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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Bingham - Remoter Worlds
The BBC Singers, David Hill (chief conductor) Judith Bingham's compositions stand out it in the world of contemporary music, and have been said to "connect and communicate with audiences on an immediate and direct level". Her vocal and choral music has attracted attention from many sources, notably leading to requests from the King's Singers, Peter Pears and the Songmakers' Almanac. On this disc there is a close connection between performers and composer; as well as being associate composer for the BBC Singers, she is also a former member of the group, and as such has an unmatched understanding of the subtleties and nuances of composing for such a versatile ensemble. This collection of choral music draws on a wealth of literary and visual sources, ranging from the pastoral introspections of Yeats and W. H.Auden, to forgotten ghost towns of Ohio in the American West. A previous disc of Judith's choral works [with the BBC Symphony Chorus] was awarded Gramophone Editor's Choice. | 
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| |  | Craig Armstrong - Memory Takes My Hand
Armstrong, C: | One Minute, 15 pieces for orchestra ‘One Minute’ is a work composed of 15 one-minute pieces for orchestra, each minute functioning as a self-contained piece. It was commissioned by the Horse Cross Trust for the opening of the new Concert Hall in Perth. Immer (Violin Concerto No. 1) ‘Immer’, his Violin Concerto No. 1, was composed in 2007 for Clio Gould (today principal violin of the London Sinfonietta), with whom Craig Armstrong collaborated when she was artistic director to the Scottish Ensemble. She is regularly involved in the performance of contemporary solo repertoire. In ‘Immer’ Armstrong creates a specific acoustic sonority with techniques found in contemporary music software, using slow loops that phase in and out with one another, creating a blurred tonality, with the solo violin singing above the orchestra - a technique which also has its roots in early music; repetition, canons, fugues etc. Clio Gould (violin) Memory Takes My Hand ‘Memory Takes My Hand’ was a commission from the Glasgow City Council to write a new concert work for the reopening of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in October 2006. Craig Armstrong collaborated with the playwright Peter Arnott for the words, in this work sung by the British soprano Lucy Crowe. Lucy Crowe (soprano) Apollo Singers |
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Garry Walker "I wanted to find a direct language using tonality but being firmly routed in the 21st century. An abstract defuse way of writing much like the way an abstract painting where the images are blurred. And in this case melodies are hidden and slowly revealed. I have always had a fascination with sonority and orchestration in much a similar way in the way a painter deals with the subtle nuances of colour." Craig Armstrong “An eloquent soloist and Scottish places and memories inspire this fine music. Film composer Craig Armstrong's music was inspired in part by the playing of Gould whose eloquent account should ensure the work further performances.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 |
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| |  | Die Ausflüge des Herrn Broucek
Peter Straka, Jan Vacík, Zdenek Plech, Maria Haan, Roman Janál, Martina Bauerová, Ales Briscein, Jaroslav Brezina & Václav Sibera BBC Singers & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek “Belohlávek is at home here in a lively account of a loveable opera.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Adrian Partington Singers & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox “…there's something oddly relentless about Hickox's attitude to tempo. The characteristic Elgarian ebb and flow, so well caught by Paul Daniel on Naxos, and so lovingly intensified by Colin Davis (LSO Live), is particularly lacking in the first two movements.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Lontano BBC Singers, Odaline de la Martinez | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Night Before Christmas
Narrated by Stephen Fry BBC Singers & BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The English Song Series Volume 13 - Britten: Folk Song Arrangements 2
Philip Langridge, Thomas Allen BBC Singers, Northern Sinfonia, Steuart Bedford, Simon Joly | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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David Owen Norris (piano) BBC Concert Orchestra & BBC Singers, David Lloyd-Jones | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Judith Harris (mezzo-soprano), Margaret Feaviour (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor) Tallis Chamber Choir, BBC Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, New London Children’s Choir, London Schools Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Peter Glossop, Rita Hunter, John Tomlinson, Kenneth Collins BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, John Matheson ‘Rita Hunter is totally engrossing, with Peter
Glossop a powerful, psychologically intense
Macbeth’ – James Jolly, The Gramophone | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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