Bringing the finest new music to a worldwide audience, through recordings of seminal performances by the London Sinfonietta.
Snapshots: Fiftieth Birthday tributes for Oliver Knussen
13 musical tributes to Oliver Knussen on his 50th birthday in 2001, from composers including Elliott Carter, Louis Andriessen and Magnus Lindberg.
Rolf Hind, Nicolas Hodges: pianos
Bruce Nockles: trumpet
John Orford: bassoon
Paul Silverthorne: viola
Conductor: George Benjamin
Available to purchase from NMC Records
Takemitsu: Green/Arc
Takemitsu's ambitious two-part work for large ensemble and piano, Arc, is paired with Green, composed, as Takemitsu said, 'from a wish to enter into the secrets of Debussy's music'.
Rolf Hind: piano
Conductor: Oliver Knussen
Available to purchase from NMC Records
Wuorinen: Cyclops 2000/A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky
Wuorinen's single movement, single-minded Cyclops 2000 uses the idea of a single entity created from many tiny sections - a single eye made up of many lenses. It is coupled with A Reliquary, his tribute to Igor Stravinsky.
Conductor: Oliver Knussen
Available to purchase from NMC Records
The Jerwood Series
Six discs featuring the music of talented young British-based composers.
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WarpWorks & Twentieth Century Masters
A 19-track double CD collection celebrating the collaboration between London Sinfonietta and the Warp label. New instrumental versions of tracks by electronic experimenters sit alongside avant-garde classics by their sonic grandfathers. Includes music by Steve Reich, John Cage, Aphex Twin and Stockhausen, all performed by the London Sinfonietta.
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