Tenebrae - Medieval Chant: Tallis Lamentations - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. VN Con No.3 in G Allegro Non Troppo 2. VN Con No.3 in G Andante 3. VN Con No.3 in G Allegro Giocoso Ed Energico, Ma Non Troppo Vivace 4. Hamlet, Op.4 Ov 5. In Memoriam Heinrich Von Kleist, Op.13 Ov

The choral works of Duruflé, like his organ works, are small in number but beautifully crafted. Frequently written and rewritten until he was completely satisfied, he was a composer who rethought and re-configured his music right up to the moment he had to let go of it. Often described as a man out of step with his times, his pieces look back to Gregorian chant and plainsong at a time when the musical life of his home city of Paris was steeped in radical new compositional ideas - a testament perhaps to Duruflé's enduring love of France's choral heritage. In a new recording produced by Grammy® winning producer Blanton Alspaugh, the Houston Chamber Choir are led by artistic director Robert Simpson on their first with Signum Records.

Signum Records presents an exciting new collaboration and debut recording with Leeds International Piano Competition Winner (2015), Anna Tsybuleva, of music by Johannes Brahms together with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conducted by Ruth Reinhardt. Tsybuleva has been described by as embodying Inchsuperb pianism and intelligent musicianshipInch (Gramophone Magazine) and InchA pianist of rare gifts not since Murray Perahia's triumph in 1972 has Leeds had a winner of this musical poise and calibreInch (International Piano Magazine). Performance highlights have included performances with the Basel Symphony, Mariinsky Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Alongside this, Tsybuleva has given recitals at such prestigious venues as Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, Tonhalle Zurich, and the Wigmore Hall, London. Album Tracks 1. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 83 2. Capriccio in F Sharp minor, Op. 76 No. 1 3. Intermezzo in E Flat Major, Op. 117 No. 1 4. Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 No. 2 5. Intermezzo in E Flat Major, Op. 118 No. 2 6. Capriccio in C Major, Op. 76 No. 8