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, Holt, Simon (composer)
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Black Lanterns and Nigredo are also single-movement works, both expanding from small beginnings into areas of virtuosity which are effortlessly negotiated by Rolf Hind. He brings a richness... — More…
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Special offer. Simon Holt: …era madrugada, Shadow Realm, Sparrow Night & Canciones
Fiona Kimm (mezzo)
Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend
These works, all from the 1980s, confirm [Holt] as one of the most distinctive and successful composers of his generation — More…
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Special offer. Simon Holt: Boots of Lead
Ulrich Heinen (cello), Rolf Hind (piano), Rinat Shaham (mezzo)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Martyn Brabbins, Sir Simon Rattle
A technically immaculate disc, performed with tremendous flair … it serves to reinforce Holt’s position as one of the very best British composers writing today — More…
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Special offer. Simon Holt: a table of noises
Colin Currie (percussion) & Chloë Hanslip (violin)
Hallé, Nicholas Collon
quick-witted and haunting. Colin Currie is the soloist in this affectionate and entertaining work, while Nicholas Collon conducts the Hallé — More…
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Special offer. The NMC Songbook
RecommendedSopranos - Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton
Mezzo-sopranos - Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby
Countertenors - James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts
Tenors - Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett
Baritones - Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams,...
…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Contemporary
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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. Bracing Change
Guy Johnston (cello)
JACK Quartet, Doric String Quartet, Carducci String Quartet
Holt’s vivid score here oscillates between furious counterpoint and passages of defiant poise…Dennehy’s post-minimalist The weather of it is at once dynamic an tender, the sweetness of his harmony... — More…
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Special offer. Birtwistle: Pulse Sampler
Melinda Maxwell (oboe), Richard Benjafield (percussion), Jan Gruithuyzen (piano)
Melinda Maxwell displaying that phenomenal range of colour and superfine technical control which inspired these composers to write to for her in the first place. This well-conceived and excellently... — 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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It almost goes without saying that the Endymion players are first-rate advocates for these works...there is a diversity of approach from composers young and not so young here, suggesting British... — More…
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