NMC Recordings featuring the works of Bill HOPKINS   ~   Vic HOYLAND   ~   Minna KEAL   ~   John LAMBERT Bill HOPKINS (1943-1981)_____________________NMC D014 Bill Hopkins & Anthony Gilbert Bill HOPKINS En Attendant • Two Pomes • Pendant • Sensation Anthony GILBERT Nine or Ten Osannas Music Projects London • Richard Bernas, conductor 'This immensely valuable recording now gives at least an inkling of the considerable composer that was lost to British music at the ridiculously early age of 37 … Performances of both composers' works are forthright and attractively immediate' BBC Music Magazine Emily HOWARD (b. 1979)______________________NMC D219 Magnetite Magnetite • Threnos • Mesmerism • Levithan • Solar • Afference Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Andrew Gourlay • Lucy Goggard, mezzo-soprano & Simon Whitley, bass • scapegot • Elias String Quartet More Information Vic HOYLAND (b. 1945)_______________________NMC D020S Vic Hoyland & David Sawer       CD SINGLE ViC HOYLAND The Other Side of the Air David SAWER The Melancholy of Departure Rolf Hind, piano 'Rolf Hind's response [is] comprehensively sensual: grimly enduring vicious whiplash chords while stupendously in control of the most glassy pianissimos' The Musical Times Vic HOYLAND (b. 1945)_______________________NMC D072 In Transit Vixen • In Transit BBC Symphony Orchestra • Martyn Brabbins, conductor 'Joyous and ecstatic and searching and evanescent by turns… primitive energy conveyed with the crushing face of a musical juggernaut' BBC Music Magazine 'Perhaps Britain's most uncompromising label, NMC brings two major orchestral works from Vic Hoyland… impressive writing — and fascinating listening' The Observer THE GUARDIAN PICK OF THE WEEK 2002 Minna KEAL (1909-1999)______________________NMC D048S Cello Concerto       CD SINGLE Ballade • Cello Concerto Alexander Baillie, cello • Martina Baillie, piano • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra • Martyn Brabbins, conductor 'Her 22-minute Cello Concerto (1988-94) is a superb achievement, tautly crafted, terse in its distinctive Anglo-European idiom, yet with an emotional charge that becomes increasingly apparent' The Sunday Times THE SUNDAY TIMES PICK OF 1997 Rob KEELEY (b. 1960) _________________________NMC D179 Songs, Chimes and Dances Music for Art and Tom • Bells of Halkis • Little Trio • Two Ways of Looking at a Spider • Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano • Songs, Chimes & Dances • Oregon Moods Melinda Maxwell, oboe • Richard Watkins, horn • Andrew Sparling, clarinet • Tim Holmes, saxophone • Jonathan Leathwood, guitar • Rob Keeley, piano •Darragh Morgan, violin • Robin Michael, cello • Mary Dullea, piano More Information Oliver KNUSSEN (b. 1952)______________________NMC D178 Autumnal Choral Op.8 • Autumnal Op. 14 • Whitman Settings Op.25 • Secret Psalm • Prayer Bell Sketch Op.29 • Violin Concerto Op.30 • Requiem - Songs For Sue Op.33 • Ophelia's Last Dance Op.32 Claire Booth, soprano • BCMG • Oliver Knussen, conductor • Leila Josefowicz, violin • BBC Symphony Orchestra • Alexandra Wood, violin • Huw Watkins, piano • Ryan Wigglesworth, piano More Information Oliver KNUSSEN (b. 1952)______________________NMC D175 Sympony Nos. 2 & 3 Sympony No. 3 • Trumpets for soprano and 3 clarinets • Ophelia Dances, Book 1 • Coursing for chamber orchestra • Cantata for oboe and string trio • Symphony No. 2 for soprano and chamber orchestra London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen • Philharmonia Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas • Elaine Barry • Linda Hirst • sopranos • The Nash Ensemble • Michael Collins • Edward Pillinger • Ian Mitchell, clarinets More Information John LAMBERT (1926-1995)___________________NMC D026 The Music of John Lambert Family Affairs • Meditations • Second String Quartet • Slide • Toccata • Tread Softly… Sounds Positive • David Sutton-Anderson, conductor 'There's some remarkable music here… Thanks to NMC's pioneering efforts, much little-known music of this quality has been rescued from serious neglect' The Wire 'I have neglected an important talent. So have the record companies… It has been left to NMC to bring his music to a wider audience. I hope it proves a successful venture' Classic CD THE WIRE PICK OF 1995 NMC Recordings are distributed in Australia by Rockian Trading, P.O.Box 44, Briar Hill, Vic, 3088, Australia Telephone (03) 9432 4149 ~ Facsimile (03) 9444 6879