Label: SIGNUM U.K. 158
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FAÇADES
RODNEY ROGERS (*1953): Lessons of the Sky
ROBERT MUCZYNSKI (*1929): Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano, Op. 29
COLIN MACDONALD: Here Again
PHILIP GLASS (*1937): Façades
CHRISTOPHER PAINTER (*1962): Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano, Op. 56
GRAHAM FITKIN (*1963): Glass

Lara James, saxophones

Jeremy Young, piano; Kathryn Price, cello

Sinfonia Viva/Nicholas Kok
The saxophone is truly an instrument of the modern age, with many composers drawn to the unique tones and colors of which it is capable.
Accompanied by a select group of musicians including Sinfonia ViVA, Lara James, the renowned saxophonist, performs contemporary works by some of today’s leading composers, demonstrating the unique timbre and versatility of the modern saxophone.

Label: SIGNUM U.K. 171
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DANCE OF THE THREE LEGGED ELEPHANTS JULIAN JOSEPH: Castellain Sunshine; Dance of the Three Legged Elephants; Vika MATTHEW BARLEY/JOSEPH: Improvisation #2, 3 & 7 JACO PASTORIUS (1951 – 1987): (Used to be a) Cha Cha ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM (1927 – 1994): Sabia MAURICE RAVEL (1875 – 1937): Piece en Forme de Habanera JOHN MCLAUGHLIN (*1942): Miles Beyond Matthew Barley, cello Julian Joseph, piano Dazzling yet intimte, this set of tracks is the work of two brilliant and internationally renowned musicians who are also close friends, and their friendship pours from the music with passion, intensity, humour and inspiring energy. The central focus here is ‘collaboration’ - the musical collaboration of Barley and Joseph and the traditions from which they have individually evolved, and their combined collaboration with other composers in a series of imaginative arrangements.

Label: SIGNUM UK 053
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ROBERT SAXTON: Birthday Piece for Richard Rodney Bennett; Elijah’s Violin
ELISABETH LUTYENS: Six Bagatelles, Op. 113; O Saisons, ô Chateaux, Op. 13
JOHN MCCABE: Red Leaves;
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON: Symphony No. 7 for strings
Brunel Ensemble/Christopher Austin & Teresa Cahill
Signum Records are proud to present the Brunel Ensemble with their first recording on the Signum Classics label, Red Leaves. No ensemble currently active is as committed to playing such brilliantly programmed quality work from all decades of the twentieth century. Formed in 1992, the group gives thrilling and mature performances under Christoper Austin’s inspired direction. Red Leaves is a disc of modern works by British composers.

Label: SIGNUM UK 084
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Overture to the Oratorio ‘St. Paul’, Op. 36; ROBERT SCHUMANN: Six Fugues on B-A-C-H, Op. 60; WILLIAM BOLCOM: Free Fantasia on ‘O Zion, Haste’ and ‘How Firm a Foundation’; GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN (arr. Cable): The Brothers Gershwin; SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Valse Mignonne, Op. 142 No. 2; JOSEPH JONGEN: Sonata Eroïca, Op. 94

Simon Preston, organ
It would be hard to find an organist with more plaudits than Simon Preston. He has received a range of stunning reviews and awards from around the world. On of the truly great organists of our times performs works spanning two centuries. 19th century cornerstones of the organ repertory from Mendelssohn and Schumann are balanced with contemporary offerings featuring Jongen and George & Ira Gershwin in a broad range of music that perfectly showcases the vast palette of sonic sounds of the newly restored organ of the Royal Albert Hall.

Label: SIGNUM UK 134
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ROBERT WHITE (ca. 1538 – 1574) – HYMNS, PSALMS & LAMENTATIONS – SACRED MUSIC
Christe qui lux es et dies (I); Ad te levavi oculos meos; Exaudiat te, Dominus; Miserere mei, Deus; Christe qui lux es et dies (IV); Domine quis habitabit (III); Manus tuae fecerunt me; Lamentations (a6)

Gallicantus: David Allsopp & Mark Chambers, counter-tenors; Richard Butler & Christopher Watson, tenors; Gabriel Crouch & Nigel Short, baritones; William Gaunt & Jimmy Holliday, basses

Gabriel Crouch, director
The early music ensemble Gallicantus was born within the ranks of the world-class choir Tenebrae, when five of the choir’s regulars, each with a wealth of experience in the world of consort singing, decided to form a separate group dedicated to Renaissance music. Literally meaning Rooster Song or cock crow, Gallicantus is a word from monastic antiquity for the office held just before the dawn. It evokes the renewal of life offered by the coming day.
The group is bound by a shared love of communicating text, and is committed to creating performances which draw out unifying themes within apparently diverse repertoire: To this end they are as meticulous about providing context and insight for audiences as they are about crafting interpretations of the music they love.

