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Julian ANDERSON (b. 1967)__________________NMC D121
Book of Hours
Eden • Four American Choruses • Imagin'd Corners • Symphony • Book of Hours
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus • Sakari Oramo, Oliver Knussen, Martyn Brabbins, Simon Halsey, conductors
'Andersen has become one of the most admired British composers of his generation. Here's why' The Observer
'Beautiful and strongly expressive. Not to be missed' Music Web
GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2007 • GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
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Julian ANDERSON (b. 1967)__________________NMC D256
Poetry Nearing Silence
Ring Dance • The Bearded Lady • The Colour of Pomegranates • Prayer • Poetry Nearing Silence • Another Prayer • Van Gogh Blue
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group • Nash Ensemble • Martyn Brabbins, conductors
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Richard AYRES (b. 1967)_____________________NMC D162
NONCertos
No. 37b for Orchestra • No. 36: NONcerto for Horn • No. 31: NONcerto for Trumpet
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra • Wim Timmermans horn • ASKO Ensemble • Marco Blaauw trumpet • MusikFabrik • Roland Kluttig conductor
'Andersen has become one of the most admired British composers of his generation. Here's why' The Observer
'Beautiful and strongly expressive. Not to be missed' Music Web
GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2007 • GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
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Joanna BAILLIE (b. 1971)_____________________NMC D252
Artificial Environments
Symphony - Street - Souvenir • Trains • Artifical Environments Nos. 1 to 5 • Artificial Environment No. 8
Plus-Minus Ensemble
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Simon BAINBRIDGE (b. 1952)_________________NMC D059
Ad ora incerta
Four Primo Levi Settings • Ad ora incerta
Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano • Kim Walker, bassoon • BBC Symphony Orchestra • Martyn Brabbins, conductor • The Nash Ensemble
'The BBC Symphony Orchestra plays beautifully, fully cognisant of the weight of the message being conveyed … Required listening if ever there was' BBC Music Magazine
GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2000 • THE SUNDAY TIMES PICK OF 1999
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Simon BAINBRIDGE (b. 1952)_________________NMC D126
Viola Concerto
Concertante in moto perpetuo • Fantasia for Double Orchestra • Viola Concerto
BBC Symphony Orchestra • Composers Ensemble • Simon Bainbridge, conductor • Walter Trampler, viola • Nicholas Daniel, oboe • London Sinfonietta • Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
'Beautifully and atmospherically recorded… Lovers of the contemporary English music scene connot afford to ignore it' Music Web
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Richard BARRETT (b. 1959)___________________NMC D183
Dark Matter
The Empire of Lights • transmission I • khasma • transmission II • De vita coelitus comparanda • transmission III • Ars magna lucis et umbrae/transmission IV • transmission V • Katasterismoi • Sounds • transmission VI
ELISION • Cikada • Christian Eggen conductor • Deborah Kayser soprano • Richard Barrett live electronics
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Richard BARRETT (b. 1959)___________________NMC D143
Negatives
ne songe plus à fuir • Earth • another heavenly day • negatives • codex I
ELISION
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Richard BARRETT (b. 1959)___________________NMC D117
transmission
abglanzbeladen/auseinandergeschrieben • air • basalt • interference • knospend-gespaltener • transmission
ELISION
'The impressive transmission closes the disc with a tour de force for solo electric guitar and live electronics, using a hybrid sound that mixes acoustic and electric guitar output. Guitarist Daryl Buckley had a hand in devising the guitar timbres that slide effortlessly from dense electronic structures to fast, distorted passages reminiscent of jazz-rock guitarist John McLaughlin' Gramophone
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Richard BARRETT (b. 1959)___________________NMC D041S
Vanity CD Single
