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THE LABEL FOR NEW MUSIC

At Klassik.com

Metier Records8 The BeechesEast Harlsey

Northallerton DL6 2DJUK

Tel: +44 1609 882062Email: [email protected]

Web and secure on-line store : www.divine-art.com

Part of the divine art group

Notes and Ordering Information

This catalogue contains recordings on these labels:Metier, Metier Jazz, Metier World

Metier recordings have received international acclaim and critical praise, for the quality ofproduction as well as the choice of unusual and refreshing repertoire.

Asterisk (*) after catalog-number: World premiere recording

Distribution (Germany):

Pool Music- and Media- Service GmbH14-15 Grunewaldstrasse10823 Berlin030 355 9370

FULL DETAILS, audio samples, downloads, artist-profiles, track lists, direct sales:

Web : www.divine-art.com

Divine Art Record Company8 The Beeches tel: +44 1609 882 062East HarlseyNorthallerton email: [email protected] 6 2DJUK webstore: www.divine-art.com

Metier Records is a trading name of Divine Art Limited. Registered in England, no. 2003292. Registeredoffice: 8 The Beeches, East Harlsey, Northallerton, DL6 2DJ

RE-APPRAISAL SERIES

MSVCD2001

J.S. Bach – complete Toccatas

“All in all, this is a wonderful disc…superbly engineeredto audiophile standards.” – Musey Room

KatharineDurran

MSVCD2002

(2CD)

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier book 2

“There is so much to enjoy in her playing.” - MusicWeb

DianaBoyle

MSVCD2003

Beethoven Explored, vol. 1

“The playing is articulated with beautiful clarity,(enhanced by a notably clean recording); it’s a well-litmusical landscape in which all kinds of harmonic andtextural details achieve prominence” –Gramophone

PeterSheppardSkaerved

(vln),AaronShorr

(piano)

MSVCD2004


The second in this series of acclaimed investigationsinto Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas and their musical and

cultural context.


(vln),AaronShorr

(piano)

MSVCD2005


Beethoven’s op. 30 Violin Sonatas, and the “Barbe Bleu”Variations by Franz Clement


(vln),AaronShorr

(piano)

MSVCD2006


In the fourth volume of this series, we hear Beethoven’sop. 23 and 24 sonatas, and the very fine Violin Sonata,

op. 38 , by Ferdinand Ries.


(vln),AaronShorr

(piano)

MJ0401 Ambiguous Dialogues

“A very beautiful CD… hints at jazz, classical and WorldMusic…sounds great.” – BBC Radio 3

Philip Clemo

MJ0402 Mystery Lights / Nightflower

“This is a lovely record. Intimate and unassuming, itsounds like nothing else and imparts a warmth that

deepens with each listen.” – The Wire

Clive Bell &David Ross

MW36001 Sweet Nomad Girl

"Baily's fingerwork – on dutars of different kinds – issuperb, and they've roped in Abdul Wahab Madadi, a

Herati singer who really is the biz. The lyrics aredrenched in youthful sensuality and the melodies have

great charm." - BBC Music Magazine

Folk Music fromAfghanistan

MSVCD92002

20th century British Organ Music

Refreshingly unfamiliar music, all based on thepassacaglia, by five organ-specialist composers

AndrewJohnstone

MSVCD92003

Howells: Chamber Music

this CD is valuable to lovers of English music becauseHowells' music is still under-rated and ignored. The veryfine musicians help to make this an essential recording.

Lyric Quartet.Andrew West,

Michael Collins

MSVCD92004

British Piano Music, vol. 1Tippett sonata no. 3 etc

The first in a series of three CDs featuring a Tippettsonata amongst contemporary works

Graham Caskie

MSVCD92005

Mathias: String Quartets

“masterful and intense performances recorded in vividlyimmediate sound” –Gramophone

Medea Quartet

MSVCD92006

Bax, Alwyn, Harty, etcBritish Music for Flute

The debut CD from Emily & Catherine Beynon, nowleading lights in the musical world

Emily Beynon(flute),

CatherineBeynon (panno)

MSVCD92008

British Piano MusicTippett Sonata no, 2 etc

“First class…I should not underestimate StevenNeugarten. An admirable visiting card for a youngpianist of real interpretative gifts” – Gramophone

StevenNeugarten

MSVCD92009

British Piano MusicTippett: sonata no, 4 etc

“a distinguished debut recording” –Gramophone

Nicholas Unwin

MSVCD92010

Folklore:Music by Michael Finnissy

“This is a sublime and vigorously enthralling disc… thebeauty of the playing and the music are never in doubt.”

