Live music, three ways
DXL 1185, Quart de Nuit: Ravel, Dutilleux, and Debussy These are, of course, strange times for everyone. Within the arts, as within many fields, it has meant two things: an opportunity to slow down and be present in life in a different way, and at the same time, a stimulus to intense creativity and innovation. […]
Never mind the coronavirus – here’s a beautiful new piano disc!
Carl Maria von Weber, Complete Keyboard Duets (DXL 1184) Bringing out a new disc always involves a flurry of activity and excitement, as we scramble to get everything ready for a big public concert at which the artist will triumphantly unveil their new album. The big public concerts are, of course, not happening this spring, […]
New Release: New Theorbo Concerto by Stephen Goss
We’re thrilled to announce the release of this limited-edition EP, devoted to Welsh composer Stephen Goss‘ groundbreaking new concerto for theorbo and strings, commissioned and premiered by acclaimed lutenist Matthew Wadsworth. Matthew notes, “the piece is written in a patchwork of styles, almost all of them completely new territory for the instrument. It shows that […]
New Release: Brahms Cello Sonatas on period instruments
We’re delighted to announce the release of a debut recording of the Brahms Cello Sonatas by cellist Kate Bennett Wadsworth and pianist Yi-heng Yang, using an original 1870 Streicher piano and based on the latest historical performance research into Brahms’ own playing style. Kate notes, ‘what excites me about studying Brahms-era performing practice is that […]
New Release: Martin Roscoe’s Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol. 7: The Tempest
We’re thrilled to announce the release of Vol. 7 of Martin Roscoe’s cycle of Beethoven Piano Sonatas The main part of this volume is devoted to the Op 31 Sonatas composed in 1802 at a time when Beethoven was probably in the darkest place of his whole life, early in his thirties with the realisation […]
New musical portrait by Lucy Parham
‘Elegie’ takes the listener on a journey through Rachmaninoff’s life from his early years in Russia, studying in Moscow and composing from his beloved country estate Ivanoka, before escaping the Revolution in 1918 to live in self-imposed political exile in Europe and America. He was never to return but left his heart forever in Russia… […]
Trio Derazey spotlight on chamber works of Cecilia McDowall
Keen explorers of new music, Trio Derazey spotlights the chamber works of award-winning Cecilia McDowall with this provocative programme in which in which McDowall draws inspiration from a variety of sources, ranging from a Beethoven String Quartet, poetry by Keats and Rainer Maria Rilke, Blackbird song and two Russian synaesthetes, Kandinsky and Scriabin. This disc […]
Matthew Wadsworth’s Late Night Lute includes new Stephen Goss commission
Late Night Lute a relaxing programme of music featuring new commission ‘The Miller’s Tale’ by Stephen Goss and masterpieces by Philip Rosseter, John Dowland, Robert Johnson, Alessandro Piccinini, and Johannes Kapsberger. More information / Buy CD Inspired by his late night concerts, Matthew Wadsworth’s ‘Late Night Lute’ is the second and greatly antcipated disc for Deux-Elles. The first, […]
New commission ‘Adonis’ by David Matthews features on ‘Romanza’ disc
New Release – A new collection of works for violin and piano by Sara Trickey and Daniel Tong including the new work ‘Adonis,’ by David Matthews, inspired by Greek mythology and commissioned by the Presteigne Festival where it was first performed in 2007. This disc also includes Matthews’ Aria’ and ‘‘Romanza’ alongside Gabriel Fauré’s ‘Violin […]
Lucy Parham’s latest disc explores the life and loves of Claude Debussy
We are delighted to announce the release of Lucy Parham’s new CD ‘Rêverie – The life and loves of Claude Debussy’ this month. Featuring narration by actor Alex Jennings, Lucy’s musical portrait explores the writings and correspondence of the French composer. The programme first received its London premiere in the Wigmore Hall’s 2012 London Piano […]