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Black Box Music
At the cutting edge — the best in contemporary music
Acclaimed for having “an enviable handle on the musical spirit of the times” (BBC Music Magazine), Black Box represents the best in contemporary music recording. With a host of world-premiere recordings, Black Box specialises in 20th and 21st century repertoire, including discs of Birtwistle, Fitkin, MacMillan, Martland, Messiaen, Nyman and Turnage.
The Voices Series is exclusive to Black Box, with Iain Burnside programming and performing discs of song by Schoenberg, Debussy and Copland. Artists are amongst today’s finest interpreters of modern music, including the Nash Ensemble, the Duke Quartet, Jean Rigby and Raphael Wallfsch.
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Brodsky Records
Brodsky Records - contemporary innovation alongside classic masterpieces
Brodsky Quartet in conjunction with Sanctuary Classics presents Brodsky Records.
Brodsky Quartet is a major player at the forefront of the international chamber music scene. Since its formation in 1972 it has given over two thousand concerts on the major stages of the world. Its obvious love and highly acclaimed mastery of the traditional string quartet repertoire is evident in its performances of Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and Tchaikovsky through to Britten, Respighi, Bartok and Shostakovich.
At the same time, the group is known for its unique, ground breaking collaborations with musicians Anne Sofie von Otter, Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney and Björk among many others.
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Hallé
The orchestra’s own label at mid-price
One of Britain’s most celebrated orchestras, the Hallé consistently meets with great critical acclaim for its performances, and this warm reception has been extended to its new label on Sanctuary Classics. The Elgar ‘Enigma’ Variations disc (HLL 7501) made National News in The Guardian: “The almost forgotten original finale of one of Elgar’s best-known works has finally been recorded”, while the English Rhapsody disc (HLL 7503) made the Top 20 in the Classical Charts.
Regular conductor Mark Elder features on most of the discs. Guest conductors include Carl Davis (HLL 7504) and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, who met Shostakovich as a student and conducts his 1st and 6th Symphonies on HLL 7506. Other artists include tenor James Gilchrist and flautist Andrew Nicholson.
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ASV Platinum
ASV PLATINUM — Celebrating 21 years of ASV (mid price)
21 discs, 21 composers, celebrating 21 years of excellence in recorded music. The composers featured represent an exciting cross-section of musical styles and eras. These stylish discs bring together new combinations of repertoire, ranging from intimate chamber music to large-scale orchestral works. Brand-new recordings of Barber, Copland, Elgar and Poulenc can be heard alongside highly-acclaimed performances by established artists.
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Living Era
Britain’s premier nostalgia label
Living Era is Britain’s premier nostalgia label, offering original recordings of all the great stars of the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s. The catalogue (currently) holds some 486 CDs – that’s 12,701 original 78s that have been brought back to life. As the name suggests they really do make the music live again; there is nothing like the sweet sounds of yesteryear instantly to evoke all the emotions and experiences of a bygone era. You don’t have to be venerable yourself to enjoy the sheer life that emanates from so many of these marvellous vintage recordings.
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White Line
Outstanding light music at mid price
The recent light music revival can in no small part be attributed to the pioneering recordings of White Line, which include many world-premiere recordings. Composers include Gershwin, Grainger, Joplin, Lambert, Walton and many more, with artists featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Christine Cairns, Jack Gibbons and John Harle among others.
White Line’s British light music series continues to bring fresh collections of this delightful, often nostalgic, repertoire to listeners. White Line also specialises in music from film and radio.
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Transacord
A great source of sound effects at mid-price
An unparalleled catalogue that includes the most authentic source of steam locomotive sounds, praised as "Those marvellous pictures in sound" by Steam World. Peter Handford, the recording producer, has surpassed standard sound effect recordings, which simply capture the basic sounds, by creating a series of sonic landscapes, or "soundscapes". There are also CDs covering a large collection of sound effects ranging from bees to bombs, clocks to crows, doors to dragons and seagulls to sirens.
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ASV
Great music, great performers – the finest in classical music
ASV has become a respected label for its high-quality recordings of the classical repertoire. This has ranged from superb performances of mainstream works to more unusual repertoire, much of it unavailable elsewhere in the catalogue. Artists include Emma Johnson, The Lindsays, Dame Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson and The Schubert Ensemble.
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ASV Gold
Definitive new recordings
ASV Gold is the new label from Sanctuary Classics, showcasing recordings by some of the world’s finest artists. Featuring brand new recordings of great repertoire the label’s highlights to date include a superb disc by clarinettist Emma Johnson, performing two of the most enduring works for the instrument, Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto and Quintet; The Schubert Ensemble in new recordings of works by its eponymous composer, a new recording of Beethoven chamber music from the Nash Ensemble, The Lindsays with more of Haydn’s stunning string quartets, Op.50 Nos. 1-3 & Op.50 Nos. 4-5, and three stars, Daniel Hope, Julian Lloyd Webber and John McCabe join forces for a disc of Ireland’s lyrical chamber music.
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Gaudeamus
Britain’s leading early music label
Gaudeamus is home to some of the most ground-breaking projects in early music recording of recent years, with many world-premiere recordings. The great works of William Byrd in new editions formed the basis of the Byrd Edition discs, exquisitely performed by The Cardinall’s Musick. Also featured are recordings of works by J.S. and C.P.E. Bach unavailable elsewhere in the catalogue (on GAU 345). The Clerks’ Group, Gary Cooper, Ex Cathedra, The Choir of New College, Oxford and Sonnerie are just some of the artists featured.
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Chamber Orchestra of Europe
The orchestra’s own label at budget price
One of the finest ensembles working today, the COE is renowned for its exceptional performances, combining elegance with spontaneity. This freshness is captured on these discs, which showcase music with which this orchestra has become associated: the finest chamber orchestra repertoire by Bach, Beethoven, Dvorák and Mozart. Also featured are the Wind Sololists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe with superb interpretations of works by Hummel and Janácek among others.
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Resonance
Affordable Excellence
Resonance is a new label at budget price offering exceptional value and superb recordings. Box sets include the Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas performed by John Lill and the Great Mozart Symphonies with the London Mozart Players and Jane Glover – described as “Simply the best ever recorded” (Los Angeles Reader).
Resonance offers a full range of repertoire in a wide variety of genres, with great artists including Dame Felicity Lott, Edward Beckett, William Bennett, The Lindsays, Charles Mackerras and many more. Plus, hear Sergey Rachmaninov, George Gershwin, Percy Grainger and Edward Elgar playing/conducting their own music (RSB 503).
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