Guitar]; Webster, Hattie

Howells: A Spotless Rose; Paulus: Splendid Jewel, etc / Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2008-09-30

Works: Stephen Paulus: Splendid Jewel; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; Cecilia McDowall: Three Latin Motets, for chorus; Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Javier Busto: Marian Pieces (2),...
Performers: Branch, Sonia; Comeaux, Robert; Ewer, Cassandra; Herbert, Jacob W.; Lloyd, Rebecca; Markham, Caroline; Platt, Carol; Rinsema, Joel M.; Rugen, Kira Z.; Topping, David
Conductors: Bruffy, Charles
Ensemble: Phoenix Chorale

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Jean Belmont Ford's cycle Electa is a real discovery, performed with a naturalness and ease that carries one unerringly through very unfamiliar musical...continue...

Semplice: From Beautiful Beginnings...

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2008-06-01

Works: R. Whittome: Daisy, for clarinet & piano; Ezra Read: Song Without Words, for clarinet & piano; Niels Gade: Fantasiestücke for clarinet & piano, Op. 43; Dorothy Pilling: Seven Simple Pieces, for ...
Performers: Soames, Victoria; Watts, Tim

Hodie Gloriosa - Mozart, Chance, etc / Archibald, London Mozart PLayers Brass Ensemble

1 CD / Brass Classics / 2008-04-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for 2 Flutes, 5 Trumpets and Timpani no 6 in C major, K 188 (240b); Edward Chance: The Rover, the Ragman and the Landlord; Cecilia McDowall: Hodie gloriosa; Mich...
Conductors: Archibald, Paul
Ensemble: London Mozart Players Brass Ensemble

Hodie Gloriosa (Glorious Today) celebrates the old and the new. The repertoire brings together original music by the classical masters with classically inspired pieces by...continue...

Hodie Gloriosa

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2008-03-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento no 5 for mixed ensemble in C major, K. 187 (K. Anh. C 17.12) (spurious, by Starzer and; Divertimento for 2 Flutes, 5 Trumpets and Timpani no 6 in C major, K 188 ...

McDowall: Stabat Mater, etc / Vass, Orchestra Nova, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-01-08

Works: Cecilia McDowall: Stabat Mater, for voice, children's chorus, chorus & orchestra; On Angel's Wing, cantata for 2 voices, children's chorus, chorus, piano & percussion; Three Latin Motets, for chorus;...
Performers: Dougan, Eamonn; Dowdeswell, Gretel; Mobbs, Charlotte; Porter, Clare; Shipway, Nigel
Conductors: Vass, George; Broadbent, Peter
Ensemble: Canterbury Chamber Choir; Joyful Company of Singers; Orchestra Nova Ensemble; St. Catherine Singers

Cecilia McDowall is widely acknowledged as one of Britain's most popular and successful composers. Her breadth of experience in performing, teaching and composing has helped...continue...

The Feminine Flute / Christine Hankin, Tim Murray

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-12-11

Works: Claude Arrieu: Sonatine, for flute & piano; Anne Boyd: Bali Moods no 1 for flute & piano; Elizabeth Maconchy: Colloquy, for flute & piano; Cécile Chaminade: Sérénade espagnole, for pia...
Performers: Hankin, Christine; Murray, Timothy

Proclamation

2 CD / The Classics Label / 2006-11-01

Works: Robert Davies: Proclamation Fanfare and Trumpet Mechanism, for 8 trumpets, 2 trombones, piano, organ & percussion; Cecilia McDowall: Three Antiphons, for 5 trumpets & organ; Mark-Anthony Turnage: Fro...
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Ensemble: International Celebrity Trumpet Ensemble

A Garland for Presteigne / Keith, Lepper

1 CD / Metronome / 2005-04-12

Works: James Francis Brown: Words, for voice & piano; John McCabe: Gladestry Quatrains (2), for voice & piano; Hilary Tann: Wings of the Grasses ("In our sleep the wings of the grasses"), for voice & solo i...
Performers: Keith, Gillian; Lepper, Simon

Homage A Lorca - In Search of Duende / Philipps

1 CD / Meridian / 2005-03-08

Works: Silvestre Revueltas: Tres Piezas, pieces (3) for violin & piano; John Hawkins: Cortège?, for violin & piano; Cecilia McDowall: Not Just a Place, for violin & piano; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for v...
Performers: Philips, Sian; Rahmann, Sophia

Federico Garcia Lorca was a musician, composer, dramatist, painter, and above all, Spain's greatest poet. He exalted the spirit of 'duende' - beauty born of...continue...

McDowall: Magnificat, etc / Vass, Nicholls, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2005-03-08

Works: Cecilia McDowall: Ave maris stella, for soprano, chorus & string orchestra; Magnificat, for soprano, mezzo-soprano, chorus & small orchestra; Christus natus est, a cantata for Christmas, for soprano...
Performers: Bourne, Frances; Nicholls, Rachel; Pryce, Sally
Conductors: Vass, George
Ensemble: Canterbury Chamber Choir; Orchestra Nova

McDowall: Piper's Dream, etc / Williams, Shaw, Lumière

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2003-06-01

Works: Cecilia McDowall: Arctic Circle, for wind quintet & piano; Eleven, for flute & piano; Tapsalteerie, for piano; Pastiches (6), for flute & piano; Concert Studies (3), for flute & piano; Vespers in Ven...
Performers: Cross, Fiona; Fielding, Emma; Shaw, Richard; Williams, Emma
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Ensemble: Ensemble Lumière

Bright Future -Chamber Music 2000 Project /Schubert Ensemble

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2003-04-05

Works: Joe Cutler: Jiggadybox; Nicola LeFanu: Miniature and canon; Martin Butler: Spring Rounds; Joseph Phibbs: Trio semplice for Violin, Piano and Cello; Rachel Stott: Serendipity and Household Objects; Ju...
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Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble of London