Watkins, Huw

Oliver Knussen: Autumnal; Choral; Violin Concerto; Requiem; Songs for Sue / Leila Josefowicz, violin; Alexandra Wood; Huw Watkins; Claire Booth

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...

British Works for Cello & Piano, Vol. 1: Works by Parry, Delius and Bantock / Paul Watkins, cello; Huw Watkins, piano

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Hubert Parry: Sonata for cello & piano in A major; Frederick Delius: Sonata for cello and piano, RT viii/7; Granville Bantock: Hamabdil, for cello & harp; John Foulds: Sonata for cello & piano, Op. 6
Performers: Watkins, Huw; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]

In the late 19th and 20th centuries many British composers produced superb works for cello and piano, but few of these actually made their way...continue...
Recording information: Potto Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk....continue...

Tansy Davies: Spine / Samuel Boden, Joby Burgess, Simon Haram, Darragh Morgan, Huw Watkins

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...

Piano Trios by Smetana, Ravel and Watkins / Weihaas, Hecker, Watkins, Donderer, Tetzlaff, Vogt, Manz

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2012-09-11

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Trio for Piano and Strings in G minor, JB 1; Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Huw Watkins: Speak Seven Seas, trio for clarinet, viola & piano
Performers: Donderer, Florian; Hecker, Marie-Elsabeth [Cello]; Manz, Sebastian; Tetzlaff, Tanja; Vogt, Lars; Watkins, Huw; Weithaas, Antje

Live recordings from one of the best chamber music festivals in Europe, featuring well-known artists playing with fast-rising youngsters in an enjoyable program including a...continue...
Recording information: Heimbach, Wasserkraftwerk der RWE AG, Germany (06/2011)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Works for Cello and Piano / Paul Watkins, cello; Huw Watkins, piano

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-11-15

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata for cello & piano no 1 in B flat major, Op. 45; Variations Concertantes for Cello and Piano, Op. 17; Song Without Words for piano in D major; Sonata for cello & piano no 2 i...
Performers: Watkins, Huw; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]

The Watkins brothers, Huw and Paul, join forces to perform works by Mendelssohn for cello and piano. The 2 Sonatas for Cello and Piano which...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (05/10/2011-05/12/2011)....continue...

Fierce Tears: Contemporary Oboe Music / James Turnbull, oboe

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Tansy Davies: Forgotten Game, for harp, oboe & piano, no 2; Arabescos, for harp, oboe & piano; John Woolrich: The Kingdom of Dreams, for harp, oboe & piano; The Turkish Mouse, for voice & ensemble; M...
Performers: Jones, Claire [Harp]; Turnbull, James; Watkins, Huw

An album of oboe music from some of the most respected contemporary composers....continue...
Recording information: Champs Hill Music Room (01/04/2010-01/06/2010)....continue...

Thomas Adès: America - A Prophecy

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Thomas Adès: America (a prophecy), for soprano & large orchestra (optional large chorus), Op. 19; The Fayrfax Carol; Fool's Rhymes, for chorus, harp, prepared piano, organ & percussion, Op. 5; J...
Performers: Benjafield, Richard; Bickley, Susan; Blaze, Robin; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Maltman, Christopher; McFadden, Claron; Poster, Tom; Watkins, Huw; Webb, Hugh
Conductors: Adès, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Composers Ensemble

The music of Thomas Adès taps into the spirit of our restless times with unquiet brilliance and an uncompromising vigour evident throughout this survey of...continue...

Martinu: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 3 / Paul Watkins

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-07-27

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1; Variations on a Slovak folksong for Cello and Piano; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2; Variations on a theme of Rossini for Cello and Piano; Sonata f...
Performers: Watkins, Huw; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]

Paul Watkins is one the leading cellists around today, in much demand throughout the world. This is his first disc as an exclusive Chandos artist....continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (10/01/2009-10/03/2009)....continue...