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2013-06-25
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NMC 159
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2013-05-28
The CD takes its title from Maw's Music of Memory - an intricate set of variations on a theme from Mendelssohn's String Quartet in A...continue...
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NMC 184
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2013-05-28
Conductors:
Rundell, Clark;
Ensemble:
Ensemble 10/10; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Described by Temp magazine as "a composer who both has something to say and the means to say it," NMC is delighted to release the...continue...
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NMC 186
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2013-05-28
Conductors:
Ensemble:
RTE Vanbrugh Quartet
This new release features Deirdre Gribbin's works for string quartet with voice. Born in Belfast, the composer's Catholic background, identification with Celtic folk tradition, fascination...continue...
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NMC 185
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2013-01-29
Works: Richard Barrett: Dark Matter, for ensemble
Conductors:
Eggen, Christian; Christian Eggen, Christia
Ensemble:
Cikada; Cikada Ensemble; Elision
"Dark Matter", scored for an ensemble of 19 performers plus live and pre-recorded electronics, sets secret Egyptian texts carved on the walls of sarcophagi in...continue...
Recording information: Scene 4, Kunsthogskole, Oslo National Academy of the Ar (08/20/2005-08/21/2005)....continue...
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NMC 183
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2012-11-13
Works: Oliver Knussen: Choral, for band; Autumnal, for violin & piano (Triptych, Part 1); Whitman Settings, for voice & piano, Op. 25; Secret Psalm, for violin; Prayer Bell Sketch, for piano, Op.29; Concert...
Performers:
Booth, Claire; Josefowicz, Leila; Knussen, Oliver; Watkins, Huw; Wigglesworth, Ryan; Wood, Alexandra
Conductors:
Knussen, Oliver; Wigglesworth, Ryan
Ensemble:
; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Technophonia brings together cutting edge music interfaces used by Drake Music Scotland, the nation's leading arts organization providing music-making opportunities for people with disabilities. Olive...continue...
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NMC 178
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2012-09-25
Works: Jim Aitchison: Syruw; John McCabe: Splendid, for 2 violins; E.J. Moeran: Sonata for 2 violins; William Croft: Sonata for 2 violins, Op. 3/4; David Matthews: Duos (8) for 2 violins, Op. 79; Alan Rawst...
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Ensemble:
Retorica
English violin duo Retorica (Philippa Mo and Harriet Mackenzie) were inspired by their long friendships with composers John McCabe and David Matthews to make this...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk (2010-02-04_2010-02-05&2010-)....continue...
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NMC 182
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2012-09-25
Works: Tansy Davies: Iris, concerto for saxophone & 15 instruments; Static, for voice & piano; Dark Ground, for solo percussion; Loure, for solo violin; Falling Angel, for 17 instruments; This Love, for voi...
Performers:
Boden, Samuel; Burgess, Joby; Haram, Simon; Morgan, Darragh; Watkins, Huw
Conductors:
Austin, Christopher;
Ensemble:
Azalea Ensemble; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Concordia (Viol Consort)
This new recording includes make black white, a reconstruction of Dowland's Flow, My Tears performed by viol consort Concordia; the ritualistic Dark Ground for percussion...continue...
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NMC 176
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2012-05-29
Works: Alexander Goehr: Colossos or Panic, for orchestra; The Deluge, cantata for 2 voices & orchestra, Op. 7; Little Symphony, Op. 15
Performers:
Booth, Claire
Conductors:
Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble:
ASKO Ensemble; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Schoenberg Ensemble
To celebrate Alexander Goehr's 80th birthday this year, BBC Radio 3 commissioned a new orchestral work which was premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra on...continue...
Recording information: CBSO Centre, Birmingham (01/31/2010); Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (01/31/2010); Studio 1, BBC Maida Vale, London, England (01/31/2010); CBSO Centre, Birmingham (04/22/2...continue...
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NMC 165
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2012-05-29
Works: Rob Keeley: Music for Art and Tom, for saxophone & piano; Bells of Halkis, for piano; Little Trio, for clarinet, cello & piano; Two Ways of Looking at a Spider, for guitar; Trio for horn, violin & pi...
Performers:
Dullea, Mary; Holmes, Tim; Keeley, Rob [Composer]; Leathwood, Jonathan [Guitar]; Maxwell, Melinda; Michael, Robin [Cello]; Morgan, Darragh; Sparling, Andrew; Watkins, Richard
Rob Keeley was born in Bridgend in 1960. He studied with Oliver Knussen at the Royal College of Music, Magdalen College Oxford under Bernard Rose,...continue...
Recording information: Coombehurst Studio, Kingston University (07/18/2011-07/20/2011); Highgate School, London (07/18/2011-07/20/2011); University of Denver, Colorado (07/18/2011-07/20/2011); Coombeh...continue...
