Henze / Skaerved / Chadwick - Violin & Viola Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Tony Banks, founder member of rock band Genesis, has already written a much admired orchestral work called Seven (8.557466), which was praised for it's 'genuine melodic gift' (Gramophone). His new work consists of six songs without words which may evoke in the listener ideas of seduction, journey, hero, quest, decision and goal. Two of the pieces feature solo instruments - alto saxophone on Siren and violin on Blade - played here by elite soloists, which mesh into Banks's orchestral tapestry with bewitching effect. The remaining pieces reveal his outstanding lyrical gifts and total command of musical narrative. Throughout 2009 Charlie Siem's reputation as one of the brightest new classical artists grew with prestigious concerts in Paris, London, Oslo, Bergen and Basel. He has since enjoyed a very successful career, appearing with major orchestras and at festivals around the world. Martin Robertson began his solo career in 1986, and has since performed as a soloist with the Berlin, Los Angeles and London Philharmonic Orchestras, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Ensemble Intercontemporain. Album Tracks 1. No. 1. Siren 2. No. 2. Still Waters 3. No. 3. Blade 4. No. 4. Wild Pilgrimage 5. No. 5. the Oracle 6. No. 6. City of Gold

Toshiro Mayuzumi was one of Japan's foremost 20th-century composers, enjoying a distinguished international reputation on a par with that of Toru Takemitsu, as well as that of an enfant terrible of the post-war Japanese music world. Versatile and prolific, he contributed music for films, the theatre, the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and broadcasts. His enthusiasm for avant-garde Western music led him to study in Paris, and the Phonologie Symphonique is a synthesis of Varese-like acoustical experiment and serial techniques. The jazz-tinted Bacchanale is Mayuzumi's attempt to produce 'a cosmos of sounds reflecting the vital energies of the origin of music,' and the symphonic poem Samsara is a musical expression of Buddhist teaching, an attempt to escape the seemingly endless cycle of birth and rebirth. This recording first appeared in 1984 on the Marco Polo tag. The relationship between the tag and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra has been one of the most fruitful from the early days of Naxos to the present, right up to their irreplaceable contribution to the brand new Wagner Ring cycle conducted by Jaap van Zweden. Album Tracks 1. Phonologie Symphonique - Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra 2. Bacchanale - Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra 3. Samsara - Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

Album Tracks 1. Eppur Si Muove - Peter Sheppard Skaerved/Diana Mathews 2. A Courtesy Towards Being - Peter Sheppard Skaerved/Diana Mathews 3. Coming Home to the World - Peter Sheppard Skaerved/Diana Mathews 4. No. 1. Preamble - Peter Sheppard Skaerved 5. No. 2. Bearings - Peter Sheppard Skaerved 6. No. 3. Silence - Peter Sheppard Skaerved 7. No. 4. Water - Peter Sheppard Skaerved 8. No. 5. Stone - Peter Sheppard Skaerved 9. No. 6. Song - Peter Sheppard Skaerved 10. Mornington Caprice - Peter Sheppard Skaerved/Diana Mathews 11. Diaphany - Peter Sheppard Skaerved