NMC Recordings featuring the works of Jonathan LLOYD   ~   David LUMSDAINE   ~   Elisabeth LUTYENS   ~   Stuart MacRAE   ~   Roger MARSH Jonathan LLOYD (b. 1948)___________________NMC D046M Symphony No.4 BBC Symphony Orchestra • Martyn Brabbins, conductor 'A special release… Lloyd has an almost Beckett-like ability to create magic out of apparently commonplace materials. In short, spellbinding' Gramophone 'Played here with both precision and a real feeling for the work's weird fantasies, Lloyd's Fourth Symphony makes compelling listening' BBC Music Magazine GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 1999 David LUMSDAINE (b. 1931)________________NMC D007 Aria for Edward John Eyre Aria for Edward John Eyre • What shall I sing? Jane Manning, Mary Wiegold, sopranos • Gemini • Elgar Howarth, conductor 'David Lumsdaine's Aria for Edward John Eyre is a work of major status… this recording is especially welcome… and Gemini [are] virtuosic and thrilling as ever under the direction of Elgar Howarth' Gramophone 'Theatricality and relentlessness… are evident on the splendid new Gemini disc from NMC… There is a terrific sense of atmosphere throughout' Tempo David LUMSDAINE (b. 1931)________________NMC D171 Big Meeting Big Meeting: (tape montage/re-composition) More Information Elisabeth LUTYENS (1906-1983)_______________NMC D011 Chamber Concerto No.l Lament of Isis on the Death of Osiris, from Op 74 • Triolets • Requiescat (in memoriam Igor Stravinsky) • Six Tempi for Ten Instruments • Chamber Concerto No.1 • The Valley of Hatsu-Se Jane Manning, soprano • Jane's Minstrels • Roger Montgomery, conductor 'The most important record I reviewed during 1993 … eloquent performance and shrewd choice of works' Gramophone GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 1994. GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 1993 Elisabeth LUTYENS (1906-1983)________________NMC D124 Choral & Chamber Works Fantasie Trio • Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis • Motet (Excerpta Tractati Logico-Philosphici) • Présages • String Trio • The Country of the Stars • Verses of Love • Wind Trio EXAUDI • James Weeks, director • Endymion 'The centenary of Elisabeth Lutyens' birth this year has been passing almost unnoticed, just as her stature in British music went unappreciated for much of her composing career. This mixture of a cappella choral and instrumental works from the 1950s and 1960s is a timely and beautifully performed tribute' The Guardian Stuart MacRAE (b. 1976)_____________________NMC D115 Violin Concerto Motus • Stirling Choruses • Violin Concerto • Two Scenes from the Death of Count Ugolino Christian Tetzlaff, violin • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra • Ilan Volkov, conductor • Lore Lixenberg, mezzo-soprano • BCMG • Susanna Mälkki, conductor 'A composer of real stature and maturity … Tetzlaff['s] performnnce on this disc is dazzling' BBC Music Magazine 'MacRae is a sterling composer in every way' Sunday Times John McCABE (1939-2015)___________________NMC D230 Silver Nocturns The Woman By The Sea • Silver Nocturnes • Horn Quintet Sacconi Quartet •~ David Pyatt horn • John McCabe piano • Roderick Williams baritone John McCabe was a prolific composer and pianist, bequeathing in all an impressive seven symphonies and seven string quartets, as well as numerous concertos and several major ballets.   McCabe was appointed CBE by the Queen in 1985 for his services to British music. More Information Roger MARSH (b. 1949)_____________________NMC D127 Pierrot Lunaire       2 CD SET Hilliard Ensemble • Red Byrd • Juice • Ebor Singers • Paul Gameson, choir director • Linda Hirst, mezzo-soprano • Joe Marsh, narrator 'The work is supremely approachable, with expressive, often simple harmonies offset by catchy rhythms, touching on popular styles in ways which echo Messiaen ond Berio' Gramophone 'The seguence is wonderfully varied… Perspectives constantly change; it's diverting and surprising, worlds away from Schoenberg's overpowering work yet still mysteriously close to the essence of Giraud's unique imagination' The Guardian Steve MARTLAND (1954 - 2013)_____________NMC D210 MARTLAND Horses of Instruction • Mr Anderson's Pavane • Eternal Delight • Patrol • Beat the Retreat • Shoulder to Shoulder • American Invention • Crossing the Border The Steve Martland Band • Steve Martland conductor • The Smith Quartet More Information 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