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Composer: POWERS, Anthony ((b. 1953)) |
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ID: MSVCD92013
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano and Clarinet
The works on this CD span almost 30 years, from 1965 to 1994. The most striking factor is the varying yet equally successful approach adopted in writing for the clarinet by these very different composers, all of whom cater for the unique character of the instrument.
tracks: Elizabeth Maconchy: Fantasia Anthony Powers: Sea/Air Piers Hellawell: High Citadels Harrison Birtwistle: Verses Richard Rodney Bennett: Scena III Hugh Wood: Paraphrase on "Bird of Paradise" Gordon Crosse: A Year and a Day Martin Butler: Capistrano Song Michael Berkeley: Flighting |
| 12.00 eur Buy |
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ID: MSVCD92038
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Chamber Ensemble
Powers is a composer who knows his own language; a pupil of the legendary Nadia Boulanger, his works have been consistently praised. He is a compsoer with something to say. This CD presents five major works, in reverse chronological order: a journey back in time in the composer's music.
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Fast Colours (1997) Double Sonata (1993) In Sunlight (1993) Quintet (1983) Another part of the Island (1980)
PSAPPHA: Ensemble flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano |
| 12.00 eur Buy |
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ID: NMCD021S
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
Written for William Howard, Matthews's Piano Sonata draws on Howard's expertise as an interpreter of Schubert, while the 16 short sections of Powers's The Memory Room take the listener on a journey through five centuries of keyboard styles. |
| 22.00 eur Buy |
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ID: NMCD031
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
Three recordings from 1941, publicly available for the first time following transfer from the original 78rpm discs and lengthy subsequent treatment: the centrepiece is an off-air recording of the American premiere of Les Illuminations with Peter Pears.
1. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Oliver Knussen, conductor/ Stefan Asbury, assistant conductor
2. London Sinfonietta/ Oliver Knussen, conductor
3. William Howard, piano - Anthony Powers
4. Composers Ensemble/ Diego Masson, conductor
5. Alexander Baillie, cello/ Andrew Ball, piano
6. Mary Wiegold, soprano/ Composers Ensemble/ Dominic Muldowney, cond
7. Mstislav Rostropovich, cello/ London Symphony Orchestra/ Hugh Wolff, conductor
8. BBC Singers/ John Poole, conductor
9. Jane's Minstrels/ Roger Montgomery, conductor
10. Nua Nos/ Noriko Kawai, piano/ Dairine Ni Mheadhra, conductor
11. Jane Manning, soprano/ Jane's Minstrels/ Roger Montgomery, conductor
12. London Sinfonietta | Peter Serkin, cello | Oliver Knussen, conductor
13. Sounds Positive/ David Sutton-Anderson, conductor
14. Martin Robertson, saxophone/ Christopher van Kampen, cello/ The Nash Ensemble/ Oliver Knussen, conductor
15. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Andrew Davis, conductor
16. Peter Pears, tenor/ CBS Symphony Orchestra/ Benjamin Britten, conductor |
| 22.00 eur Buy |
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ID: NMCD098
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Piano
Madeleine Mitchell's violin recital with reknowned accompanist Andrew Ball ranges from the lyrical minimalism of Michael Nyman's On the Fiddle, and folk-influenced pieces by Stephen Montague and Stuart Jones, to the strongly-crafted Fantasia by Brian Elias, and the extraordinary effects of Nigel Osborne's new solo violin piece, Taw-Raw, which Mitchell premiered at the Huddersfield Festival in 2004.
The CD is supported by the Royal College of Music, the RVW Trust and the American Embassy, London. |
| 22.00 eur Buy |
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