NMC
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NMC Revisited - Ancora!
Roy Carter (oboe)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Mark Wigglesworth, Michael Tilson Thomas, Richard Hickox
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A wonderful snapshot of music being written in Britain now. Better still, these pieces have been written for us all to play. —
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Special offer. Robert Saxton - I Will Awake the Dawn & other works
Tasmin Little (violin)
English Chamber Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC Singers, English Northern Philharmonic, Steuart Bedford, John Poole & Matthias Bamert, Diego Masson
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Gary Carpenter - Die Flimmerkiste
Works for Ensemble
Pamela Nash (clavichord)
Ensemble 10/10, Clark Rundell & Gary Carpenter
Although he has worked across various genres, the concert music of Gary Carpenter has been neglected on disc and this wide-ranging release confirms his humour is seldom without more serious... —
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Howard Skempton's music sounds deceptively easy. Openness to simplicity is one of the hardest qualities to nurture in music, and it is the heart and soul of Skempton's creativity. Exaudi is... —
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An intriguing mix of four works from the middle generation of British composers, two of which really stand out: Roger Marsh's Canto and Anthony Gilbert's Palace of the Winds. —
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Charlotte Bray: At The Speed Of Stillness
Lucy Schaufer (mezzo-soprano), Alexandra Wood (violin), Claire Booth (soprano), Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano), Huw Watkins (piano)
Aldeburgh World Orchestra & Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Sir Mark Elder & Oliver Knussen
These six works by a new British composer (b1982) attest a sharp ear and a vigorous imagination...Inspired by the image of hidden dynamism Bray finds in Sizewell power station and its radial... —
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As so often in Casken's evocative but rigorous music, the inspiration for Orion Over Farne (1984-86) is Northumberland – the Farne Islands – as well as Greek myth...A disc of vitality and contrast,... —
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Sam Hayden: Presence/Absence
Mieko Kanno (electric violin) & Sam Hayden (computer)
Trio La Berge, ensemble mosaik, Elision, Enno Poppe, Eugene Ughetti
Full of striking ideas, often complex, though some are beguilingly simple. A couple of gestures lose their lustre through over-use, but this is an intriguing sound-world. —
