C L ASSIC AL A UDI O ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SIGNUM RECORDS OLIVER DAVIS OPERA CLASSICS DANCE RPOSP053 | 5060310640186 1 CD | SRP US $16.99 CA $20.99 COMPOSER: Pietro Mascagni • Jules Massenet • Giacomo Puccini • Giuseppe Verdi ARTIST: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra • Susana Gaspar (soprano) • David Butt Philip (tenor) • Colin Schachat (baritone) • Renato Balsadonna (conductor) SIGCD469 | 635212046920 1 CD | SRP US $17.99 CA $21.99 COMPOSER: Oliver Davis • Dance is the final part of a triology of albums following Flight and SEasons. This project started as a concept album, using the title as the inspiration for the works. • Though several of the works embrace the composer’s background collaborations in ballet, there are other works influenced by violinist Kerenza Peacock’s connection with folk music. • This album includes rarely recorded gems from the operas Simon Boccanegra, Werther, Edgar, L’Amico Fritz and Le Cid. • “the string and wind sections played off each other spectacularly, with careful attention to detail and tone. This was to be expected from the Royal Philharmonic, one of the best and most prestigious symphony orchestras in the world” - The Daily Californian ARTIST: Kerenza Peacock (violin) • Huw Watkins (piano) • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra • Paul Bateman (conductor) SIGNUM RECORDS PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY SIGNUM RECORDS PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 & NUTCRACKER SUITE PART SONGS OF THE BRITISH ISLES MUSIC OF THE SPHERES SIGCD441 | 635212044124 1 CD | SRP US $17.99 CA $21.99 COMPOSER: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky • Alexandra Dariescu makes her concerto debut with Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. • Alexandra Dariescu has garnered an impressive reputation for her outstanding solo recordings and concert performances and was recently named as one of 30 pianists under 30 destined for a spectacular career in the International Piano Magazine. • Internationally-renowned chamber choir Tenebrae returns with a new collection of British part songs and choral songs. • As well as being a celebration of compositions by British composers, the disc also marks Shakespeare’s anniversary year with a selection of works based on his texts, including the much-loved works by Vaughan Williams and Herbert Murrill. SIGCD904 | 635212090428 1 CD | SRP US $17.99 CA $21.99 COMPOSER: Judith Bingham • Frank Bridge • Bob Chilcott • Edward Elgar • Jonathan Harvey • Herbert Murrill • Charles Villiers Stanford • Ernest Walker • Ralph Vaughan Williams ARTIST: Tenebrae • Nigel Short (conductor) ARTIST: Alexandra Dariescu (piano) • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra • Darrell Ang (conductor) 97 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE GUIDE