Browse: Skempton (composer)
This page lists all recordings composed by Howard Skempton (b.1947).
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Howard Skempton: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner RecommendedChristopher Yates (viola), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Martyn Brabbins
[Skempton] judges the balance between reiteration and variety to perfection, while the typical Skempton traits – clarity, deceptive simplicity and apparently familiar yet fresh and capricious... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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The NMC Songbook
RecommendedSopranos - Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton
Mezzo-sopranos - Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby
Countertenors - James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts
Tenors - Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett
Baritones - Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams,...
…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Contemporary
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Bryars, Skempton, Pärt Anna Fraser (soprano) & Alex Knight (baritone)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Gavin Bryars
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Howard Skempton's music sounds deceptively easy. Openness to simplicity is one of the hardest qualities to nurture in music, and it is the heart and soul of Skempton's creativity. Exaudi is... — More…
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Skempton: Man and Bat, Piano Concerto & The Moon is Flashing Roderick Williams (baritone), James Gilchrist (tenor), Tim Horton (piano), Ensemble 360
These are lovely, subtle works, and I hope that Skempton finds a broad audience on both sides of the Atlantic. Listeners who appreciate the music of Gavin Bryars probably will respond to Skempton... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Ranging from plainchant and motets to 17th Century dialogues and contemporary carol settings, it sounds like it may come across as a bit of a hotchpotch. But it doesn’t at all and with singing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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