Track Listings
1 : Belinda Zhawi - Flame Lily - MA.MOYO, Cerys Matthews, Hidden Orchestra
2 : Raymond Antrobus - Happy Birthday Moon - Raymond Antrobus, Cerys Matthews, Hidden Orchestra
3 : Lemn Sissay - Adventure Flight - Lemn Sissay, Cerys Matthews, Hidden Orchestra
4 : Cia Mangat - She Strikes The Ball Like a Match - Cia Mangat, Cerys Matthews, Hidden Orchestra
5 : Anthony Anaxagorou - Once I Had An Acceptance Speech - Anthony Anaxagorou, Cerys Matthews, Hidden Orchestra
6 : Kim Moore - And The Soul - Kim Moore, Cerys Matthews, Hidden Orchestra

The album is composed by Cerys Matthews with Hidden Orchestra and features 10 UK poets: MA.MOYO, Raymond Antrobus, Lemn Sissay, Liz Berry, Anthony Anaxagorou, Adam Horovitz, Cia Mangat, Imtiaz Dharker, Kim Moore and Kayo Chingonyi
“We are living in extraordinary times, I wanted to respond but had the urge to offer more than one voice, more than one perspective. Not an echo chamber” – Cerys Matthews
In February 2020 Abbey Road studios welcomed each of the 10 poets to record pieces from their collections. Then lock down hit….
But remotely and with the additional help of field recordists and musicians around the world, Cerys and Joe Acheson (Hidden Orchestra) created a sound journey for these poems with the theme of: Genesis: Birth, heritage, a journey about to begin.

Track Listings
Side: 1
1 : Canyons
2 : One Look - Alexis Ffrench feat. Leona Lewis
3 : Songbird
4 : Hope, Ascending
5 : Guiding Light
6 : Viva Vida Amor - Alexis Ffrench feat. Jin Oki
Side: 2
1 : Still Life
2 : Golden
3 : Colours
4 : Papillon
5 : One Look (Reprise)
6 : Evermore
7 : Broken Sunsets

Alexis Ffrench isn’t afraid of fusing his music with weighty issues. For years, the pioneering pianist has used his music to highlight mental health, discuss diversity and challenge the classical world to be more inclusive. Truth, his latest album, is his most powerful & political to date and also his most optimistic. “I imagined what the world would look like if everybody had the opportunity to ask themselves the questions ‘who am I?’ and ‘what is my purpose in the world?’ and what we, as a human race, could create and change together.” Featuring Alexis’ signature piano & orchestra sound, alongside rare collaborations including the searingly soulful One Look with his friend Leona Lewis, Truth captures Alexis’ hopes for the future and his belief that change is already upon us.

The A Z of String Players surveys the lives, careers and recordings of over 300 string players from the past and present. Many great string players who have made recordings are included, from Accardo to Zukerman. The text covers artists from the earliest recording processes to contemporary, cutting-edge technology. In this clear and straight-forward publication, the artists are listed alphabetically, with a summary of their career, notable recordings, biography and critical appraisal of their recorded legacy. In addition, four compact discs present a selection of recordings from 69 artists. This package will appeal to enthusiast and scholar alike as a readable, informed and fascinating work of reference.

Mathias Reumert performs contemporary percussion works in this programme which combines live footage with visual aspects. Among the works are Iannis Xenakis's 'Psappha', Pierre Jodlowski's 'Time and Money' and Brian Ferneyhough's 'Bone Alphabet'.

The third volume of a three-part set featuring all of Giuseppe Verdi's operas in celebration of the composer's bicentenary in 2013. Each performance features its own ten minute introduction. The operas included are: 'I Vespri Siciliani', 'Simon Boccanegra', 'Un Ballo in Maschera', 'La Forza del Destino', 'Don Carlo', 'Aida', 'Otello' and 'Falstaff'.

Live performance of Charles Gounod's opera based on the classic play by William Shakespeare. Nino Machaidze portrays Juliette and Stefano Secco plays Roméo with Ketevan Kemoklidze, Jean-Francois Borras and Giorgio Giuseppini also among the cast. Fabio Mastrangelo conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Arena di Verona.

Track Listings
1 : Carriages
2 : Furnace
3 : Curvature
4 : Refract
5 : Tongue
6 : Willow
7 : Filament
8 : Flock
9 : Whorl

'Grains of Space' started life as a series of minimal loops, recorded using a viola da gamba - a stringed instrument and a loop pedal. Using the negative space within each loop as the primary drive for composing, Thomas began a process of 'joining the dots', allowing the silence to dictate the next layer, informing the length, pitch and timbre of notes. Between the overlap and juxtaposition of multiple layers, Thomas began to see melodies and rhythms emerging from relatively erratic elements.

Ole Anders Tandberg's visually striking debut production for Norwegian National Opera. Recorded live in 2010, Birgitte Christensen, Jacek Laszczkowski and Tim Mead head an international cast, with Allesandro De Marchi conducting.

Giovanni Bottesini's opera recorded at the Teatro San Domenico in Crema, Italy in 2009. Véronique Mercier and Gian Luca Pasolini take the title roles, while Aldo Salvagno conducts the Orchestra Filarmonica del Piemonte.

A TV production of Mark Adams's opera recorded in Houston, Texas in 2000. Patrick Summers conducts the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, with performances by Stephanie Novacek, Joyce Di Donato and Chad Shelton.

Aki Takahashi performs a number of Iannis Xenakis's piano works. 'Akea', 'Morisima/Amorsima' and 'Palle in the Wind' are some notable pieces included in the performance, many of which are difficult recordings to find.

The world premiere of Michael Daugherty's opera, inspired by episodes from the life of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Features performances by Fiona McAndrew, Nora Sourouzian, Simone Alberghini and Paul Carey Jones. Christopher Franklin conducts.

Marco Guidarini conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli in Pier Luigi Pizzi's production of Mozart's opera from 2004. The performers include Kurt Streit, Angeles Blancas Gulin, Iano Tamar and Sonia Ganassi.