NMC 35th Anniversary - up to 25% off
Until 13th November, we are offering up to 25% off NMC titles on CD, Vinyl, DVD and download.
NMC 2024, Britten (composer)
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Special offer. Unknown Britten
RecommendedSandrine Piau (soprano), Rolf Hind (piano), Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, Peter Francomb & Chris Griffiths (horns), Michael Collins (clarinet)
Northern Sinfonia, Thomas Zehetmair
Britten completed but didn't orchestrate the songs - 'Phrase', 'Aube' and 'À une raison'; Matthews matches them finely to the style of Illuminations. While the cycle is often associated with... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th September 2009
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Britten on Film
Simon Russell Beale (narrator) & Mary Carewe (soprano)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Choir of King
Edwards’ Boys School, Birmingham, Martyn Brabbins
Britten's short period with the GPO Film Unit and other similar organisations proved to be key training for his musico-dramatic skills. The performances, by the BCMG and assorted choirs and... — More…
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Special offer. Britten: Les Illuminations
Peter Pears (tenor), Peter Pears (tenor) and Benjamin Britten (piano)
CBS Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, John Barbirolli
These are historical documents of importance... Technically wonders have been done to what appear to be intractable originals. All Britten and Pears specialists will want the issue to which... — More…
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Special offer. Britten To America
Huw Watkins (piano), Samuel West (narrator), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano) & Mary Carewe (mezzo soprano)
Ex Cathedra & Hallé, Sir Mark Elder & Jeffrey Skidmore
Jean Rigby admirably handles the dialogue and the songs of the ambiguous mother figure in F6...the blues moments such as 'Stop all the clocks', feel a bit stiff. Mary Carewe, meanwhile, finds... — More…
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Coming soon. NMC at 35
Onyx Brass (brass ensemble), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Jane Manning (soprano), Roger Smalley, Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, Ziazan, Mark Padmore (tenor), Richard Watkins (horn), Huw Watkins (piano), Thomas Hewitt Jones, Ruby Philogene, Lawrence Zazzo, Timothy Dawkins, Philip Sheffield, Jeremy Huw Williams...
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Special offer. Pastures New - Sampler
William Howard (piano), Alexander Baillie (cello), Andrew Ball (piano), Mary Wiegold (soprano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Noriko Kawai (piano), Jane Manning (soprano), Peter Serkin (piano), Martin Robertson (saxophone), Christopher van Kampen (cello), Peter Pears (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra,...
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Special offer. War Memorials: Music for Brass Band
Tredegar Town Band, Cory Band, Ian Porthouse, Philip Harper, Robert Childs
The Tredegar Town Band revels [the Occasional Overture’s] winning combination of nonchalance and bustling virtuosity, its optimistic vision of post-war reconstruction complementing the often... — More…
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Special offer. New Music Collections Vol. 4 - Piano
Thalia Myers (piano), Ian Pace (piano), Noriko Kawai (piano), Rolf Hind (piano), Melvyn Tan (piano), Huw Watkins (piano), Michael Finnissy (piano), Nicky Losseff (piano), Jonathan Powell (piano), Philip Mead (piano), Stephen Montague (piano), Susan Bradshaw (piano), Phyllis Sellick (piano), Roger...
A fascinating survey of contemporary (or near contemporary) piano works, played by expert interpreters, including several of the composers themselves. — More…
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Special offer. New Music Collections Vol. 1 - Choral
Howard Skempton (accordion), Michael Finnissy (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, BBC Singers, EXAUDI, Bach Choir Philharmonia, Ex Cathedra, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Voices, Simon Halsey, John Poole,...
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Special offer. Prime Cuts - Sampler
Mary King (soprano), Timothy Robinson (tenor), Thalia Myers (piano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Kim Walker (bassoon), Jonty Harrison (tape), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), John Turner (recorder), Steven Schick (percussion), Ian Pace (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra,...
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