Webb, Hugh

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

Fanfare
These performances strike me as nearly ideal ... this enchanting Hyperion disc.
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Recording information: 1996-03-12_1996-03-14&1996-....continue...

Czeslaw Marek: Chamber Works & Piano Music / Turban, Cechova, Girod, Dall'Ollio, Janowska & Jenkinson

2 CD / Guild / 2011-11-08

Works: Czeslaw Marek: Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 13; Suite de Quatre Morceaux, for violin & piano, Op. 18; Berceuse, for violin & piano, Op. 26; Pièces Romantiques (2) for harp, Op. 31; Ondine, f...
Performers: Cechov, Jitka a; dall'Ollio, Gabriella; Girod, Marie-Catherine; Janowska, Ludmila; Jenkinson, Richard; Maier, Patrizia; Turban, Ingolf; Webb, Hugh; White, Catherine

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
There are many marvelous pieces on these discs (and also in the orchestral works originally on Koch that Guild...continue...
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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...

Melinda Maxewell Vol 2 - In Manchester

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-07-10

Works: Melinda Maxwell: Song for Sidney, for solo oboe & two echo oboes; Adam Gorb: Freedom, for oboe & harp; Peter Maxwell Davies: First Grace of Light, for oboe solo, J. 248; Anthony Gilbert: OS, for oboe...
Performers: Barton, Anna; Benjafield, Richard; Gutman, Stephen; Maxwell, Melinda; Pelling, Alexia; Webb, Hugh

The Songs of Louis Vierne / Santesso, Vignoles

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2005-10-01

Works: Louis Vierne: Les Angélus for voice & organ, Op 57; Mèlodies (3), Op. 13; Spleens et Détresses, for voice & piano, Op. 38; Baudelaire Poems (5) for voice & piano, Op. 45; Greek Poems (...
Performers: Reid, Andrew; Santesso, Rachel; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]; Webb, Hugh

Ancora - Casken: Golem / Bernas, Music Projects London

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-05-05

Works: John Casken: Golem
Performers: Beswick, Judith; Clarke, Adrian; Cotterell, Stephen; Hall, John; Harrhy, Paul; Hockings, David; Honour, Colin; Irvine, Robert; McFarlane, Belinda; Morris, Richard; Preston, Sophia; Robson, Christophe...
Conductors: Bernas, Richard
Ensemble: Music Projects, London

Spohr: Music for Violin and Harp Vol 2 / Langdon, Webb

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-01-01

Works: Louis Spohr: Sonata for violin & harp or piano in D major/E flat major, Op. 114; Fantasia on themes by Handel and Vogler, for violin & harp or piano, Op. 118; Sonata for violin & harp in G major/A fl...
Performers: Dorey, Susan; Langdon, Sophie; Montgomery, Roger; Smart, Alison; Webb, Hugh

"This isn't the most profound music I've heard, but it is engaging and lovely, and even touching." - Magil, ARG...continue...

Spohr: Music for Violin and Harp Vol 1 /Langdon, Webb, Dorey

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-07-01

Works: Louis Spohr: Sonata for violin & harp in D major/E flat major ("Sonata Concertante"), Op. 113; Sonata for violin & harp in C minor, WoO 23; Trio for harp, violin & cello in E minor/F minor (arranged ...
Performers: Dorey, Susan; Langdon, Sophie; Webb, Hugh

"The performances are superb, the sound is excellent, and the notes are among the most erudite and informative I have read. They were written by...continue...

Burgon: Merciless Beauty, etc / Burgon, Bowman, ASMF, et al

1 CD / ASV Import / 1999-11-16

Works: Geoffrey Burgon: Merciless Beauty; The Calm; A Vision; Voices from The Calm
Performers: David, Mark; Jenkins, Neil; Sillito, Kenneth; Webb, Hugh
Conductors: Burgon, Geoffrey
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; City of London Sinfonia

Bax: Octet, String Quintet, etc / ASMF Chamber Ensemble

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-03-17

Works: Arnold Bax: Octet, for horn, piano & string sextet; Quintet for strings; Concerto, for flute, oboe, harp & string quartet; Threnody & Scherzo, for bassoon, harp & string sextet; In memoriam, for engl...
Performers: Bosch, Leon Enrique; Brown, Timothy; Carter, Roy [Oboe]; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Fingerhut, Margaret; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; Latchem, Malcolm; Marrion, Paul; Orton, Stephen; Sheen, Graham; Sillito, Kenne...
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Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

"Baxians everywhere will rejoice at the appearance of this beautiful and enterprising collection, which fills so many gaps in the composer's current discography...No praise can...continue...

Jakajan - Music From New Siam / Fong Naam

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Bruce Gaston: Chao Praya Concerto; The Golden Bath and Transformation; Kaiwan Tilokavichai: Cambodian Night Music; Traditional: Dance of the Pygmy; Cherd Nawk; Boonyong Khetkhong: Fong Naam
Performers: Andrade, Levine; Aroonrung, Manrut; Gaston, Bruce; Phuakthongkham, Lamoon; Pianpong, Pairoj; Ruffer, Nancy; Sawangwibulphong, Dusadee; Sirirattanapan, Boonrut; Tilokavichai, Kaiwan; Webb, Hugh; Wonwi...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Fong Naam