New Recordings: Winter 2009

A selection of recent recordings

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Malcolm Arnold Electra Homage to the Queen: Suite BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Rumon Gamba, conductor Chandos CHAN10550

Ernst Bacon Ford’s Theatre: A Few Glimpses of Easter Week, 1865 Nashville Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin, conductor Naxos 8.559373-74

Geoffrey Burgon Christ’s Love Paweł Łukaszewski Nunc Dimittis John Tavener As one who has slept Various performers Hyperion HYP41

Ludovico Einaudi Nightbook Ludovico Einaudi, piano Decca/UCJ

Ludovico Einaudi Primavera (arr. for guitar) Summer Guitar Classic FM Various performers Classic FM/UCJ

Lukas Foss The Prairie: Dramatic Cantata Boston Modern Orchestra Project Andrew Clark, conductor BMOP Sound 1007

Gabriela Lena Frank Inca Dances Aaron Jay Kernis 100 Greatest Dance Hits Cuarteto Latinamericano Tonar Music

Gabriela Lena Frank Ritmos Anchinos The Silk Road Ensemble World Village 468095

Niels Wilhelm Gade Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 56 Christina Astrand, violin Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra John Storgårds, conductor DACAPO 6.220562

Philip Glass Violin Concerto (arr. for saxophone) Michael Nyman Where the bee dances John Tavener The Protecting Veil (arr. for saxophone) Amy Dickson, saxophone Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Mikel Toms, conductor RCA

Patrick Hawes The Call Reflexionem Ascension Fair Albion A Birthday Three Broadland Piano Suites Requiem Aeternam (from the Lazarus Requiem) Gloriette How Hill Cantate Domino After the Rain The Darkling Thrush Quanta Qualia Patrick Hawes, piano; Julian Lloyd Webber, cello Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano Claire Jones, harp; Christian Forshaw, saxophone The Sanctuary Ensemble; The Raven Quartet The Brno Chamber Choir; The Brno Chamber Orchestra Signum Classics SIGCD178

Simon Holt Feet of Clay Ulrich Heinen, cello Metier MSV28511

John Joubert Five Songs of Incarnation Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A O Lorde, The Maker of Al Thing Passacaglia & Fugue There is no rose of such virtue Rochester Triptych Gloucester Cathedral Choir Ashley Grote, organ Adrian Partington, director Priory PRCD1028

Stuart MacRae Adam lay-y-bounden Francis Pott That yongë child Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge Geoffrey Webber, director Delphian DCD34075

Per Nørgård Piano Works Erik Kaltoft, piano DaCapo 8.226089

Michael Nyman Six Celan Songs Acts of Beauty I Sonetti Lussuriosi Various artists MN Records

McAlmont & Nyman The Glare Michael Nyman Michael Nyman Band David McAlmont MN Records

Poul Ruders Psalmodies Suite Chaconne Jargon Pestilence Songs Diferencias Rondeau Jesper Sivebaek Kiki Brandt Ensemble Fyn DACAPO 8.226542

Carl Rütti Requiem Olivia Robinson, soprano Edward Price, baritone Jane Watts, organ The Bach Choir Southern Sinfonia David Hill, conductor Naxos 8.572317

Bright Sheng Shanghai Overture Never Far Away The Nightingale and the Rose Tibetan Love Song and Swing Yolanda Kondonassis, harp TELARC CAT 80719

John Stainer Crucifixion Andrew Kennedy, tenor Neal Davies, bass Darius Battiwala, organ Huddersfield Choral Society Joseph Cullen, conductor Signum Classics SIGCD176

Joby Talbot Franklyn (Original Soundtrack) Silver Screen

Debbie Wiseman The Selfish Giant The Nightingale and the Rose Stephen Fry, narrator Vanessa Redgrave, narrator The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner, conductor Warner Classics

DVD new release
Bo Holten
The Visit of the Royal Physician
Royal Danish Opera
Bo Holten, conductor
Dacapo Records DVD:2.110408

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