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ID: MSVCD92053
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Quartet
Sadie Harrison's music is instantly recognisable from that of any other composer of her generation. She has a potent sense of instrumental colour and a distinctive rhythmic vigour permeates all of her output. Here a programme of her exotic chamber music is presented by leading musicians in the contemporary music field. |
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ID: MSV28511
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Cellist Ulrich Heinen has over the years commissioned solo cello pieces from composers Simon Holt, Howard Skempton, and Gerald Barry. He has performed all of them many times, mostly in conjunction with Bach’s cello suites (as demonstrated here) or in connection with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Also included on this recording are two 20th century “classics” - Hans Werner Henze’s Serenade and Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s Sonata.
In order that these modern but very accessible pieces receive exposure to a wider audience, they are presented here with five of the six Bach suites - all played on the same cello (at modern pitch). The sixth and final suite is omitted as that asks for a 5-string cello with a top E-string, and have been performed in this manner by Heinen on many occasions.
Ulrich Heinen came to the UK in 1984 at the request of Sir Simon Rattle to become principal cellist of the CBSO. His formidable technique and musicianship have enabled him to further develop his solo career with numerous recitals, concerts and radio broadcasts. He co-founded the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, which is one of Britain’s most important ensembles for contemporary music.
Ulrich Heinen plays a cello by Giovanni Grancino (Milan 1722)
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J.S. BACH:
Cello Suites 1-5 (BWV1007-1011)
B.A. ZIMMERMANN:
Sonata for Solo Cello
HOWARD SKEMPTON:
Six Figures for Solo Cello
GERALD BARRY:
Triorchic Blues
SIMON HOLT:
Feet of Clay
HANS WERNER HENZE:
Serenade for Solo Cello (9 movements, viz:
1 Adagio rubato; 2 Poco allegretto;
3 Pastrorale; 4 Andante con moto, rubato;
5 Vivace; 6 Tango; 7 Allegro marciale;
8 Allegretto; 9 Menuett |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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ID: MSVCD2002
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier" - the 48 Preludes and Fugues, 2 sets in each major and minor key, is one of the cornerstones of the baroque keyboard repertoire. Diana Boyle presents an exceptional account of the second set of 24 pieces, played on a modern Grotrian-Steinweg piano. Her approach to performing this repertoire on a modern piano is astonishing and exciting, bringing the complexity of Bach's writing to the fore.
tracks: J.S. Bach: Preludes and Fugues, Book II nos 1-24 BWV 870-893 |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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ID: MSVCD92027
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
Amongst modern British composers, the name of Michael Finnissy is particularly eminent; his music can be uncompromising but is always fresh and inventive, as shown in his staggering sets of transcriptions of Verdi arias. Here Ian Pace also presents Finnissy's Fourth and Sixth Piano Concertos, confusingly written for solo piano. A tour de force of composition and performance, this CD was long out of print and has been re-released at mid-price by popular demand. One of the Metier Finnissy series, and a seminal recording in contemporary piano music.
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Michael Finnissy Verdi Transcriptions, Book I (9 tracks) Verdi Transcriptions, Book II (9 tracks) Piano Concerto no. 4 Piano Concerto no. 6 Snowdrift To & Fro |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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ID: MSVCD92037
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Piano
Helen Brammen (flute), Elena Artemonova (viola)
The solo piano music of Ives represents an extraordinary achivement. "Experimental" is a word often associated with it. But "experimental" in what sense? Certainly he was exploring a wholly unique and personal style. Ives' music is by turns, exploratory, powerful, sensitive and transcendental always wholly consistent within its own, sometimes highly unusual terms. These qualities are there in abundance in his two crowning achievements the first and second sonatas. The studies and others orbit round these like planets to twin suns.
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Piano Sonata no. 1 Piano Sonata no. 2 Three-Page Sonata Study no. 2 (Varied Air with Variations) Study no 9 (The Anti-Abolitionist Riots) Study no. 20 Study no. 21 (Some South-Paw Pitching) Study no. 22 Study no. 23 (Baseball Take-Off) Five Take-Offs Watltz-Rondo |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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ID: MSVCD92067
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
The composer said "Music can be defined as a series of proportions in the service of a divine impulse". A philosophy which is shared by compsoers from Bach to Camilleri, Machaut to Tavener, and which is certainly the ethos of Divine Art Records! While acknowledging the radical experiments of the 1960s and 1970s, Crumb's music became famous for its instantly recognisable style, integrity and sense of mysticism, and an ability not to alienate audiences.
tracks: Makrokosmos volume 1 (12 pieces) Makrokosmos volume 2 (12 pieces) Five Pieces for Piano Gnomic Variations Processional A Little Suite for Christmas |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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ID: MSVCD92076
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Chamber Ensemble
Ensemble 10/10; member of psappha; RNCM New Ensemble & Wind Orchestra; Apollo Saxophone Quartet; various soloists
A very varied selection of fine chamber/orchestral music by one of Britain's most accomplished composers.
tracks: Infanta Marina Rachael Pankhurst (cor anglais), Ensemble 10.10, conducted by Clark Rundell Après un Silence Lesley Hatfield (violin), Andrew Ball (piano) Firewhirl Patricia Rozario (soprano), Ensemble 10/10, conducted by Clark Rundell Piano Quartet Richard Casey (piano), David Routledge (violin), David Aspin (viola), Jennifer Langridge (cello) Après un Silence (emsemble version) Kyra Humphreys (violin), RNCM New Ensemble, conducted by Clark Rundell Salamandra - Fire-Haunt Andrew Ball & Juian Jacobson (pianos) Amarantos Ensemble 10/10 conducted by Clark Rundell Distant Variations Apollo Saxophone Quartet, RNCM Wind Orchestra, conducted by Clark Rundell |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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ID: MSVCD92075
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
Gerhard Stäbler is perhaps best known for his avant-garde stage works and chamber music. However he has also composed a fairly substantial body of work for the traditional piano, treated in his unmistakeable and unique way. The music employs extreme virtuosity, a large dynamic range and use of unusual techniques, all taken in his stride by pianist Paulo Alvarez.
tracks: Dali Traum 1/9/92 Internet 1.1 Internet 1.5 Internet 1.9 Windows 1 Windows 2 Windows 3 Windows 4 Windows 5 Total. Von Branntwein und Finsternissen Hart auf hart |
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ID: MSVCD92073
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Chamber Ensemble
"Detours" is inspired by the composer's personal memories and reflections concerning cars. It draws on sources and references of a distinctly non-classical nature, but cannot in any way be called "crossover" - more it is a fusion of genres, as are the other works, brilliantly performed by Psappha.
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Detours: Echo's Tape Memory Crash Only the Driver Deserves to be Saved Lorelie Phoenix Maps and Diagrams of our Pain Born of Funk / The Fear of Falling |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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ID: MSVCD92097
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
Murail's music belongs to the French tradition of Debussy, Ravel and Messiaen. However it also revitalises the piano for the modern day in a way that is exploratory and startling. His music is not for the piano, it is about the piano, requiring delicacy, spontaneity and an enormous level of skill, such as that displayed by Marilyn Nonken.
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Comme un oeil suspendu et poli par le songe;
Estuaire;
Territoires de l'Oubli;
Cloches d'adieu, et un sourire;
La Mandragore;
Les Travaux et les Jours |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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