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Recent Releases

Piano Music CD

Piano Music CD

Reconcilliations CD

Recorder Fireworks CD

 

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Birdsongs CD

Birdsongs (PFCD001)
A musical portrait of Beth Wiseman & Geoff Poole

£12.50

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Silent Beth Wiseman
Calligrammes d'Apollinaire Geoff Poole
Lovesong to my Bird
Geoff Poole
Dances on my Grave
Beth Wiseman
Birdsongs
Beth Wiseman
October
Beth Wiseman
Snow Mountain Piper
Geoff Poole
Canto 2 "Dante's Eagle"
Geoff Poole
Chitaka
Beth Wiseman
Blow of your Breath
Beth Wiseman
Myriad Suite
Beth Wiseman
After Long Silence
Geoff Poole

Performed by Okeanos contemporary music group, John Turner
and soprano Lesley-Jane Rogers.


Giles CD

The Moon Underwater (PFCD002)
Compositions by Giles Easterbrook

£12.50

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Aubade for St Francis
Sad but True
25 Variations
In Passing
Out of the Purple
The Moon Underwater

Roger Montgomery, David Owen Norris, Gemini Ensemble and others
perform compositions by Giles Easterbrook.


Dances and Dreams CD

Dances and Dreams (PFCD003)
Contemporary compositions

£12.50

Three Worlds Richard Whalley
Another Dream Carousel Anthony Gilbert
Myriad Suite Beth Wiseman
25 Variations Giles Easterbrook
Two Dances from Mary Queen of Scots John McCabe
Inventions and Fantasies Camden Reeves
Future of an Illusion Stephen Plews

A collection of works by composers represented by Prima Facie, some of which are to be found on other discs published by the label.


Orbits CD

Orbits and Tangents (PFCD004)
A celebration for Sir John Manduell

£12.50

 

Three Kipling Songs, for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin and cello. Gordon Crosse
Rhyming with Everything, trio for oboe, violin and cello. Gordon Crosse
Remember, for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin and cello. Edward Gregson
Time Softly Treads, for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin and cello. Philip Grange
En Bateau, d'apres Watteau (2007) for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin and cello. Anthony Gilbert
Ondine, song cycle for soprano, recorder, cello and harpsichord. Anthony Gilbert
Nightingale, for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin, cello and harpsichord. Sally Beamish
The Inward Eye, for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin, gamba and harpsichord. Elis Pehkonen
Vocalise No 2, for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin and cello. Bavid Beck

Performed by Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Richard Simpson (oboe), Richard Howarth (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (viola da gamba), Jonathan Price (cello) and Ian Thompson (harpsichord).


Rose Tree CD

The Rose Tree (PFCD005)
Music in Memory of Basil Deane

£12.50

 

The Rose Tree, for soprano, recorder and cello. Basil Deane/Raymond Warren
Four Poems of W. B. Yeats, for soprano, recorder, cello and piano. Anthony Hedges
On the Sussex Downs, for soprano, recorder and cello. John McDowell
Concertino da Camera on a Theme of Martin Peerson, for recorder, oboe d'amore, gamba and harpsichord. Elizabeth Poston
After Silence, for soprano, recorder and cello. Geoffrey Poole
A Woman Young and Old, Op. 162, for soprano, recorder, cello and harpsichord. John Joubert
Verses from Calvary for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin and cello. John Manduell
Una and the Lion, Op. 98, for soprano, recorder, and harpsichord. Lennox Berkeley

Performed by Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder),
Richard Simpson (oboe), Richard Howarth (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (viola da gamba), Jonathan Price (cello) and Ian Thompson (harpsichord).


Polyptych CD

Piano Polyptych (PFCD006)
Performed by Clare Hammond

£12.50

 

Four Bagatelles (2008) Giles Swayne
Das Leonora Notenbuch (1998) Piers Hellawell
Three Japanese Minatures (2002) Kenneth Hesketh
Piano Polyptych (1993) Philip Grange
Piano Etudes Nos 1-3 (1995-8) Julian Anderson
Basho (1996) Piers Hellawell

Recorded on 3-4/01/2011 at the Cosmo Rodeswald Hall, The University of Manchester.
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Anthony Gilbert piano music CD

Piano Music (PFCD007)
By Anthony Gilbert

£12.50

 

Little Piano Pieces (1971-3)
Elegy for piano (1961)
Papillon Postcards (2005)
Sonata No. 1 (1961-2)
Sonata No.2 for piano 4h (1966-7)
Piano Sonata No 3 (2001)

Performed by Richard Casey (piano) and Ian Buckle (piano).


Reconcilliations CD

Reconcilliations (PFCD008)
Music by Adam Gorb

£12.50

 

Reconcilliation Paul Vowles clarinet and Simon Parkin piano
Klezmer Midori Sugiyama violin
Sonata for Violin and Piano Midori Sugiyama violin and Ben Powell piano
Epiphany in Venice Gintante Gataveckaite piano
Straitjacket Les Neish trombone and Jonathan Fisher piano
Absinthe Graham Scott piano
Agen Paul Vowles clarinet

Recorded 5-6/01/11 at Royal Northern College of Music Concert Hall.


Recorder Fireworks CD

Recorder Fireworks (PFCD010)
John Turner (recorder) and Ian Thompson
(piano)

£12.50

 

Fireworks Music Ellis Pehkonen
Sonatina David Beck
Untitled Robin Walker
Geordie Tunes Peter Hope
Minature Suite David Lord
Sonatina Mervyn Burtch
Fantasie Epigrammatique David Ellis
Sonata, Op 295 Derek Bourgeois
Meditazioni sopra "Coeurs Desoles", Op. 67 Edmund Rubbra

Recorded 3-4/04/11 at Holy Trinity Church, Casterton.


Flights of Fancy CD Flights of Fancy (PFCD011) £12.50
A Celebration of the music of David Beck

Featuring Lesley-Jane Rogers, Richard Howarth,
Keith Swallow, The New World Ensemble
and others

 

Flights of Fancy, for recorder and harpsichord (2008)
Duets, for violin and viola (2004)
Petite Suite, for recorder and string quartet (2005)
String Quartet No. 1 (1962)
Salford Keys, for four clarinets (2008)
Carol Variations, for recorder and string quartet (2011)
A Dunham Pastorale, for recorder and piano (2004)
A Christmas Vocalise for JM, for soprano voice, recorder, oboe, violin and cello (2008)
Vocalise No. 2 for JM (Wordsworthy), for soprano voice, recorder, oboe, violin and cello (2009)

Listen to extracts from the CD here:

Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano) Richard Simpson (oboe)
Richard Howarth (violin) Jonathan Price (cello)
Ian Thompson (harpsichord) Keith Swallow (piano)
Richard Baker (narrator) John Turner (recorder)
The New World Ensemble:
Violin 1 : Andrew Long
Violin 2: Katie New (in Petite Suite and Carol Variations) and Susie Gibbon (in String Quartet No. 1)
Viola: David Aspin (in Duets, Petite Suite and Carol Variations) and Rachel Jones (in String Quartet No. 1)
Cello: Zöe Long


Reconcilliations CD

The Long Way Home (PFCD012)
Lawson Trio

£12.50

 

The Long Way Home David Knotts
The Dead Broke Blues Break Camden Reeves
Piano Trio Anthony Powers
A Fast Stomp Mark-Anthony Turnage
Five Rackets for Trio Relay* Cheryl Frances-Hoad

Lawson Trio
Annabelle Lawson: piano
Fenella Humphreys: violin
Rebecca Knight: cello

*With students from Pro Corda.