NEW RELEASE:

CHRCD148

ITTAI SHAPIRA: Midnight Journeys

The first release of the 'Midnight's Children' concerto with Sir Salman Rushdie narrating text from his novel of the same name, featuring Ittai Shapira (violin), Robert Plane (clarinet) and BBC NOW conducted by Rumon Gamba. The album includes two other double concertos, including 'Sephardic Journeys' with cellist Thomas Carroll, and MAGYAR, with violinist Hagai Shaham and the Arpeggione Kammerorchestra conducted by Robert Bokor.

RECENT RELEASES:

CHRCD146

CHERYL FRANCES-HOAD: Magic Lantern Tales

Magic Lantern Tales takes its title from a cycle of poems by Ian Macmillan, and Cheryl Frances-Hoad has used her unique compositional voice to interpret varied texts by Kei Miller, Tamsin Collison, Andrew Motion and Stuart Murray - written especially for her - and pre-existing ones by Kate Wakeling and Aristotle.

CHRCD145

PIATTI QUARTET: Albion Refracted

The Piatti Quartet present British music for string quartet, including two world premieres by Joseph Phibbs and Mark-Anthony Turnage alongside works by Britten and Bridge.The inspiration for the album began with their commission of Joseph Phibbs’ String Quartet No 1 in 2014, premiered at the Rye Arts Festival, where audiences were enthusiastic to hear the work again.