de Pledge, Stephen

Songs of Love - Italian Love Songs by Bellini, Puccini, Tosti, Donizetti et al. / Anna Leese, soprano; Stephen De Pledge, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2013-02-26

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il fervido desiderio, for voice & piano; Dolente immagine di figlia mia, for voice & piano; Vaga luna, che inargenti, song for voice & piano; La farfalletta, song for voice & piano;...
Performers: Buttner, Thorsten [Tenor Vocal]; de Pledge, Stephen; Leese, Anna

Anna Leese and Stephen de Pledge perform Italian Love Songs by Bellini, Puccini, Donizetti and Tosti. These elegant pieces for solo voice, some well known,...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK (11/27/2010-11/29/2010)....continue...

Melodies Passageres: Songs of Samuel Barber / Gweneth-Ann Jeffers: soprano; Stephen de Pledge: piano

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2013-02-12

Works: Samuel Barber: Mélodies passagères, Op. 27; Nuvoletta, Op. 25; Songs (3), for voice & piano, Op. 10; Songs (4), Op. 13; Despite and Still, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 41; Hermit S...
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen; Jeffers, Gweneth-Ann

There are not many recordings of Samuel Barber in Quartz's catalog, which makes this an important release for the label....continue...

David Bowerman: Fantasies - Whereon the Wild Thyme Blows / Stephen De Pledge, piano; Anna Leese, soprano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-05-29

Works: David Bowerman: Fantasy on a Theme of Elgar, for violin & piano; Shakespeare Songs (5), for voice & piano; Quartet for Strings on a Prelude, Chorale and Fugue of César Franck; Carne Beach, for p...
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen; Leese, Anna; Pailthorpe, Emily; Samuel, Laura; Stokes, Anna
Conductors: Chorzelski, Krzysztof;
Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio; Sacconi Quartet; Serenata of London

David Bowerman began writing music at the age of 65, and these compositions are more reflective than futuristic. He draws on music and literature that...continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Beethoven, Brahms / Stephen De Pledge, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-04-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Johannes Brahms: Rhapsodies (2) for piano, Op. 79
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen

New Zealand pianist Stephen De Pledge is one of the most exciting and versatile musicians of his generation. Stephen's solo performances have taken him throughout...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Sussex (12/11/2008-12/12/2008)....continue...

Messiaen: Poémes Pour Mi

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-06-28

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano; Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant-Jésus; Le merle noir; Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6), for piano, I/54
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen; Jeffers, Gweneth-Ann; Pailthorpe, Daniel; Trusler, Matthew
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Conchord Ensemble

Poémes pour Mi, sung by soprano Gwen-Ann Jeffers, opens this recording of some of Messiaen's most important chamber works. Pianist Stephen De Pledge, who studied...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex....continue...

David W. Bowerman: Favoured Fantasies

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-02-22

Works: David Bowerman: Isolde Fantasy, for violin & piano; Theme & Variations, for piano; Sonata for cello & piano; Wildbrooks Suite, for flute & piano; Elegy, for piano; Fantasy on a Theme of Elgar, for vi...
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen; Galvydyte, Diana; MacRae, Bridget; Milford, Julian; Pailthorpe, Daniel; Peletsis, Anna; Shapira, Ittai

Champs Hill Records is delighted to release this collection of the best works of David Bowerman, which features a number of well-known and up-and-coming artists....continue...
: Jon Thorne, Daisy Gathorne-Hardy, Sara Trickey, Katy Gorsuch....continue...

A Fantasy Idyll: Music by David Bowerman

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-04-27

Works: David Bowerman: Fanfare, for 3 trumpets & organ; Improvisation on Little Cornard, for organ; Spiritual Fantasy, for piano trio; Shakespeare Settings (2), for voice & piano; An Equal Music, for voice ...
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen; Earis, Andrew; Fichert, Jakob; Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Galvydyte, Diana; Helsdon, Claire; Hodges, Katie; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Leese, Anna; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Nea...

The third CD from new English composer David Bowerman, this CD further explores his love of song and his natural affinity for the organ, as...continue...

Reflections of France - Milhaud, Françaix, Jolivet, Bozza, etc / Christian Forshaw, Stephen De Pledge

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-11-11

Works: Roger Boutry: Divertimento; Jean Françaix: Danses Exotiques (5) for alto saxophone & piano; Eugène Bozza: Aria for clarinet & piano; Études-Caprice (12), for saxophone & piano; I...
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen; Forshaw, Christian

Christian Forshaw’s approach to the saxophone is from a vocal perspective, incorporating the body’s natural resonance chambers and striving to phrase and interpret the music...continue...

Reminding - Kuulberg, Schnittke, Pärt, etc / Matthew Barley

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2006-01-10

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Moskva, Cheremushki, Op. 105; Alfred Schnittke: Sonata for cello & piano no 1; Musica nostalgica, for cello & piano; Giya Kancheli: With a Smile for Slava, for cello & piano; Fra...
Performers: Barley, Matthew; de Pledge, Stephen

Matthew Barley, one of the UK's foremost cellists, spent his formative years studying in Moscow and this virtuosic disc draws together works by composers from...continue...

Pärt: Stabat Mater, Magnificat, etc / Matthew Owens, et al

1 CD / Black Box / 2004-06-29

Works: Arvo Pärt: Es sang vor langen Jahren, for counter-tenor or alto with violin & viola; Stabat Mater, for soprano, alto, tenor, violin, viola & cello; Magnificat; Nunc dimittis, for chorus; My Hear...
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen; Kemp, Thomas; Owens, Matthew; Wallace, Stephen
Conductors: Owens, Matthew
Ensemble: Chamber Domaine; St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral Choir, Edinburgh

This is an essential disc of music by major contemporary figure Arvo Part, including his Op. 1 Sonatinen unavailable anywhere else. Part wrote his beautiful...continue...