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Santtu Conducts Strauss / Philharmonia Orchestra [2 CDs]

Santtu Conducts Strauss is a 2-volume album featuring four works by Richard Strauss conducted by Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, two of which are live recordings of Santtu’s 2021/22 opening concert and first concert as Principal Conductor at Royal Festival Hall. Eine Alpensinfonie and Also sprach Zarathustra are live recordings of Santtu’s opening concert of the 2021/22 season. (Signum Classics)

1CD# SIGCD720 $20.79

Magnificat 3 / Andrew Nethsingha

Following their critically acclaimed ‘Psalms’ album, St. John’s College, Cambridge and Andrew Nethsingha present a selection of recordings from January and July 2022. Much of the third volume in their series of Evening Canticles focuses on music in a twenty-year period, from 1945 to 1965. Philip Moore’s Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis were commissioned especially for St. John’s College, Cambridge. (Signum Classics)

1CD# SIGCD742 $14.39

Respighi: Ballad of the Gnomes / Philharmonia Orchestra

Geoffrey Simon’s exploration of Respighi’s catalogue has yielded a number of colourful compositions whose neglect hitherto remains something of a mystery. The works recorded on this reissue cover a wide range of moods, from the opulence and excitement for which Respighi was noted in his famous Roman Trilogy, to more reflective pieces inspired by nostalgia for the music of the past. (Signum Classics)

1CD# SIGCD2161 $14.39

Visions Illuminees / Ruisi Quartet

In her third recital album for Signum Records, celebrated soprano Mary Bevan returns with a selection of French songs, featuring works by composers including Britten, Ravel, Debussy and Faure. Bevan notes: “The texts that composers of French mélodie have set to music contain a depth and a mystery that I find fascinating and a source of repeated inspiration..” (Signum Classics)

1CD# SIGCD735 $14.39

Beethoven, Barry: Complete Symphonies [6 CDs]

To mark their 30th Anniversary, Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Ades are releasing their acclaimed Beethoven and Barry cycle as a box set. The works were recorded between 2017 and 2019 at Barbican Hall, London and Theatre Royal, Brighton. (Signum Classics)

6CD# SIGCD687 $72.79

Matthew Locke was born 400 years ago in 1622, and while he is often ranked as one of England’s finest composers, he is still unaccountably neglected: his music may not be as immediately appealing as his immediate successor, Henry Purcell, nor as wide-ranging as William Byrd, yet his forceful musical personality and luxuriant technique place him in the first echelon of English composers. (Signum Classics)

1CD# SIGCD728 $14.39

Chilcott: Canticles of Light / NFM Choir

Canticles of Light is Bob Chilcott’s ninth album on Signum Records. Featuring celebrated composers including Cecilia McDowall, Francis Pott and James MacMillan. Hailed by The Observer as ‘a contemporary hero of British choral music’, Chilcott has enjoyed a lifelong connection with singing and choirs. As a composer he has a large catalogue of music published by Oxford University Press. (Signum Classics)

1CD# SIGCD729 $14.39

In Celebration – The Piano Trios of Stanley Silverman

“A celebration of the chamber works of US composer Stanley Silverman, with stellar performances by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and featuring guest vocals from the iconic singer and songwriter Sting. Reveille (Trio No. 2) was written in 2011 for the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. (Signum Classics)

1CD# SIGCD738 $14.39

Lovesick / Randall Scotting; Stephen

Stubbs

His second album on Signum Records, counter-tenor Randall Scotting is joined by celebrated lutenist Stephen Stubbs for a collection of anti-Valentine’s songs focusing on heartbreak and loss from the 17th century. (Signum Classics)

1CD# SIGCD736 $14.39

Forza azzurri! Music by Dall’Abaco, Brescianello, Vivaldi

Whilst the volume of music that flowed from Vivaldi’s pen was unusually plentiful, many other composers were needed to fulfil the needs of the regional courts and churches throughout Italy. Expert early-music ensemble La Serenissima perform works by Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, Giuseppe Sammartini, and Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello alongside works by Vivaldi on this new album of Italian Baroque masterpieces. (Signum Classics)

1CD# SIGCD705 $14.39