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NMC 179
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2012-04-24
Works: Michael Finnissy: Second String Quartet; Third String Quartet
Conductors:
Ensemble:
Kreutzer Quartet
When asked to sum up how he would characterize his two String Quartets - influenced by the sound world of Bruckner and Schoenberg - Michael...continue...
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NMC 180
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...
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NMC 175
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2012-01-31
Works: Morgan Hayes: Port Rhombus, for ensemble; Strides, for piano (Book 1); Lucky's Speech, for violin; Concerto for Violin; Puppet Theatre, for piano; Lucky's Dream, for violin; Distressed Surfaces (3), ...
Performers:
Okazaki, Keisuke [Violin]; Powell, Jonathan
Conductors:
Austin, Christopher
Ensemble:
Esbjerg Ensemble
Morgan Hayes' delicate yet manic Violin Concerto forms the center piece to this debut release on NMC. Included are his transcription of Squarepusher's Port Rhombus,...continue...
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NMC 163
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...
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NMC 177
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2011-11-15
Works: Geoffrey Poole: Crossing Ohashi Bridge, for ensemble; Roger Marsh: Canto 1, for ensemble; Nicola Lefanu: Amores, songs (5) without words for horn & string ensemble; Anthony Gilbert: Palace of the Win...
Performers:
Watkins, Richard
Conductors:
Layfield, Malcolm
Ensemble:
Goldberg Ensemble
This new recording features a collection of works commissioned for and by string group the Goldberg Ensemble. Works include Roger Marsh's haunting Canto 1, based...continue...
Recording information: St. George's Concert Hall, Bristol (02/06/2004)....continue...
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NMC 174
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...
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NMC 173
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2011-09-27
Works: Gary Carpenter: Marking Time, for basset clarinet & piano; Kenneth Hesketh: Point Forms (after Kadinsky), for basset clarinet & piano; Gavin Higgins: Three Broken Love Songs, for basset clarinet & pi...
Performers:
Buckle, Ian; Simpson, Mark [Clarinet]
Established with the aim of recording the best of contemporary British music to the highest artistic and technical standards, NMC Recordings - which celebrated the...continue...
Recording information: Capstone Building, Liverpool Hope University (08/09/2010-08/11/2010)....continue...
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NMC 139
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2011-09-27
Works: Thea Musgrave: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, radio opera; Green, for 12 strings; Wild Winter 1, lamentations for voices & viols
Performers:
Gardner, Jake; Musgrave, Thea
Conductors:
Musgrave, Thea;
Ensemble:
Fretwork; London Sinfonietta; Scottish Ensemble
The GuardianMusgrave claims it was conceived as a fully fledged opera and not as "a play with incidental music". But that isn't how it comes...continue...
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NMC 167
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2011-09-27
Works: David Lumsdaine: Big Meeting
Performers:
Lumsdaine, David
International Record ReviewThe present work is intrinsically of, while transcending, its time, as vividly as that of its subject. Thus 'a day in the life'...continue...
Recording information: Durham (07/1971). REVIEWS: The Wire (p.50) - "Lumsdaine's structure is framed with slowed down and processed brass band and cathedral bell tones, occasionally push...continue...
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NMC 171
2 CD / NMC Classics /
2011-09-27
Works: Robert Saxton: The Wandering Jew, opera
Performers:
Bundy, Michael; Cahill, Teresa; Charlesworth, Stephen; Danby, Graeme; Gibbs, Charles; Johnston, Robert; Lodge, Rebecca [Vocals]; Mirfin, Timothy; Murgatroyd, Andrew; Peacock, Adrian; Poole, Elizabeth...
Conductors:
de Ridder, André
Ensemble:
BBC Singers
The TimesThis project blew me away...Saxton's tonal (or modal) musical language ranges from the cinematic spectacular to rapt spirituality. And the piece is compellingly delivered...continue...
Recording information: BBC Maida Vale Studio 1 (2008-12-18_2008-12-19&2009-)....continue...
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NMC 170
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2011-09-27
Works: Ed Bennett: Stop-Motion Music, for ensemble; Slow Down, for piano trio; Cartoon Music, for ensemble; Monster, for bass clarinet; for JF, for string quartet; My Broken Machines, for ensemble; Ghosts, ...
Performers:
Knox, Garth; Roe, Paul
Conductors:
Ensemble:
Decibel (Ensemble); Fidelio Trio
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NMC 169
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2011-09-27
Works: Harrison Birtwistle: Night's Black Bird, for orchestra; The Shadow of Night, for orchestra; The Cry of Anubis, for tuba (or euphonium) & orchestra
Performers:
Slade, Owen
Conductors:
Wigglesworth, Ryan
Ensemble:
Hallé Choir and Orchestra
"It’s as though Birtwistle, mellowing as he approached 70, had belatedly discovered his inner Elgar. The Hallé, incisively conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth, play with a...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, BBC Manchester (07/17/2010-07/19/2010)....continue...
