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2. Thomas Adès: The Tempest (2009)
by Cyndia Sieden (vocals), David Cordier (vocals), Donald Kaasch (vocals), Graeme Danby (vocals), Ian Bostridge (vocals), Jonathan Summers (vocals), Kate Royal (vocals), Philip Langridge (vocals), Simon Keenlyside (vocals), Stephen Richardson (vocals)
Thomas Adès' 2004 version of The Tempest has been acclaimed as one of the outstanding operas of the new century, so it's a pleasure to have it ... More
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3. Thomas Adès: Anthology (2011)
by Anthony Marwood (violin), Arditti Quartet, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Endellion String Quartet, Susan Bickley (soprano), Thomas Adès (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus)
Fans of British composers Thomas Adès may well already have the majority of the pieces in this compilation because they have been released before. ... More
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5. Thomas Adès: Life Story (1997)
by Anthony Marwood (violin), Louise Hopkins (cello), Lynsey Marsh (clarinet), Mary Carewe (soprano), Thomas Adès (piano), Valdine Anderson (soprano)
Thomas Adès is a composer who seems to have sprung practically fully formed onto the new music scene while he was still an adolescent. He completed ... More
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8. Thomas Adès: Living Toys (1998)
by Andrew Clark (horn), Barnaby Robson (clarinet), Endellion String Quartet, James Boyd (viola), Jonathan Tunnell (cello), Judith Busbridge (viola), Louise Hopkins (cello), Lynsey Marsh (clarinet), Michael Niesemann (baroque oboe), Paul Richards (clarinet)
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10. Thomas Adès: Tevot; Violin Concerto (2010)
by Anthony Marwood (violin)
Thomas Adès continues to transcend predictability and amaze with the technical sophistication and expressive depth of each new composition. The four ... More
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11. Adès: Piano Quintet; Schubert: "Trout Quintet" (2005)
by Alasdair Tait (cello), Arditti Quartet, Corin Long (double bass), Corina Belcea (violin), Krzysztof Chorzelski (viola), Thomas Adès (piano)
It's not so weird a coupling, really. Aside from the odd time signatures and the disembodied modernisms, Adès' Piano Quintet is a fairly ... More
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13. Marin Alsop Conducts MacMillan, Adès & Higdon (2008)
by Colin Currie (percussion), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)
Marin Alsop's recording with the London Philharmonic Orchestra features three stylistically diverse contemporary works. James MacMillan's The ... More
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14. The Calder Quartet (2007)
by Calder Quartet
The Calder Quartet is based out of the Colburn School in Los Angeles, and its self-produced debut disc was recorded in the school's Zipper Hall. The ... More
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15. Lieux retrouvés (2012)
by Steven Isserlis (cello), Thomas Adès (piano)
The coherence of the program on this release by the increasingly popular British cellist Steven Isserlis may not be evident at first glance, but it's ... More
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16. Darknesse Visible (2012)
by Inon Barnatan (piano)
For his 2012 release on Avie, pianist Inon Barnatan explores the concept of light and darkness in music by performing fantastic works of Maurice ... More
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17. Thomas Adès: America - A Prophecy (2004)
by Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Claron McFadden (soprano), Composers Ensemble, Hugh Webb (harp), Huw Watkins (piano), Richard Benjafield (percussion), Robin Blaze (counter tenor), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
This EMI reissue an album of pieces by British composer Thomas Adès, written while he was still in his 20s and 30s, features primarily vocal and ... More
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18. Thomas Adès: America - A Prophecy (2004)
by Andrew Webster (clarinet), Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Claron McFadden (soprano), Corin Long (double bass), Dov Scheindlin (viola), Duncan Prescott (clarinet), Hugh Watkins (piano), Hugh Webb (harp)
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20. Meanwhile (2012)
by eighth blackbird
Eighth Blackbird is a Chicago-based sextet with a strong record of commissioning new works. From the evidence of the music here, they specialize in ... More
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24. Opera 2012 (2012)
by Alison Hagley (mezzo-soprano), Angela Gheorghiu (vocals), David Daniels (vocals), Deborah Voigt (vocals), Diana Damrau (vocals), Elina Garanca (vocals), Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano), Inva Mula-Tchako (vocals), Joyce DiDonato (vocals)
Virgin Classics' two-disc album Opera 2012 is based on a fascinating premise: it highlights some of the label's most prestigious singers in arias and ... More
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25. Simon Rattle: British Music (2009)
by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Mitchinson (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass baritone), Julian Bream (guitar), Lynn Harrell (cello), Malcolm Wilson (piano), Members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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