- BBC Music Magazine CRITICS’ CHOICE 1998

MichaelFinnissy

MSVCD92011

Michael Finnissy:String Quartets

“If variety is the spice of life, then this disc is hot. And soare the Kreutzer Quartet. A must for anyone interestedin new music, or in the evolution of the string quartet asa genre.” - Gramophone “Critics’ Choice” CD for 1998

KreutzerQuartet

MSVCD92012

Roberto Gerhard:chamber music

“the Catamen ensemble play with tenderness andsympathy” - Gramophone

Catamen PianoTrio

MSVCD92013

Music for Clarinet and Piano

“The performances are superlative in every way andshould place this duo firmly in the front rank of

contemporary music interpreters.” Performance Sound

BBC Music Magazine

Kate Romanoand

Alan Hicks

MSVCD92014

Music byEdward Harper &

Lyall Creswell

“finely performed in recordings which make admirableuse of church resonance” - Gramophone

Jane Manning(sop),

New MusicGroup ofScotland

MSVCD92015

Fanny Robin –An opera by Edward Harper

“Fanny Robin deserves more frequent performances.Scottish Opera's production is captured to telling spatial

effect.” - Gramophone

Jane Manning,Nigel Waugh,

Scottish OperaChorus,

Scottish CO

MSVCD92016

Sackman & Nicholson:String Quartets

“Both quartets are works of a rare and distinctive qualityand the Bochmann Quartet's performances are

convincing. I would not want to be without this disc.” -MusicWeb

BochmannQuartet

MSVCD92017

The Japan ProjectTrombone Music from Japan

“The trombonist Barrie Webb, who instigated thiscollaboration with seven Japanese composers,

deserves congratulation. Each piece…is uniquelysatisfying in its own way.” - The Sunday Times

Barrie Webb

MSVCD92018

“Plot in Fiction”Italian chamber music

“The performances by Firebird are accomplished and itis to be hoped that we hear more from them in

recordings to come.” – MusicWeb

FirebirdEnsemble

MSVCD92019

“Venus in Landscape”Music for tape by Ric Graebner

“I recommend this disc to introduce people to music fortape. I am sure that the majority will find much to enjoy.

The recording is excellent.” - MusicWeb

Ric Graebner

MSVCD92021

Romanian Trombone Music

An absolutely fascinating and rare glimpse of modernmusic from Romania

Barrie Webb,Romanian

RadioSymphony

Orch.,etc

MSVCD92022

“More Light”piano music by Christopher Fox

“Ian Pace plays this powerful but almost unfathomablemusic with great sensitivity. I'm looking forward to thecompanion volume that Metier has promised.” - Avant

Ian Pace

MSVCD92023

Seven Sacred MotetsBy Michael Finnissy

“This Metier recording offers a crystal clear production.Undoubtedly great value for money at a mid-price

range.” – Classical Source

Voces Sacrae

MSVCD92024

Premonitions:Music by Nigel Clarke

“This is a fascinating CD of contemporary music by acomposer at the cutting edge of his art. Wonderful value

and I highly recommend it.” - Pan Magazine

Various artists

MSVCD92025

Peripheral VisionsModern British Song

”CDs like this do a great service to both singer andsong - and therefore music as an art. This CD could well

grace many private record collections and bringstogether 25 imaginative songs.” – Music and Vision

Alison Smart(sop).

KatharineDurran (pno)

MSVCD92026

Catalan String QuartetsWorks by Soler, Roger, Sarde, etc

“This Catalan string quartet disc is a remarkablerelease. The recording itself… is about as good as theyget. The Kreutzer Quartet plays with precision, heart,

and soul… marvelous stuff.” - LaFolia

KreutzerQuartet

MSVCD92027

(2CD)

Verdi Transcriptions, Piano Concertos 4and 6 and other works by Michael Finnissy

“one of the most ambitious recording projects of ourtime” - Gramophone

Ian Pace (piano)

MSVCD92028

“Etude Philharmonique”violin music by Henze, Hakim etc

“Skaerved demonstrates that, in the right hands, thesolo violin can evoke a remarkable range of moods and

colors.” - Strings Magazine

Peter Skaerved

MSVCD92029

“Star Preludes”violin music by McCabe and Rawsthorne

“playing of passionate intensity in the finest performanceof the [Theme and Variations] that I've yet heard” -

TempoGramophone awards nominee

Peter Skaerved(vln)

Chistine Sohn(sop),

Tamami Honma(pno)

MSVCD92030

Gershwin ArrangementsBy Michael Finnissy

“This disc deserves a place on the shelves of everyserious collector. Strongly recommended.” – BBC MusicMagazine TOP RECOMMENDATIONS August 2000

Ian Pace (pno)

MSVCD92031

“You, Us, Me”Music by Christopher Fox

“Ian Pace is convincing in all idioms here, while AmandaCrawley conveys the nonsense most entertainingly... athoroughly entertaining presentation of the work of thisquirky and inventive British composer.” -Classic CD

AmandaCrawley (sop),Ian Pace (pno)

MSVCD92032

Roberto Gerhard:String Quartets

“Metier are again to be commended ... PowerfulPerformances of astonishingly neglected quartets.”

