New Music Collections - Volume 1
CHORAL
Various Artists
NMC D204
• Celebrating 25 years of NMC Recordings.
Discover — Connect — Challenge — Inspire
NMC explores the rich offerings of its back catalogue in a new mid-price series called New Music Collections. (See what we did there?)
Each album introduces different areas of contemporary classical music, with the first four volumes focusing on music written for choir, orchestra, piano and electronics.
These releases, featuring works from emerging and more established composers and performed by world-class ensembles and artists,
are a great introduction to New Music from the British Isles from the last 80 or so years.
1. Julian Anderson Four American Choruses: Beautiful Valley of Eden 3'52
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus / Halsey
2. Giles Swayne Cry: Sky 5'33
BBC Singers / Poole
3. Robert Saxton I will awake the dawn: IV Flowing, moving onwards 4'36
BBC Singers / Poole
4. Michael Finnissy Descriptive Jottings of London 4'45
EXAUDI / Weeks, Howard Skempton accordion Michael Finnissy piano
5. Richard Rodney Bennett Spells: Spell of Sleep 4'07
Bach Choir, Philharmonia / Willcocks
6. Benjamin Britten On the Frontier: The clock on the wall 4'07
Ex Cathedra / Skidmore
7. Anthony Payne Phoenix Mass: Gloria 4'47
BBC Singers, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / Poole
8. Christopher Fox Open the Gate 2'05
EXAUDI / Weeks
9. Alexander Goehr The Death of Moses: To the man who emanated light 4'08
Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus Instrumental ensemble / Cleobury
10. Harrison Birtwistle Meridian: I 3'06
London Sinfonietta Voices, London Sinfonietta/Knussen
11. Howard Skempton The Bridge of Fire 7'12
EXAUDI / Weeks
12. Elisabeth Lutyens Magnificat 5'00
EXAUDI / James Weeks
13. Benjamin Britten Coal Face: The shift is finished 2'05
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, BCMG /Brabbins
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