New & Featured Releases
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Douglas Lilburn Master Works for Strings
Martin Risely violin with The Chamber Players of The New Zealand School of Music
Definitive performances of mainly unrecorded string masterpieces by Lilburn
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A Bugle Will Do
Anthony Ritchie, NZSO cond. Tecwyn Evans
Dramatic symphonic works.
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Releasing the Angel
Eve de Castro-Robinson
William Dart, NZ Herald:
5 Stars – “palette of many colours… primal percussion… a never-ending source of adventure.”
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Notes from a Journey
New Zealand String Quartet (NZSQ)
William Dart, NZ Herald:
“If one could venture a superlative for the word immaculate, then this production would deserve it.”
Winner Best Classical Album at Vodafone NZ Music Awards 2011
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…Of wine and roses
Keith Statham
Beautiful, lyrical and very English — this collection of music for string quartet and wind soloists evokes a world of grace and romance, now past.
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Poulenc & St Saens Organ Concertoes
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO)
Conductor Arvo Volmer, soloist Thomas Trotter, Tympani soloist Vadim Simongauz
Kemp English, RadioNZ Concert:
“…it's impossible not to be drawn into this electrifying performance…”
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Steep Steps
Andrew Uren
Andrew Uren:
“…outstanding bass clarinet music from New Zealand and elsewhere, in the solo, ensemble, and chamber concerto genres…”
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Requiem
Donald Maurice (viola), Vector Wellington Orchestra, Marc Taddei (conductor)
Jerry Dubins, Fanfare:
“This is a most extraordinary release. I guarantee it contains music like you’ve never heard before… stunning, impactful, and overwhelming.”
Coming Soon
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Toru
Martin Lodge
Brilliantly performed chamber works by Martin Lodge.
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Rozmowa/Dialogue
Adrianna Lis
Adrianna Lis performs modern flute music from Poland and New Zealand.
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Angel at Ahipara
Chris Blake
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The Juniper Passion
Michael Williams & John Davies
Michael Williams’ and John Davies’ dramatic opera setting of the WW2 incident at Monte Cassino, Italy.
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The Richard Farrell Series
Volume 1:
The Complete RecordingsRichard Farrell 1926 - 1958
Volume 1 (2 CDs) of a special series devoted to the recordings of the legendary NZ pianist playing Grieg, Brahms, Liszt. Remastered from the original PYE master tapes.
Jeremy Nicholas, Gramophone July 2009:
"...some of the most beautiful recorded performances of the time Buy this release. You'll be richly rewarded."
ACD 208 : UK distribution | buy cd | more info
Volume 2:
The Complete RecordingsRichard Farrell 1926 - 1958
Volume 2 (2 CDs) in the Richard Farrell series includes the remainder of Farrell's known studio recordings, recently (2009) transferred at Abbey Rd Studios from the original Pye masters, and sympathetically remastered by Atoll. It includes three previously unreleased Chopin tracks.
Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Granados, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Schumann.