Norman, Daniel

Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs, Vol. 5 / Sarah-Jane Brandon: soprano; Daniel Norman: tenor; William Dazeley: baritone; Sholto Kynoch: piano

1 CD / Stone Records / 2013-02-12

Works: Hugo Wolf: Sie haben heut' abend Gesellschaft; Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen; Das ist ein Brausen und Heulen; Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen; Mir träumte von einem Königskind; Mein Liebch...
Performers: Brandon, Sarah-Jane; Dazeley, William; Kynoch, Sholto [Piano]; Norman, Daniel

Stone Records is delighted to announce its newest Oxford Lieder Live release, the fifth disc in the first-ever complete edition of the songs of Hugo...continue...
Recording information: Holywell Music Room, Oxford, England (04/14/2012)....continue...

Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos / Gabriela Montero, Karin Merle, Susan Roberts and Helene Schneidermann [4 CDs]

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Gulda, Paul; Gulda, Rico; Gurning, Alexander; Merle, Karin; Mogilevsky, Alexander; Montero, Gabriela; Norman, Daniel; Roberts, Susan; Sakai, Akane [Piano]; Schneiderman, Hel...
Conductors: Rabinovitch, Alexandre; Capilla, Erasmo; Vedernikov, Alexander; Dutoit, Charles; Chmura, Gabriel; Marin, Ion; Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: ; Lugano Percussion Group

Since 2002 Martha Argerich's Progetto at the Lugano's Festival has brought together many notable artists for memorable concerts of chamber and orchestral music. This deluxe...continue...

Janácek: Choral Music / New London Chamber Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-04-10

Works: Leos Janácek: Ríkadla (Nursery Rhymes) (18) for 9 voices & 10 instruments, JW 5/17; Kaspar Rucky, ballad for soloists & female chorus, JW 4/41; 70,000 (Sedmdesát tisíc, Th...
Performers: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; MacDougall, Jamie; Norman, Daniel; Pitt, Amanda; Webb, Hugh; Williamson, Clive
Conductors: Wood, James
Ensemble: ; Critical Band

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Grier: Around the Curve of the World / Darlington, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Francis Grier: Around the Curve of the World, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Norman, Daniel; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Schwanewilms, Anne; Whelan, Paul
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: Oxford Chamber Orchestra

Twice Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Anonymous, English: Morning Has Broken, song (Tune; Franz Schubert: Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Henry Purcell: Shepherd, leave decoying (from "King Arthur"), symphony & duet for 2 soprano...
Performers: Betts, Christopher; Birch, John; Blaze, Robin; Bowyer, Jeremy; Brough, Andrew; Carroll, Dara; Christer, Justyn; Criswell, Michael; Dutton, Paul; Higginbottom, Edward; King, Peter [Organ]; Lomas, Step...

Here, at last, the Boy Trebles collection long awaited to follow the worldwide bestseller "Once were Angels" GCCD 4040, from the 25-years of the Abbey...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Vänskä, Juntunen, et al

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Juntunen, Helena; Karneus, Katarina; Norman, Daniel
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale

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Dominick Argento: Jonah & the Whale

1 Super Audio CD / BMOP/Sound / 2010-03-09

Works: Dominick Argento: Jonah and the Whale, oratorio for narrator, 2 voices, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Cole, Daniel; Norman, Daniel
Conductors: Clark, Andrew

This SACD, Dominick Argento: Jonah and the Whale, represents yet another successful collaboration between the Providence Singers and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Inspired by...continue...
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Select Anthems

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: Maurice Greene: Lord, Let Me Know Mine End, anthem for chorus; The King Shall Rejoice, anthem for chorus; How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me, O Lord, for Ever?, anthem for chorus; Voluntary for organ no 1 ...
Performers: Bowes, Tim; Capper, Simon; Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Finnis, Jerome; Gordon, Colin; Gresford, William; Grier, Paul; Hallchurch, Philip; Hodkinson, Richard; Lea, Richard; Lochmann, Daniel; Milhofer,...

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...

My Lady Rich / Emily van Evera, Christopher Morrongiello

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: English Traditional: How Should I Your True Love Know?, folk song; My little sweet darling, lullaby; Robert Jones: O he is gone; And Is It Night?; John Dowland: Mr Dowland's Midnight, P 99; Lady Rich...
Performers: Campbell, Richard; Carolan, Lucy; Dore, Michael; Heinrich, Susanne; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Ichise, Reiko; Morikawa, Asako; Morrongiello, Christopher; Norman, Daniel; Pell, Susanna; Potter, John [Te...

Soprano Emily Van Evera's inspiration for her first Avie recording is Lady Penelope Rich, a 'heart-stealing goddess' who was sister to the Earl of Essex,...continue...

