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Composer: WOOLRICH, John ((b. 1954)) |
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Is a British composer. He was BBC Radio 3 'Composer of the Week' in March 2008, involving the broadcast of over 4 hours of his music in one week. |
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ID: NMCD003
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
14 short songs by leading British composers - ranging from Harrison Birtwistle to Michael Nyman - drawn from Mary Wiegold's Songbook, an ever-increasing collection of works written for Wiegold and the Composers Ensemble
"Like a modern-day codex. Should nothing survive from the previous decade of British music save this, scholars would still be able to form a reliable picture of the diverse compositional activity of those years." |
| 22.00 eur Buy |
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ID: NMCD029
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Chamber Ensemble
A disc that reveals the striking diversity of Woolrich's chamber music: The intimacy of A Farewell contrasts with the larger scale 'machines for instruments', such as the title work. |
| 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: NMCD069
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
Both Anthony Gilbert's brilliant woodwind writing and his long association with the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester are showcased on this disc, featuring performances by the RNCM's acclaimed New Ensemble and Wind Orchestra, and concluding with the brilliant and playful tribute to Stravinsky, Igorochki. |
| 22.00 eur Buy |
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ID: NMCD071
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
Four substantial orchestral works by John Woolrich: The Barber's Timepiece, inspired by a short story by Italo Calvino; the Oboe Concerto, featuring Nicholas Daniel; The Ghost in the Machine, which explores the idea of order sliding into chaos; and the Viola Concerto, which is structured as a cycle of 'songs without words', alluding to Tristan, Mozart's Idomeneo and Cosi fan tutte, Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte and madrigals by Monteverdi.
Editor's Choice: "A strong and individual voice in music of real substance. The fine soloists bring the concertos vividly to life. Well worth exploring."Gramophone 2001 |
| 22.00 eur Buy |
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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 |
| 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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ID: QTZ2081
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Oboe
A disc of ground-breaking new works for oboe by the exciting, young oboist James Turnbull
The repertoire on this release has been chosen in a deliberate attempt to assemble works from the past 30 years by British composers that demonstrate the great contrasts possible with the oboe. There are pieces that emphasize stillness and meditation while others focus on the raw emotions of anger and grief.
Contemporary Oboe Music
M. Berkeley:
Fierce Tears I
Second Still Life for Oboe & Harp, world premiere
Fierce Tears II, world premiere
Davies, Maxwell:
First Grace of Light for solo oboe
T. Davies:
Forgotten Game, world premiere
Arabesco, world premiere
J. MacMillan:
In Angustiis II for Solo Oboe, world premiere
C. Matthews:
Night-Spell,world premiere
J. Woolrich:
The Kingdom of Dreams, world premiere
The Turkish Mouse, world premiere |
| 18.00 eur Buy |
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