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ID: CHRCD004
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Chamber Ensemble
This disc from the renowned Schubert Ensemble bring the spirit of the Paris “Belle Epoque” alive. Newly re-mastered recordings of Franck’s Piano Quintet in F minor and his Sonata for violin & piano in A are performed with enthusiasm by the experienced Schuberts.
Franck was known as a man “enamoured of gentleness and consolation”, but these works tell a different story of an earthier man, less chaste, freed of starch and wing collar. Central to the quintet in particular was a woman; not Franck’s dutiful wife, but a young student, Augusta Holmes “decorously rampant” and “possessed of bold beautiful features, abundant golden hair, and handsome breasts of which she was justifiably proud”. Rimsky-Korsakov admired her, but in Paris, Saint-Saens and Franck fought over her. Franck’s wife would have known that the emotions so readily expressed in this Quintet were not for her, but for Augusta, Franck’s “impure and seductive” organ student. |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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ID: CHRCD007
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Piano
The Schubert Ensemble has established itself over 24 years as one of the world's leading exponents of music for piano and strings. Familiar to audiences from Los Angeles to Tokyo, the Ensemble has been hailed for its dedication and commitment to both traditional and contemporary repertoire. It has recorded over 20 critically acclaimed CDs and has over 80 new commissions to its name. Its 25th Anniversary season in 2007- 8 will see tours to South Africa, Canada and the USA, as well as appearances at many of Europe's leading venues. In 1998 the group was awarded the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Award for best chamber group. |
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ID: NMCD075
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Chamber Ensemble
Commissions for young and amateur musicians from The Schubert Ensemble's Chamber Music 2000 project
"Definitive performances from the Schubert Ensemble, beautifully recorded."The Strad 2001 |
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ID: NMCD080
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Chamber Ensemble
Following on from a white room, Bright Future features more works from Chamber Music 2000 project, with composers including Michael Finnissy, Joe Cutler, Judith Bingham and Nicola LeFanu. |
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ID: NMCD090
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Piano
Judith Weir's own choice of her chamber music featuring piano explore Weir's fascination with folk music: the sparkling Piano Concerto explores her Scottish roots.
Disc 1 was recorded for NMC in 2002; Disc 2 was originally released on Collins Classics.
Reissued with funding from Arts Council England. |
| 28.00 eur Buy |
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ID: NMCD149
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Chamber Orchestra
Colin Matthews: Chamber works (NMC D149 - Ancora Series)
Oboe Quartet No.1, String Quartet No.2,
Divertimento for Double String Quartet, Five Concertinos for Wind Quintet, Triptych
‘[Colin Matthews is] the Isambard Kingdom Brunel of contemporary music: master of great time machines, steamy with energy derived from pulse and from massive,
surging harmony, and openly displaying their structural engineering, all finished with a craftsman's care.' Paul Griffiths
Most of the works on this disc were originally available on vinyl only; the String Quartet No.2, performed by the Brindisi Quartet, has never been released.
Ancora Series
The NMC Ancora series is devoted to the re-issue of important recordings of contemporary British works which have been deleted from other record labels.
Recent additions to the series include the Gramophone award winning performance of Harrison Birtwistle’s opera Punch and Judy and David Blake’s Violin Concerto.
This autumn we are re-releasing Birtwistle’s Secret Theatre performed by the London Sinfonietta under Elgar Howarth. |
| 22.00 eur Buy |
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ID: SIGCD095
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Chamber Ensemble
Schubert's 'Wanderer Fantasy' and Schumann's 'Fantasie' are two highly remarkable works: whilst musically embodying the romantic spirit of the age in their unconventional structures and lyrically imaginative styles, they also act as self-portraits to their creators through the evocation of the creative process.
In these new orchestrations by Joeseph James, the familiar beauty of the works is rekindled in the exciting and fresh interpretations performed by the illustrious English Chamber Orchestra alongside concertante solos from members of the Schubert Ensemble. The performances are directed by the exceptional young conductor, Orlando Jopling.
Featured instrumentalists from the Schubert Ensemble include Simon Blendis (violin), Jane Salmon (cello), Peter Buckoke and Stephen Williams (double basses). |
| 18.00 eur Buy |
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