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Roderick Williams, Susie Allan - A Birthday Garland (2024)

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Roderick Williams, Susie Allan - A Birthday Garland (2024)

Roderick Williams, Susie Allan - A Birthday Garland (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 1:16:00 | 326 Mb
Genre: Classical

SOMM RECORDINGS is delighted to announce Vaughan Williams – A Birthday Garland, a recording of baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Susie Allan’s popular 2022 concert tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams originally marking the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dean Dixon, Eugen Jochum - Bruckner: From the Archives, Vol. 1 (202

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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dean Dixon, Eugen Jochum - Bruckner: From the Archives, Vol. 1 (202

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dean Dixon, Eugen Jochum - Bruckner: From the Archives, Vol. 1 (202
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 2:27:10 | 639 Mb
Genre: Classical

SOMM Recordings announces Bruckner from the Archives, a major new, six-double-CD-volume series celebrating the 200th anniversary of Anton Bruckner’s birth in 1824.Conceived and designed by SOMM Executive Producer and acclaimed Audio Restoration Engineer Lani Spahr with support from the Bruckner Society of America, the series features rare archival recordings of Bruckner’s 11 symphonies and selected other important works, many appearing for the first time in any form. Recordings have been sourced from the more than 11,000 Bruckner performances in the Archive of John F. Berky, Executive Secretary of the Bruckner Society of America, who also acts as Consultant for this important series.

Orfeon Donostiarra, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Jon Tolansky - Bizet: L'arlesienne, Op. 23, WD 28 (2024)

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Orfeon Donostiarra, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Jon Tolansky - Bizet: L'arlesienne, Op. 23, WD 28 (2024)

Orfeon Donostiarra, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Jon Tolansky - Bizet: L'arlesienne, Op. 23, WD 28 (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:13:57 | 280 / 168 Mb
Genre: Classical

SOMM RECORDINGS is delighted to announce a revelatory new perspective on Georges Bizet’s much-loved L’Arlésienne with the re-issue of his complete stage music for Alphonse Daudet’s play and a new dramatization of Daudet’s original short story by Jon Tolansky.First staged in 1872, L’Arlésienne is, as Tolansky remarks in his illuminating notes, an “evocative and poignant tale about broken love set in a small Provençal community”. One that inspired Bizet “to compose some of the most heartrendingly poignant tones he ever created”.

Sharon Carty, Benjamin Russell, Finghin Collins - Stanford: Cushendall, Op. 118 & Other Song Cycles (2024)

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Sharon Carty, Benjamin Russell, Finghin Collins - Stanford: Cushendall, Op. 118 & Other Song Cycles (2024)

Sharon Carty, Benjamin Russell, Finghin Collins - Stanford: Cushendall, Op. 118 & Other Song Cycles (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless+Booklet | 1:21:29 | 369 Mb
Genre: Classical

SOMM Recordings continues its acclaimed championing of the music of Charles Villiers Stanford with Cushendall, a captivating collection of his Irish song cycles by mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty, baritone Benjamin Russell and pianist Finghin Collins.Twelve first recordings include the seven-part Cushendall, a trio of Blarney Ballads, and two songs from Stanford’s opera Shamus O’Brien.

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sir Adrian Boult - Berg, Stravinsky & Vaughan Williams: Orchestral

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BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sir Adrian Boult - Berg, Stravinsky & Vaughan Williams: Orchestral

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sir Adrian Boult - Berg, Stravinsky & Vaughan Williams: Orchestral
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:26:58 | 597 / 336 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: SOMM Recordings

SOMM RECORDINGS announces the first appearance on disc of two historic live recordings by Sir Adrian Boult to mark the 40th anniversary of the pre-eminent British conductor’s death, including his complete 1949 account of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck and Stravinsky’s Capriccio (1948). Vaughan Williams’s Fourth Symphony (1965) is also included.Boult had led the UK premiere of Berg’s excoriating setting of Georg Büchner’s play about a war-scarred veteran driven to madness and murder in 1934, although only Act II of that performance survives. This complete 1949 recording with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Heinrich Nillius’s Wozzeck and Suzanne Danco’s Marie – only the second UK performance – adds to Boult’s and the opera’s stature on disc. Recorded live in London’s Royal Albert Hall, it is a remarkable document of an exhilarating performance.