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NMC 156
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2010-11-05
From the haunting minimalism of Howard Skempton’s In Tandem and Andrew Poppy’s How the Hammer Felt to the jazz-fueled improvisation of Finn Peters’ The Horses...continue...
Personnel: Finn Peters (flute, saxophone); Ivo De Greef (piano); Dave Price (percussion). Recording information: Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire (01/05/2009-01/06/2009); Adrian Boul...continue...
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NMC 166
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2010-09-06
Works: Peter Wiegold: Kalachakra, for ensemble; Earth, Receive an Honoured Guest, for viola, horn & orchestra; Les Roses, for voice & piano; Earth & Stars, for ensemble
Performers:
Beckett, Chris; Butler, Martin; Fraser, Juliet
Conductors:
Wiegold, Peter
Ensemble:
; Notes Inégales
Peter Wiegold's first portrait disc features the plaintive, pastoral Earth, receive an honoured guest, for cor anglais and strings, inspired by WH Auden's well known...continue...
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NMC 158
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2010-09-06
Works: Richard Rodney Bennett: A Garland for Marjory Fleming, for voice & piano; Songs Before Sleep, for solo voice & piano; A History of the Thé Dansant, for voice & piano; Dream-Songs, for voice & pi...
Performers:
Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Coates, Oliver [Cello]; Daneman, Sophie; Hulett, Benjamin; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
This new recording spans five decades of Ricahrd Rodney Bennett's song-writing. It couples some of his most accessible and lyrical pieces - including the melodic...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk (2009-06-17&2009-11-14_2009-)....continue...
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NMC 155
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2010-07-08
Works: David Matthews: Terrible Beauty, for ensemble; Quartet for Clarinet and Strings; Marina, for ensemble; String Trio no 1; String Trio no 2; Winter Passions, for ensemble
Conductors:
Friend, Lionel
Ensemble:
Nash Ensemble
"Loges [is] powerfully eloquent...In Terrible Beauty, Matthews vividly juxtaposes seductress evocations by Homer of Hera (sung by Bickley, with harp accompaniment) and Shakespeare of Cleopatra....continue...
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NMC 152
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2010-05-01
The diverse activities of performing, conducting and teaching have been constant motivations to Edwin Roxburgh's principal profession, composing. The works on this new release are...continue...
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NMC 161
2 CD / NMC Classics /
2010-05-01
"The brilliant Endymion" (Sunday Times) was formed in 1979 from a group of outstanding National Youth Orchestra students and retains most of its original players....continue...
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NMC 160
2 CD / NMC Classics /
2009-11-16
To mark Sir Peter Maxwell Davies's 75th birthday NMC issue the long-awaited release of his seminal opera, Taverner. This release is of the landmark 1997...continue...
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NMC 157
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2009-10-06
Works: Michael Zev Gordon: On Memory, for piano; Far Away for piano; High Ground for piano; Crystal Clear, for piano; Laid Bare, for piano; Touch, for piano
Performers:
Zolinsky, Andrew
Gramophone MagazineOn Memory (2003-04) is the big project here, a 12-movement suite that takes past musics, memories, associations and techniques and gently jumbles them up....continue...
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NMC 144
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2009-10-06
"A very interesting--and engaging--program that, while not offering any surprising discoveries, nevertheless contains some quite substantial, fully formed entries along with the uncompleted material.....continue...
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NMC 140
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2009-10-01
Roberts' 'Croquist' is a fascinating sequence of miniatures for string trio commissioned by BBC Radio 3 to be spaced between programmes across an evening's broadcasting,...continue...
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NMC 151
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2009-03-16
Barrett's work encompasses both composition and improvisation, ranging from chamber music to innovative uses of live electronics and collaborations with visual artists. Much of his...continue...
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NMC 143
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2009-03-05
WIRED was developed by the Sonic Art Research Unit at Oxford Brookes University to explore the unique cultural resonance of the timbre of the harpsichord...continue...
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NMC 145
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2008-10-13
Works: Richard Rodney Bennett: Flowers of the Forest; George Benjamin: Attitude; Kenneth Hesketh: The Alchymist's Journal; Judith Bingham: Prague; Philip Wilby: Shadow Songs
Conductors:
Tovey, Bramwell
Ensemble:
Foden's Richardson Band
The British style brass band, with its unique and characteristic sound, is one of Britain's greatest musical exports. Much music has been written for the...continue...
