Various Artists - Images de Noel Con Voce / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The works on this disc offer a broad survey of American violin music. John Corigliano's Chaconne is a set of variations based on his music for the 1998 film the Red Violin. Album Tracks 1. Chaconne 2. Romanian Rhapsody No.1 3. Tristan and Isolde Fantasia - Charles Owen 4. I. Quarter Note 78 5. II. Chaconne Body Through Which the Dream Flows 6. III. Toccare

We bring together on two albums the most beautiful songs from Noël baroque, a by the Maîtrise de Radio France and Les Musiciens de Saint Julien under François Lazarevitch that has enjoyed great success in recent years, completed by Noëls en Pays d'Oc and other ancient Christmas carols. The second album presents excerpts from great sacred classical masterpieces (such as Handel's Messiah and Vivaldi's Gloria by Hervé Niquet, and Bach's B minor Mass by Raphaël Pichon) as well as instrumental pieces including Corelli's 'Christmas' Concerto by Amandine Beyer and excerpts from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos by Café Zimmermann and 'Winter' from Vivaldi's Four Seasons. An ideal programme of music to accompany Christmas Eve. This double album is presented in an elegant 'popup' that can be placed at the foot of the tree when the time comes! Album Tracks 1. Noël Traditionnel, Chants Baroques 2. Les Bourgeois de Châtres 3. Iesous Ahatonnia 4. Or Nous Dites Marie 5. À la Venue de Noël 6. Une Jeune Pucelle 7. Quand Dieu Naquit À Noël 8. Noël Poitevin 9. Noël Suisse 10. Joseph Est Bien Marié 11. La Furstenberg 12. La Louison 13. Ben Urosa la Naissença 14. Noe Noe Psallite Noe 15. Dison Nau À Pleine Teste 16. Une Jeune Pucelle 17. Douce Nuit 18. Il Est NÉ Le Divin Enfant 19. Noël Classique 20. Partita Pour Violon No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 I. Preludio 21. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 Chorus 'Magnificat Anima Mea' 22. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 I. Allegro 23. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 I. Prélude 24. Missa Brevis in B minor, BWV 232, Gloria I. Gloria in Excelsis Deo 25. Missa Brevis in B minor, BWV 232, Gloria II. Et in Terra Pax 26. Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 VII. Badinerie 27. The Four Seasons - Concerto for Violin in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 'La Primavera' II. Largo 28.

We are very pleased to announce a new recording from MPR of music for string orchestra entitled 'Palace Premieres', with the Countess of Wessex's String Orchestra. The playlist consists of hitherto unrecorded music performed during Royal Investitures (where honors are bestowed by Her Majesty the Queen or by one of her close family) and includes works such as Suite In Rural England by Thomas Dunhill, Shepherd's Delight by Alec Rowley, Pastoral Scene by Frederic Curzon, Fragment for Strings by Bertram Walton O'Donnell, Nocturne by WH Speer, In Georgian Days by Roger Quilter, Rivers of Devon Suite by Ernest Markham Lee and a number of beautiful light music arrangements for strings of folk songs. We have also included as a 'bonus' a suite of Seven Pieces by Giles Farnaby, arranged by Bantock. We recorded the latter only to discover that in fact it has already been recorded but only once to our knowledge and we decided that as it is such good material we just had to include it. The Countess of Wessex's String Orchestra is very sensitively directed by Major David Hammond, a truly fine musician. The orchestra consists of the best string players in the Army who are very fine and highly trained musicians. The quality of playing is really excellent and the performances committed. The album was recorded in the sumptuous acoustic of the Guards Chapel in London and the recording engineer is the legendary Tony Faulkner. Mike Purton was producer and editor and we recommend this recording to anyone who loves British music of a certain period (see above). Lee's 'Rivers of Devon' Suite is very Elgarian, Speer's little 'Nocturne' brings to mind Wagner's 'Siegfried Idyll' and you can see from many of the titles that spirit of Rural Englandis frequently invoked. This recording has been made in collaboration with the Corps of Army Music Trust.