Penelope Thwaites, Benjamin Frith and Tippett Quartet - Gardens, Fables, Prisons, Dreams (2023)

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Penelope Thwaites, Benjamin Frith and Tippett Quartet - Gardens, Fables, Prisons, Dreams (2023)

Penelope Thwaites, Benjamin Frith and Tippett Quartet - Gardens, Fables, Prisons, Dreams (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 65:02 | 150 / 207 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: SOMM Recordings

SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce the release of Gardens, Fables, Prisons, Dreams, eight first recordings of music by Penelope Thwaites paying homage to “the heroes, the witty wordsmiths, the dancers, the poets and the visionaries; and two great composers” who have influenced her musical life.

London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Walter Goehr, Hermann Scherchen - Mahler Pioneers (2023)

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London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Walter Goehr, Hermann Scherchen - Mahler Pioneers (2023)

London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Walter Goehr, Hermann Scherchen - Mahler Pioneers (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:34:46 | 353 / 646 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: SOMM Recordings

SOMM Recordings announces Mahler Pioneers, a major addition to the Mahler catalogue with first commercial releases of historic performances of Das klagende Lied, Symphony No.4, and the Adagio from the Tenth Symphony.This two-disc set also features interviews with the legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski and former New York Philharmonic Orchestra timpanist Alfred Friese about their memories of Mahler in rehearsal.Recorded live in London’s Royal Festival Hall on 13 May 1956, Das klagende Lied is heard in its first-ever British performance with Walter Goehr conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, Goldsmiths’ Choral Union and three luxury soloists; soprano Joan Sutherland – most probably the only known document of her singing Mahler – tenor Peter Pears, and contralto Norma Procter.

VA - Folksongs of the British Isles (2023)

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VA - Folksongs of the British Isles (2023)

VA - Folksongs of the British Isles (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 79:45 | 183 / 287 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: SOMM Recordings

SOMM Recordings is pleased to announce a musical journey around the four nations of the United Kingdom with Folk Songs of the British Isles. Celebrating the "living, breathing heritage of British and Irish folksong down the ages", the 27-track recital features soprano Janis Kelly, mezzos Yvonne Howard and Maria Jagusz, tenors Nicky Spence and Wynne Evans, baritone Mark Llewelyn Evans, jazz doyenne Elaine Delmar and actor- singer Kevin Whately. Fiona Kelly (flute), Jean Kelly (harp) and pianists Michael Pollock and John Wilson provide instrumental contributions with singer Caroline McCausland accompanying herself on guitar. Much-loved songs include She Moved Through the Fair, The Last Rose of Summer, The Foggy, Foggy Dew and Down by the Salley Gardens. Local colour is provided by songs such as Blaydon Races, Skye Boat Song, Sosban Fach and The Oak and the Ash while the entirely new Song for Gwyn (words by Christopher Morley, music by John Wilson) tributes Gwyn Williams, former Principal Viola with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, which he joined in 1965 and where he played for conductors Hugo Rignold, Louis Frémaux and Sir Simon Rattle.

James Gilchrist, Eric McElroy - Tongues of Fire - Songs by Eric McElroy (2023)

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James Gilchrist, Eric McElroy - Tongues of Fire - Songs by Eric McElroy (2023)

James Gilchrist, Eric McElroy - Tongues of Fire - Songs by Eric McElroy (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:15:05 | 172 / 244 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label:SOMM Recordings

SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce the label debut of pianist-composer Eric McElroy with Tongues of Fire, a collection of 20 songs, all in premiere recordings, performed with acclaimed tenor James Gilchrist.American-born, Oxford, England-based, McElroy has composed extensively for piano, voice, choir, orchestra and various chamber ensembles, and has a growing reputation for his song settings of contemporary poets.

Adrian Butterfield, Silas Wollston - Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord - Johann Sebastian Bach (2023)

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Adrian Butterfield, Silas Wollston - Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord - Johann Sebastian Bach (2023)

Adrian Butterfield, Silas Wollston - Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord - Johann Sebastian Bach (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:03:22 | 284 / 687 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label:SOMM Recordings

SOMM Recordings announces a double-disc set of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord brilliantly performed by two virtuosos of their instruments, Adrian Butterfield (violin) and Silas Wollston (harpsichord).The selection of eight sonatas includes six works for violin and obbligato harpsichord (BWV 1014-1019), likely composed between 1720 and 1723 during Bach’s final years in Cöthen, and the later Violin Sonatas in G major (BWV 1021) from 1732, and early (though belatedly catalogued) E minor (BWV 1023) from around 1709.