Label: SIGNUM UK 144
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Gleams of a Remoter World (1997); The Shepheardes Calender (2009);Irish Tenebrae (1990, rev. 1992 & 2007): My Lagan Love; The Road to Sligo; The Crying of the Women at the Slaughter; The Wake: Round the House and Mind the Dresser; I Have a Secret to Tell; I Know My Love; The Sailor Boy; Unpredictable but Providential (2001); Beneath these Alien Stars (2001); Ghost Towns of the American West (2005); Water Lilies (1999)

BBC Singers/David Hill
Edward Goater, terror; Stephen Charlesworth, baritone; Edward Price, bass; Stephen Jeffes, tenor; Andrew Murgatroyd, whistler; Olivia Robinson, soprano; Christopher Bowen, tenor; Alison Smart, soprano; Margaret Feaviour, soprano; Deborah Miles-Johnson, mezzo; Robert Johnston, tenor; Jennifer Adams-Barbaro, whistler
Richard Benjafield, percussion; Chris Brannick, percussion; Iain Farrington, organ; Krysia Osostowicz, violin

The BBC Singers, led by David Hill, are the UK's only full-time professional chamber choir, and their repertoire and virtuosic versatility are almost boundless. The BBC Singers regularly work with the BBC's own orchestras as well as a number of period instrument and contemporary ensembles both in concert and in the recording studio. This disc features the compositional talent of one of the BBC Singer's former members, Judith Bingham. Bingham is considered a talented all-round composer, having written for a variety of different ensembles including symphonic wind ensembles, brass bands and solo instrumentalists, Despite this she is best known for her choral work, in which she has been commissioned by such ensembles as The King' s Singers, the BBC Symphony Chorus and King' s College Choir, Cambridge, She has won numerous awards including the Barlow Prize for a cappela music and three British Composer awards.

Label: SIGNUM UK 148
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Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

Philharmonia Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnanyi
The Philharmonia Orchestra is widely recognized as the UK’s finest orchestra with an impressive recording legacy, with this being their fourth disc with Signum. Christoph Von Dohnányi has been principle conductor for the past 11 years and has recently been made Honorary Conductor for life. Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks) is considered to be one of Strauss’s most witty, entertaining and successful tone poems. Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) heralds the composer’s more mature period in this genre, and proved controversial at it's premiere for it's highly auto-biographical nature.

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RIMSKY KORSAKOV: FANTASIE ON RUSSIAN THEMES, OP. 33;
GADE: CAPRICCIO IN A MINOR;
YSAYE: MAZURKA, OP.10 NO.2*, SALTARELLE CARNAVALESQUE, OP. POSTH*;
GLAZUNOV: MEDITATION, OP. 32;
TCHAIKOVSKY: SERENADE MELANCOLIQUE, OP. 26;
JOACHIM: VARIATIONS IN E MINOR.
ARTISTS: Hideko Udagawa, violin; Philharmonia Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins conductor
*WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS

Hideko Udagawa has performed extensively throughout the world and captivates international audiences with her artistry and enthusiasm. Critics have acclaimed her performances, commending her passionate commitment, dazzling agility and refinement of taste. As a protégée of Nathan Milstein, she has inherited the great Russian romantic tradition of violin playing.

Reviews:
“Hideko Udagawa retains the Master’s nobility throughout a programme of Rachmaninov transcriptions centered on Mikhailovsky’s skilful adaptation of the Cello Sonata.” - BBC Music Magazine
“Udagawa has a real feel for Rachmaninoff’s delicate expressive nuances … The recording balance is perfect, the violin never clouded by the density of the piano part, and the sound is brilliant and true.” - The Strad

Label: SIGNUM UK 230
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Sergei Rachmaninov (1872-1943): Elegie no 1; Prelude in C-sharp minor no. 2; Two Song Transcrpitions: What Wealth of Rapture, Op. 34 no. 12; Lilacs, Op. 21 no. 5; Prelude in D major, Op. 23 no. 4; Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 no. 5; Prelude in Eb major, Op. 23 no. 6; Prelude in F minor, Op. 32 no. 6; Prelude in B minor, Op. 32 no. 10; Prelude in G sharp minor, Op. 32 no. 12; Sonata no. 2 in Bb minor, Op. 36

Jeremy Filsell, piano

Jeremy Filsell is one of very few performers to have established a virtuoso concert career as both a Pianist and Organist on the international stage. This recital disc explores Filsell’s lifelong love of Rachmaninov’s piano music, surveying selections from preludes and sonatas as well as two song transcriptions.

Praise for Jeremy Filsell on Signum:
"Filsell, famously untroubled by technical demands, concentrates on wringing every last drop of sonority in deeply-felt, idiomatic performances" - BBC Music Magazine

Label: SIGNUM UK 244
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Artists:
Charles Ramirez, guitar; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Douglas Boyd, conductor.

Charles Ramirez is a guitarist of rare skill and a preeminent performer in the generation of guitarists that followed Segovia. This disc is the first in a new series of recordings featuring Charles Ramirez and sees him perform works by Joaquín Rodrigo with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe – the Concierto de Aranjuez and Fantasia para un gentilhombre – under conductor and founding member of the orchestra Douglas Boyd.