Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212036822
Catalog number: SIGCD 368
Releasedate: 11-04-14
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212036822
Releasedate: 11-04-14
- Harrison Birtwistle remains one of the most popular voices in contemporary composition in the UK and beyond.
- A new collection of premiere recordings draws together recent commissions with older works to mark the occasion of the composer’s 80th birthday in 2014
- This release is the fourth in Signum's ongoing series of composer-led releases with the BBC Singers, with past discs featuring the works by Judith Bingham, Richard Rodney Bennett, and most recently Edward Cowie.
2014 heralds the composer Harrison Birtwistle's 80th year. He remains one of the most popular voices in contemporary composition in the UK and beyond. This new collection of premiere recordings draws together recent commissions with older works to mark the occasion, with characteristically flawless performances from the BBC Singers under Nicholas Kok. They are joined on this disc by the Nash Ensemble and baritone Roderick Williams.