The Greenwood Consort, Richard Lester, Mark Bennett - Frescobaldi: Fiori musicali, Op. 12 (Excerpts) (2023)

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The Greenwood Consort, Richard Lester, Mark Bennett - Frescobaldi: Fiori musicali, Op. 12 (Excerpts) (2023)

The Greenwood Consort, Richard Lester, Mark Bennett - Frescobaldi: Fiori musicali, Op. 12 (Excerpts) (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:19:37 | 317 / 183 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: SOMM Recordings

Although the history of the Organ Mass dates to the early 15th century, Frescobaldi’s Fiori musicali of 1635, the feted composer’s last work comprising three Masses, represents a highwater-mark of the genre and “a final flowering and significant celebration of his musical genius and creativity”.

Clelia Iruzun, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Nimrod Borenstein: Concerto for Piano Orchestra, Op.91, Light Darkness, Op.80

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Clelia Iruzun, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Nimrod Borenstein: Concerto for Piano Orchestra, Op.91, Light Darkness, Op.80

Clelia Iruzun, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Nimrod Borenstein: Concerto for Piano Orchestra, Op.91, Light Darkness, Op.80
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 1:10:46 | 198 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: SOMM RECORDINGS

SOMM RECORDINGS is delighted to announce the label debut of composer-conductor Nimrod Borenstein with first recordings of three works showcasing the piano in separate guises: his Piano Concerto, piano quintet Light and Darkness, and Shirim for solo piano.Borenstein himself conducts pianist Clélia Iruzun and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in his Piano Concerto, while Iruzun is joined by I Musicanti on Light and Darkness, and is the soloist for Shirim.

James Gilchrist - Stephen Dodgson The Peasant Poet Songs Vol.1 (2022)

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James Gilchrist - Stephen Dodgson The Peasant Poet Songs Vol.1 (2022)

James Gilchrist - Stephen Dodgson The Peasant Poet Songs Vol.1 (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 63:51 | 215 / 148 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: SOMM Recordings

SOMM Recordings announces the launch of a major three-volume series devoted to the rich and varied songs of Stephen Dodgson on the eve of the 10th anniversary of his death in 2013, aged 89.Volume 1, The Peasant Poet, features tenor James Gilchrist, baritone Roderick Williams, soprano Ailish Tynan and mezzo-soprano Katie Bray, accompanied by Christopher Glynn (piano), Mark Eden (guitar) and Ian Wilson (recorder).

London Symphony, Philharmonic Orchesta BBC Symphony Orchestar, Chorus & Ralph Vaughan - Vaughan Williams Live Vol.3 (2022)

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London Symphony, Philharmonic Orchesta BBC Symphony Orchestar, Chorus & Ralph Vaughan - Vaughan Williams Live Vol.3 (2022)

London Symphony, Philharmonic Orchesta BBC Symphony Orchestar, Chorus & Ralph Vaughan - Vaughan Williams Live Vol.3 (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:25:38 | 294 / 312 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: SOMM RECORDINGS

SOMM RECORDINGS celebrates the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ birth with Vaughan Williams Live, Volume 3, featuring signature works conducted by the composer including the 1943 world premiere of his Fifth Symphony with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. All performances on this double-CD set have been expertly restored and re-mastered by Lani Spahr.

Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, William Vann, Joshua Ryan, Richard Horne - I Vow to Thee, My Country (2022)

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Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, William Vann, Joshua Ryan, Richard Horne - I Vow to Thee, My Country (2022)

Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, William Vann, Joshua Ryan, Richard Horne - I Vow to Thee, My Country (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:16:18 | 286 / 174 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: SOMM Recordings

SOMM RECORDINGS announces the release of I Vow to Thee, My Country, believed to be the first recording to feature all of Gustav Holst’s sacred choral music, by the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea directed by William Vann, with organist Joshua Ryan and Richard Horne on tubular and bass bells.A prolific composer best known for his orchestral spectacular The Planets, Holst was an expressive and sincere composer and arranger of religious music despite his professed agnosticism.