Video

Ernst Toch Cello Sonata, op. 50 ; ii - Intermezzo: Andante (die Spinne) iii - Allegro

Ernst Toch Three Burlesques, op. 31 (piano solo)

Paul Hindemith Eight Pieces for solo flute

Stefan Wolpe Two Dances (1926) (piano solo)

Also available on video:

Ernst Toch
Egon and Emilie (Not a Family Drama), op. 46
Die Chinesische Flöte, op. 29
Five Pieces for Chamber Orchestra, op. 33
Miniature Overture (1932)

Kurt Weill
Vom Tod im Wald, op. 23
Mahagonny Songspiel

Paul Hindemith
There and Back, op. 45a

These are not public, please contact us to request link and password to view.

CDs

CD new

A dazzling collection of pieces by two of the foremost composers of their generation.

Released in September 2016
Available on itunes, Amazon, google play music, spottify,
http:/primafacie.ascrecords.com

A Land So Luminous

music by Richard Causton and Kenneth Hesketh

PFCD051

Kenneth Hesketh:

  • A Land So Luminous
  • Cautionary Tales
  • IMMH
  • Netsuke

Richard Causton:

  • Threnody
  • Rituals of Hunting and Blooding
  • Non Mi Comporto Male
  • Sleep
  • Night Piece


The Continuum Ensemble, Philip Headlam, conductor

soloists:

  • Mary Bevan, soprano
  • Douglas Finch, piano
  • Lisa Nelsen, flute
  • Joseph Spooner, cello
  • Aleksander Szram, piano
  • Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin
 


The Girl in My Alphabet
music by Errollyn Wallen
Avie 0006

  • Dervish +
  • Are you Worried about the Rising Costs of Funerals? (Five Simple Songs)
  • Louis’s Loops *
  • Horseplay
  • In Our Lifetime ++
  • The Girl in My Alphabet **

The Continuum Ensemble

  • Douglas Finch, piano **
  • Dominic Harlan, piano+
  • Mike Henry, baritone++
  • Patricia Rozario, soprano
  • Margaret Leng Tan, toy pianos *
  • Matthew Sharp, cello +
  • Errollyn Wallen piano **
  • Philip Headlam, conductor

Produced by Andrew Keener, released in March 2002

A selection of pieces from the ever dynamic composer-pianist Errollyn Wallen for a variety of instrumental groups and soloists.

Available at all cd shops in the U.K. and world wide and on-line at Avie Records


Poles Apart & other chamber works
music by Roger Smalley
NMC D083

  • Chopin Variations for solo piano
  • Piano Trio
  • Poles Apart for ensemble *
  • Frederic Chopin:
    Mazurka in C sharp minor, opus 50, no. 3
  • Trio for clarinet, viola and piano
  • Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in e minor, opus 116, no. 5
  • Crepuscle for piano quartet

The Continuum Ensemble

  • Douglas Finch, piano
  • Philip Headlam, conductor *

Produced by David Lefeber; released in April 2004

A groups of chamber pieces from 1989 - 2003 by Roger Smalley, all based in part on fragments of late 19th century repertoire.

"Acclaimed for their recording of Errollyn Wallen's music (Avie), The Continuum Ensemble prove equally adept here, with Douglas Finch in command of writing whose demands are a reminder that Smalley is himself no mean pianist."
Richard Whitehouse, Gramophone

Available at shops in London and the U.K. and on line from NMC Recordings

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