NMC Recordings featuring the works of Nicholas MAW   ~   Peter MAXWELL DAVIES   ~   Anna MEREDITH   ~   Stephen MONTAGUE   ~   Dominic MULDOWNEY   ~   Thea MUSGRAVE   ~   Peter Paul NASH Nicholas MAW (b. 1935)______________________NMC D085 Life Studies       ANCORA Nicholas MAW Life Studies Richard Rodney BENNETT Spells Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields • Sir Neville Marriner, director • Jane Manning, soprano • Bach Choir • Philharmonia Orchestra • Sir David Willcocks, conductor 'Maw treads a completely resolved path in his Life Studies between Bergian reserve and Tippettte buoyant ecstasy… This is sheeny brilliant writing and the Academy trounces the challenge' MusicWeb Peter MAXWELL DAVIES (b. 1934)____________NMC D157 Taverner       OPERA Taverner Martyn Hill (Taverner) • David Wilson-Johnson (Jester) • Stephen Richardson (Henry VIII) • Fiona Kimm (Virgin Mary) • Michael Chance (Priest/God) • Quentin Hayes (White Abbot) • Peter Sidhom (Richard Taverner) • Fretwork • BBC Symphony Orchestra • London Sinfonietta Voices • His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts • New London Children's Choir • Terry Edwards chorus master • Ronald Corp chorus master • Stefan Asbury assistant conductor • Oliver Knussen conductor More Information Anna MEREDITH (b. 1978)__________________NMC D239 Tripotage Miniatures Anna Meredith: Tripotage Miniatures • Alexander Goehr: after “the Waking” • Colin Matthews: Postludes Aurora Orchestra • Nash Ensemble • Martyn Brabbins conductor • Britten Sinfonia • Nicholas Daniel oboe More Information Stephen MONTAGUE (b. 1943)________________NMC D118 Southern Lament A Crippled Ghost at Halloween • After Ives... • Beyond the Milky Way • Chorale for a Millennium Sunset • Dagger Dance • For Merce C. at the Barbican • Haiku • Headless Horseman • Midnight Sun • Night Frost Settles on a Pumpkin • Paramell Va • Southern Lament • Something's in Grandma's Attic • Thanksgiving Hymn Philip Mead, Stephen Montague, pianos • Elysian Quartet • Nancy Ruffer, flute • London Sousa Band • Monica Acosta, voice 'Terrific performances… all well recorded' Gramophone Dominic MULDOWNEY (b. 1952)______________NMC D018S Oboe Concerto       CD SINGLE Roy Carter, oboe • London Symphony Orchestra • Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor 'The Oboe Concerto unfolds with precise logic and a sinewy, voluptuous lyricism … the elegance of the writing has a restrained sensuousness' The Wire 'A series of rapt melodic effusions, the 'songs'… trace out a musical path that becomes ever more lyrical and extrovertly emotional' BBC Music Magazine Also on NMC D032 Thea MUSGRAVE (b. 1928)___________________NMC D074 Memento Vitae       ANCORA+ The Seasons • Helios • Memento Vitae • Night Music Nicholas Daniel, oboe • Scottish Chamber Orchestra • BBC Symphony Orchestra • Jac van Steen, Nicholas Kraemer, conductors 'Unquestionably recommendable… Nicholas Daniel is a superb soloist' BBC Music Mgazine 'A strongly recommendable disc which augurs well for NMC's Ancora label' Gramophone 'Full marks, then, to NMC for retrieving these recordings from the archives… a warm welcome too to the entire Ancora project… rare repertoire and excellent performances give the project an inspiringly apt beginning' International Record Review Thea MUSGRAVE (b. 1928)___________________NMC D153 Turbulent Landscapes Turbulent Landscapes • Song's for a Winter's Evening • Two's Company Lisa Milne, soprano • Nicholas Daniel, oboe • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra • BBC Symphony Orchestra • Osmo Vanska, Jirí Belohlávek, conductors More Information Thea MUSGRAVE (b. 1928)___________________NMC D167 An Occurance At Owl Creek Bridge An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • Green • Wild Winter I: Lamentations for voices and viols Jake Gardner, baritone • Gayle Hunnicutt, narrator • London Sinfonietta • Thea Musgrave, conductor • Red Byrd • Fretwork • Scottish Ensemble More Information Peter Paul NASH (b. 1950)_____________________NMC D055 Apollinaire Choruses Symphony No.1 • Apollinaire Choruses BBC Singers • Simon Joly, conductor • BBC Symphony Orchestra • Martyn Brabbins, conductor 'This showcase for the British composer, Peter Paul Nash, reveals on unsung talent of power and originality' The Sunday Times 'The BBC Symphony Orchestra gives a vivid account, while the BBC Singers demonstrate both their own and the composer's range' The Observer THE SUNDAY TIMES PICK OF 1997 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