NMC Recordings featuring the works of
Bill HOPKINS ~ Vic HOYLAND ~ Minna KEAL ~ John LAMBERT
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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
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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
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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 |
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