NMC Recordings featuring the works of
Harrison BIRTWISTLE ~ David BLAKE
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Harrison BIRTWISTLE (b. 1934)_________________NMC D200
Gawain
Gawain, Opera in 2 Acts
Marie Angel, soprano, Morgan le Fay Anne Howells, mezzo soprano, Lady de Hautdesert
Richard Greagor, tenor, Arthur Penelope Walmsley-Clark, soprano, Guinevere
Omar Ebrahim, baritone, The Fool Alan Ewlng, bass, Agravain John Marsden, tenor, Ywin
Francois Le Roux, baritone, Gawain Kevin Smith, countertenor, Bishop Baldwin
John Tomlinson, bass baritone, Th« Green Knight/Bertiltak de Hautdesert
Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Elgar Howarth, conductor
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Harrison BIRTWISTLE (b. 1934)_________________NMC D156
Night's Black Bird
The Shadow of Night Night’s Black Bird The Cry of Anubis
Owen Slade, tuba The Hallé Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor
'These three relatively recent works could be by nobody else, yet there is manifest development
The Cry of Anubis is a perfectly plausible tuba concerto, with a superb soloist in Slade. Wigglesworth admirably brings out key detail from fiendishly complex scores' - The Sunday Times
It won the GRAMOPHONE AWARD for BEST CONTEMPORARY RECORDING in 2011
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Harrison BIRTWISTLE (b. 1934)_________________NMC D050
The Mask of Orpheus 3 CD Set
Soloists include Jon Garrison, tenor Peter Bronder, tenor Jean Rigby, soprano Anne-Marie Owens, mezzo-soprano Alan Opie, baritone BBC Symphony Orchestra BBC Singers Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins, conductors
'Unquestionably the greatest acheivement by a British composer in our time. Now, with the arrival of this magnificent recording, based upon a semi-staged performance at the Royal Festival Hall, there is at last a chance to explore it carefully
the performance is beyond praise' The Guardian
'This has to be one of the most important recording events of the decade' The Sunday Times
GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 1998
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Harrison BIRTWISTLE (b. 1934)_________________NMC D138
Punch & Judy ANCORA - 2 CD SET
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano Philip Langridge, tenor Stephen Roberts, baritone David Wilson-Johnson, bass-baritone John Tomlinson, bass London Sinfonietta David Atherton, conductor
'This brilliantly sung and played account has a gripping luridness that makes it hard to imagine how the work — a 1960s expressionist masterpiece — could be done differently, never mind better' The Sunday Times
'Still packing a punch after all these years
no CD collection should be without it' Gramophone
Previously available on Decca Headline and Etcetera, it won a GRAMOPHONE AWARD in 1980
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Harrison BIRTWISTLE (b. 1934)_________________NMC D009
Ritual Fragment
Melencolia I Meridian Ritual Fragment
Antony Pay, clarinet Mary King, mezzo-soprano Michael Thompson, horn Christopher van Kampen, cello London Sinfonietta Oliver Knussen, conductor
'Needless to say, the performances, as one would expect from Oliver Knussen and the London Sinfonietta, arehexemplary
no one should hesitate before acquiring this indispensable disc' Tempo
GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 1993. THE GUARDIAN PICK OF 1993 |
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Harrison BIRTWISTLE (b. 1934)_________________NMC D148
Secret Theatre
Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum Secret Theatre Silbury Air
London Sinfonietta Elgar Howarth, conductor
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Harrison BIRTWISTLE (b. 1934)_________________NMC D088
The Triumph of Time ANCORA
Gawain's Journey Ritual Fragment The Triumph of Time
Philharmonia Orchestra Erigar Howarth, conductor
'It is good to have [these] excellent recordings of two of the composer's major orchestral works resurrected from their Collins Classics grave by the ever-welcome new-music specialist label NMC' The Daily Telegraph |
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David BLAKE (b. 1936)_________________________NMC D129
Violin Concerto ANCORA
In Praise of Krishna Violin Concerto
lona Brown, violin Philharmonia Orchestra Norman del Mar, conductor
'A lyrical and sensuous song-cycle makes a pleasing return to the catalogue
a significant issue on NMC's Ancora
imprint' Gramophone |
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Mark BOWDEN (b. 1979)_______________________NMC D214
Sudden Light
Lyra Five Memos Heartland Sudden Light
Oliver Coates cello Julian Warburton percussion BBC National Orchestra of Wales Grant Llewellyn conductor Hyeyoon Park violin Huw Watkins piano
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Charlotte BRAY (b. 1934)_______________________NMC D202
At the Speed of Stillness
At the Speed of Stillness Fire Burning in Snow Oneiroi Replay Songs from Yellow Leaves Caught in Treetops
Aldeburgh World Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder conductor Lucy Schaufer mezzo-soprano Alexandra Wood violin Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Huw Watkins piano - Oliver Knussen conductor Claire Booth soprano - Andrew Matthews-Owen piano
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