BBC Symphony Orchestra • Arturo Tamayo, conductor
'This CD single presents the biggest work to date by a conspicuously talented composer… The structure as well as the sound world of Vanity is as bold as it is original. A remarkable work' The Sunday Times
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE BEST RECORDING OF 1997
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Gerald BARRY (b. 1952)_____________________NMC D022
Chamber Music
‘______’ • Au milieu • Bob • Piano Quartet No.1 • Sextet • Sur les pointes • Swinging tripes and trillibubkins • Triorchic Blues
Nua Nós • Noriko Kawai, piano • Dáirine Ni Mheadhra, conductor
'This is the most exciting, most sheerly intense new music to have come my way for a long, long time' Classic CD
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE CRITICS' CHOICE 1995 • CLASSIC CD AWARD NOMINATION 1995
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Gerald BARRY (b. 1952)_____________________NMC D122
The Intelligence Park Double Disc
Richard Jackson, bass-baritone • Paul Harrhy, tenor • Stephen Richardson, bass • Angela Tunstall, soprano • Nicholas Clapton, countertenor • Buddug Verona James, contralto • Almeido Ensemble • Robert Houlihan, conductor
'It seems an even better piece now than it did 15 years ago: one moment grotesquely funny; the next touchingly beautiful. There is real pathos in some of the characters too, while an air of absurdity is ever-present.' The Guardian
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Gerald BARRY (b. 1952)_____________________NMC D197
The Importance of Being Earnest
Barbara Hannigan soprano • Peter Tantsits tenor • Joshua Bloom baritone • Katalin Károlyi mezzo-soprano • Hilary Summers contralto • Alan Ewing bass • Benjamin Bevan bass • Joshua Hart speaker • Birmingham Contemporary Music Group • Thomas Adès conductor
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Rupert BAWDEN (b. 1958)___________________NMC D093
The Sailor's Tale
Beasts of the Sea • The Donkey Dances • The Sailor's Tale • Two Studies
Alexander Grove, tenor • Flora Mclntosh, mezzo-soprano • Andrew Heggie, baritone • The Creakes Sinfonia • Gary Cheung, conductor • BBC National Orchestra of Wales • The Nash Ensemble • Rupert Bowden, conductor
'A well produced CD and a good introduction to an appealing, quirky composer' Musical Pointers
'A worthwhile introduction to a talented and versatile composer' Music Web
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David BEDFORD (b. 1937)____________________NMC D049
Twelve Hours of Sunset
Alleluia Timpanis • Recorder Concerto • Symphony No.1 • Twelve Hours of Sunset
Piers Adams, recorders • BBC Symphony Orchestra • Crouch End Festival Chorus • Jac van Steen and Manyn Brabbins, conductors
'Someone who can combine the shimmering sounds of Sixties texture music with greater consonance than most would dare deserves his place in the sun' BBC Music Magazine
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Ed BENNETT (b. 1975)________________________NMC D169
My Broken Machines
Ed BENNETT Stop-Motion Music • Slow Down • Cartoon Music • Monster • for JF • My Broken Machines • Ghosts
Garth Knox, viola d’amore • Paul Roe, bass clarinet • The Fidelio Trio • Decibel • ConTempo Quartet
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Richard Rodney BENNETT (b. 1936)______________NMC D085
Spells ANCORA
Richard Rodney BENNETT Spells • Nicholas MAW Life Studies
Jane Manning, soprano • Bach Choir • Philharmonia Orchestral • Sir David Willcocks, conductor • Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields • Sir Neville Marriner, director
'Jane Manning [in Spells] is in splendid voice — try the 'Spell of Safekeeping' — where she is at her wonderful best. Two brilliant retrievals from the fearsome mid-1970s' Music Web
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Richard Rodney BENNETT (b. 1936)______________NMC D155
Songs Before Sleep
Richard Rodney BENNETT A Garland for Marjory Fleming • Songs before Sleep • A History of the Thé Dansant • Dream-Songs • Tom O'Bedlam's Song • this is the garden • Voyage • A Song at Evening
Sophie Daneman, soprano • Iain Burnside, piano • Roderick Williams, baritone • Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano • Benjamin Hulett, tenor • Oliver Coates, cello
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