Browse: NMC (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label NMC.
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Howard Skempton: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner RecommendedChristopher Yates (viola), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Martyn Brabbins
[Skempton] judges the balance between reiteration and variety to perfection, while the typical Skempton traits – clarity, deceptive simplicity and apparently familiar yet fresh and capricious... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Birtwistle: The Mask of Orpheus RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers, Andrew Davis and Martyn Brabbins
Birtwistle's opera is about the Orpheus myth, but the familiar story has been fragmented. Each of the principal characters is represented by two singers and a (silent) dancer, and much of what... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Contemporary
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Ferneyhough: La Terre est un Homme Olivia Robinson (soprano), Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano) & Cherith Millburn-Fryer (alto)
ensemble recherche, BBC Symphony Orchestra, EXAUDI, Martyn Brabbins, James Weeks
In the latter pieces the BBC SO never shirk that lightness of touch which makes listening a pleasure, while Martyn Brabbins directs with calm authority and, above all, a belief in this music’s... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, Editor's Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018
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When these recordings first appeared Birtwistle enthusiasts were still absorbing the impact of three 1986 premieres, Earth Dances, The Mask ofOrpheus and Yan Tan Tethera – works which helped... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Contemporary
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John Casken: The Dream of the Rood The Hilliard Ensemble, Asko, Schönberg Ensemble, Clark Rundell
The setting is for all-male vocal quartet — the immaculate Hilliard Ensemble — and a small instrumental ensemble of wind, percussion and harp. The music is at once ancient and modern. There... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2019
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Jonathan Harvey - Timepieces RecommendedAnu Komsi (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov & Stefan Solyom
There is so much to praise about the works on this CD that it's hard to know where to begin.
Jonathan Harvey's music juxtaposes moments of disarming simplicity, of naivety almost, with others... — More…Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th October 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Contemporary
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Richard Causton: La Terra Impareggiabile
Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Huw Watkins (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Baritone Marcus Farnsworth and pianist Huw Watkins are compelling advocates [in La terra impareggiabile]...Interactions of past and present are integral to the orchestral Ik zeg: NU (I Say: NOW)...Superbly... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Finalist - Contemporary
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In these chamber works from the 1980s and early 2000s her thoughts rarely arrive vertically; almost everything is horizontal, rolling inexorably towards some unknown goal, sometimes violently,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Contemporary Music
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Robert Simpson: Symphony No. 3 RecommendedBernard Walton (clarinet)
London Symphony Orchestra, The Aeolian String Quartet, Jascha Horenstein
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Building a Library, October 2006, Highly Recommended
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Jonathan Harvey: Bird Concerto with Pianosong Hidéki Nagano (piano), Gareth Hulse (oboe) & Sound Intermedia (live electronics), Paul Archibald (trumpet) & Sound Intermedia (live electronics), Tim Gill (cello) & Sound Intermedia (live electronics)
London Sinfonietta, David Atherton
Here is yet another mesmerising disc of music by Jonathan Harvey. Bird Concerto with Pianosong is a work of remarkable, beguiling beauty, in which the sounds of real birds intertwine with the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, Orchestral Choice
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