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NMC 142
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2008-10-04
Works: Harrison Birtwistle: Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum; Silbury Air; Secret Theatre
Conductors:
Howarth, Elgar
Ensemble:
London Sinfonietta
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NMC 148
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2008-09-01
Works: Colin Matthews: Quartet for Strings no 2; Quartet for Oboe and Strings no 1; Divertimento for Double String Quartet; Concertinos (5) for Wind Quintet; Triptych
Conductors:
; Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble:
Brindisi String Quartet; Haffner Wind Ensemble
'Divertimento' was commissioned by and dedicated to Peter Pears for the 1982 Aldeburgh Festival. Colin Matthews is active as administrator of the Holst Foundation, chair...continue...
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NMC 149
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2008-09-01
Works: Jonathan Harvey: Towards a Pure Land; Timepieces; Tranquil Abiding; Body Mandala; White as Jasmine
Performers:
Komsi, Anu
Conductors:
Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
This disc is a culmination of Jonathan Harvey's highly successful residency with BBC SSO and includes the works commissioned during that time. Harvey has a...continue...
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NMC 141
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2008-09-01
Works: Joe Cutler: Bartlebooth; Archie; Buckley's Hot Licks; Sal's Sax; In Praise of Dreams; Clavinova Music
Performers:
Dullea, Mary; Gutman, Stephen; Leonard, Sarah; Michael, Robin; Morgan, Darragh; Sparling, Andrew
Conductors:
Hazlewood, Charles
Ensemble:
BBC Concert Orchestra
Joe Cutler's first full-length album demonstrates his multi-faceted style of composition - from the song cycle 'In Praise of Dreams', written for soprano Sarah Leonard,...continue...
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NMC 134
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2008-06-21
Works: Edward Rushton: The Shops
Performers:
Abrahams, Darren; Burkhard, Richard; Cannan, Phyllis; Dennis, Anna; Mott, Louise; Reeves, Paul
Conductors:
Bailey, Patrick
Ensemble:
The Opera Group
Edward Rushton's 'The Shops', with a libretto by Dagny Gioulami, has been described as "part satire on rampant consumerism, part psychological thriller": its central character,...continue...
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NMC 146
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2008-06-06
Works: Igor Stravinsky: Study for Pianola; Sir Eugene Goossens: Rhythmic Dance, Op. 30; Herbert Howells: Fantasy Minuet, Op. 27; Alfredo Casella: Pieces (3) for Pianola; Gian-Francesco Malipiero: Improvisat...
Performers:
Lawson, Rex
In concert halls and recording studios throughout the world, Rex Lawson's name is synonymous with the pianola; not the brash, mechanical variety found in cowboy...continue...
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NMC 136
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2008-04-01
Works: James Dillon: Dillug-Kefitsah; Del Cuarto Elemento; Traumwerk; The soadie
Performers:
Arditti, Irvine; Kawai, Noriko; Takenouchi, Hiroake
Conductors:
Ensemble:
Arditti String Quartet
This is the first appearance on NMC by the world-renowned Arditti Quartet who are among the most influential exponents of contemporary classical music. The Arditti...continue...
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NMC 131
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2008-03-07
Works: Ed Bennett: For Marcel Dzama
Performers:
Dullea, Mary; Michael, Robin; Morgan, Darragh
Conductors:
Ensemble:
Fidelio Trio
The Fidelio Trio has never been content to accept the piano trio repertory as they found it. Brilliant young soloists in their own right, with...continue...
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NMC 147
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2008-03-01
This important new recording is the first ever CD of Judith Weir's major orchestral works. Its release will coincide with the BBC Symphony Orchestra's and...continue...
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NMC 137
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2007-10-01
Works: Robin Holloway: Concerto for Violin, Op. 70; Concerto for Horn, Op. 43
Performers:
Kovacic, Ernst; Tuckwell, Barry
Conductors:
Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
"A beautifully-played-and-recorded programThis (re-release) is sensuous, exquisitely lyrical music that brews up an intoxicating mix of late-late-romanticism and prismatic modernismIf you don't know t...continue...
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NMC 097
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2007-09-03
Works: Howard Skempton: Ben Somewhere
Conductors:
Weeks, James D.E.
Ensemble:
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; EXAUDI
This disc contrasts Skempton's choral works - including the dancing, evocative setting of Shelley's The Voice of the Spirits and the spiritual Rise up, my...continue...
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NMC 135
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2007-09-03
Works: Gary Carpenter: Da Capo
Conductors:
Rundell, Clark
The works on this portrait disc cover his period as composer in residence for the RLPO's specialist new music group, Ensemble 10/10 - described by...continue...
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NMC 111
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2007-07-05
A disc showcasing new works for double bass, solo and with voice or cello: from the title work, Dillon's setting of Gaelic poetry for soprano...continue...
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NMC 079
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2007-07-05
This release marks the 70th year of a composer who has recently received long-overdue recognition through the release on NMC of his evocative orchestral work...continue...
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NMC 132
1 CD / NMC Classics /
2007-07-05
A resident of Dublin, Donnacha Dennehy is something of an internationalist, having studied music composition in Ireland and the USA before pursuing further studies in...continue...
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