MacMillan and his British Contemporaries

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Julian Anderson: O Sing Unto the Lord, for soloists & chorus; James MacMillan: Christus vincit, for treble, chorus & organ; On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, for chorus; Jonathan Dove: Ecce ...
Performers: Cutting, Guy; Ellison, Sam; Norman, Daniel; Ockenden, Sasha; Rolls, William; Unwin, William
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: New College Choir, Oxford

Edward Higginbottom and his Choir of New College Oxford present the second of three CDs exploring 20th-century choral music, this one focusing on contemporary British...continue...

Britten: Songs / Norman, Gould

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2008-06-06

Works: Benjamin Britten: Winter Words, Op. 52; Who are these Children?, Op. 84
Performers: Gould, Christopher; Norman, Daniel

This Britten recital combines two of the composer's major song cycles, 'Winter Words' (1953) and 'Who are these Children?' (1969). In them he explored themes...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Vänskä, Juntunen, et al

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2006-10-07

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass Baritone]; Juntunen, Helena; Karnéus, Katarina; Norman, Daniel
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale; Minnesota Orchestra

"All listeners and critics have their own criteria for what constitutes a great Beethoven Ninth, a work so rich in content and varied in performance...continue...

Schubert: The Complete Songs

40 CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Song sketch in C minor, D. 1a; Lebenstraum ("Ich sass an einer Tempelhalle"), song for voice & piano (sketch), D. 39; Hagars Klage ("Hier am Hügel"), song for voice & piano, D. 5...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, Lorna; Argenta, Nancy; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Berg, Nathan [...
Conductors: Layton, Stephen;
Ensemble: Holst Singers; New Company

'For Schubertians who failed to acquire many of the individual releases, this new box, weighing in at around £3 per disc, is an indispensable bargain'...continue...

Hugh Wood: Symphony; Scenes from Comus

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

Works: Hugh Wood: Symphony, Op. 21; Scenes From Comus, for soprano, tenor & orchestra, Op. 6
Performers: McGreevy, Geraldine; Norman, Daniel
Conductors: Davis, Andrew

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Wood: Symphony, Scenes from Comus / Davis, BBC SO

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-11-01

Works: Hugh Wood: Symphony, Op. 21; Scenes from Comus, Op. 6
Performers: McGreevy, Geraldine; Norman, Daniel
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"Hugh Wood is now almost 70, and this recording of his Symphony, the largest work in a relatively small output, should help it take its...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love / Hickox, Varcoe, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-07-24

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love
Performers: Bannatyne-Scott, Brian; Best, Matthew [Bass Vocals]; Bowen, John; Claycomb, Laura; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Gritton, Susan; Lloyd-Morgan, Richard; Loges, Stephan; Maxwell, Donald [Bas...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

Aside from the EMI recording made by Davies and the New Philharmonia Orchestra (breifly offered as an import, and nearly impossible to obtain), Vaughan Williams'...continue...

Orff: Carmina Burana (Singer's Edition) / Kibblewhite, et al

1 CD / Meridian / 2001-07-10

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Performers: Doyle, Grant; Heal, Bibi; Norman, Daniel; Smith, Susan Graham; Wilkins, Julian
Conductors: Kibblewhite, Michael
Ensemble: Cantate Youth Chorus; Hertfordshire Chorus; Thepercussionworks

While most listeners are familiar with the version of "Carmina Burana" with orchestral accompaniment, few collectors are aware that the composer also made his own...continue...

The Hyperion Schubert Edition - Complete Songs Vol 35

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-05-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Gott in der Natur, D 757; Schwestergruss, D 762; Der zürnende Barde, D 785; Pilgerweise ("Ich bin ein Waller"), song for voice & piano, D. 789; Daß die hier gewesen, D. 775...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Anderson, Lorna; Bostridge, Ian; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Dawson, Lynne; George, Michael; Hampson, Thomas; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Keenlyside, Simon; Koningsberger, Ma...
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: London Schubert Chorale

The last three volumes of Hyperion's Schubert Edition (there are two more to come after this one) are devoted to songs written in the last...continue...

The Hyperion Schubert Edition - Complete Songs Vol 32

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-04-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Der Geistertanz, D 494; Des Mädchens Klage III ("Der Eichwald braust"), for voice & piano, D. 389; Licht und Liebe, D 352; Beitrag zur fünfzig jährigen Jubelfeier, D 40...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Dawson, Lynne; George, Michael; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Keenlyside, Simon; Koningsberger, Maarten; Langridge, Phil...

This is the third and last of three recitals in this series devoted to the songs of 1816, and marks the beginning of the last...continue...

Bruckner: Motets / Robert Jones, Choir of St. Bride's Church

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-01-04

Works: Anton Bruckner: Os justi meditabitur sapientiam, WAB 30; Locus iste, gradual for chorus in C major, WAB 23; Libera me, Domine (I), motet for chorus & organ in F major, WAB 21; Work(s); Ecce sacerdos,...
Performers: Cheetham, Richard; Lane, Adrian; Norman, Daniel; Saunders, Stephen [Trombone]; Wills, Simon