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*New Release! Knotwork DCD34065 From the vigour of Fitkin's Vent and the flamboyance of Piazzolla to the refinement of Eddie McGuire's offerings, the Fell Quartet have created an inspired programme of superbly realised works from both the history and present of this still-young medium, featuring four world premiere recordings.
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*New Release! Miracles: The Music of Edward Harper DCD34069 Delphian's first orchestral recording presents a richly imagined new choral symphony by Edward Harper, setting it alongside chamber works by this inventive and limpidly expressive composer. Harper's music takes its place firmly within the British symphonic tradition, yet ranges wider still in its deeply felt response to human experience, from the nineteenth-century Dorset of William Barnes to a message of hope and reconciliation from the present-day Middle East.
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*New Release! Die Vögel unter dem Himmel: Heinrich Schütz, Sacred Choral Works DCD34043 Choral doyen Mike Brewer takes his 140-strong ‘NYC' on a pilgrimage of Heinrich Schütz's music. Their massed voices revel in the polychoral magnificence of Schütz's soaring lines, complemented by Kitchen's contributions on the powerful Rieger organ of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh. Revered as the ‘Orpheus of our time' by his contemporaries, Schütz would never have heard his music performed by forces such as these and on such a scale - surely he would have been a strong advocate of this astounding aural experience.
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*New Release! Chansons a Plaisir: Music from the time of Adrian le Roy DCD34063 Amid religious strife and social turmoil, the 16th century also saw France emerge as a humanist culture with a unique musical voice. This world of contrasts provided the perfect setting for Adrian Le Roy to flourish as a composer, performer, and publisher. Scottish ensemble Fires of Love vividly recreate the many facets of his musical world, from vivacious dances to songs of utmost sorrow.
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*New Release! Metamorphoses: Chamber Music by Hafliði Hallgrímsson A chamber-music portrait of Hafliði Hallgrímsson, one of the most influential figures in the recent flowering of Icelandic music. Enigmatic yet eloquent, inscrutable and self contained, these exquisitely crafted, jewel-like works reflect the personality of the composer himself as well as his multi-faceted literary and artistic interests and influences.
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*New Release! Olivier Messiaen: Organ Works Nourished by Messiaen's beloved birdsong and Hindu rhythms, the Méditations bring alive the deepest mysteries of Catholicism and are here performed with a visceral intensity by Michael Bonaventure. This powerfully idiosyncratic composer's music has been realised on an organ of immense range and apocalyptic power.
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*New Release! Robert Crawford: Music for piano and strings The elder statesman in Scotland's music scene, Robert Crawford has throughout his life lavished intense care over every one of his compositions. The Edinburgh Quartet and pianist Nicholas Ashton are intimately acquainted with Crawford's music and mirror the composer's attention to detail in a long overdue survey of this lovingly-crafted music.
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*New Release! Marionas - The Guitar Music of Francisco Guerau (1649-1722) Baroque guitarist Gordon Ferries weaves his way through the seductive labyrinth of Francisco Guerau’s ‘harmonic poem’; sensual ballads, sublime passacalles and the virtuosic dance music of baroque Spain’s fiery underbelly. Ferries’ playing brings this beguiling world to life with elegance and passionate vitality.
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