Performance Sound - Classic CD

KreutzerQuartet

MSVCD92033

“Long Journey Back”Music by James Clapperton

The Scottish composer presents a varied and beguilingprogramme of his own music

JamesClapperton

(piano)

MSVCD92035

“Even such is time”British Choral Music

“A disc of real pleasure both in the quality of the singingand the programme which, perhaps surprisingly for such

a small group, suits Voces Sacrae to a tee” -Gramophone

Voces Sacrae

MSVCD92036

“Animal Heaven”New Songs by British composers

“Animal Heaven puts together a rather neat collection offresh-textured works” – The Scotsman

Alison Wells(sop), and other

artists

MSVCD92037

(2CD)

Charles Ives:Piano Sonatas etc

“Perhaps providing the finest interpretation of the twopiano sonatas on disc… Philip Mead is in his element,dexterously flying through those glittering dissonances

and freely enjoying Ives's unstilted ragtime motifs.”CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK -The Observer

Philip Mead(pno)

and otherartists

MSVCD92038

“Fast Colours”music by Anthony Powers

“Powers is a renowned craftsman … this CD will give agreat deal of pleasure.” – MusicWeb

Psappha

MSVCD92039

“The Nursery”Songs by Edward German, Fraser-

Simpson, Mussorgsky and Thea Musgrave

Just lovely, simple songs for children – including theJust So songs and a.a.milne series

SandraLissenden

(sop),Katharine

Durran (pno)

MSVCD92040

“Invisible Cities”music by Alwynne Pritchard

“With formidably well-realised performances, this is animportant disc, helping to ensure that Alwynne

Pritchard's music can be heard and well discussed.” -Gramophone

Topologies

MSVCD92041

“Feasibility Studies”Music for Flutes

A splendid programme of music from Musgrave,McGuire, McPherson and the great Django Bates

The ScottishFlute Trio

MSVCD92042

“Wind-Up”Chamber Music by Fitch and Archbold

“Good sound and exemplary performances throughout.An excellent disc well worth exploring.” - Gramophone

(Critics’ Choice 2001)

EnsembleExposé

MSVCD92043

“Occasional Music”Music by Jane Wells

“The whole CD is a pleasure to listen to, and thecompositions must also be a pleasure for the performers

to play….” - Women in Music Today

TheComposers’Ensemble

MSVCD92044

“Flowforms”Music by Richard Emsley

“Here is a real one-off composer and this intriguingprogramme is a perfect introduction to his various

moods. Excellent playing by Ian Pace and theTopologies ensemble” – Classical London

Topologies

MSVCD92046

“Night Thoughts”Chamber music by Justin Connolly

“…haunted, strange, strangely beautiful music. NicolasHodges, the pianist throughout this disc, masters everynuance the musical landscape requires and urges on us

the attention this music deserves.” - Music and Vision

Variousartists

MSVCD92049

“Scorpio”Music by Nicholas Sackman

NIcholas Sackman's music is not limited by particularstylistic lines but within the freedom of contemporary

expression uses traditional qualities of harmony, pitchand rhythm to engage with the performer and listener.

Variousartists

MSVCD92050

Lost Lands and other worksby Michael Finnissy

“This is a fascinating disc all round and nowhere nearas difficult as Finnissy's previous press might indicate.

Give it a go!” - MusicWeb

Topologies

MSVCD92051

Erwin Schwartz & Georg Rochberg:String Quartets

“How wonderful to hear the Kreutzer Quartet perform[the Rochberg]. Schwartz twists all the knobs, to keep

the listener engaged throughout. This is a keeperalbum.” - 21st Century Music

KreutzerQuartet

MSVCD92053

“Taking Flight”Music by Sadie Harrison

“The title work, the string quartet Taking Flight… [is] Ithink, a masterpiece. Great performances all, and nicely

recorded.” - La Folia

KreutzerQuartet

MSVCD92054

“Transparent Things”music by Katharine Norman

A composer deserving much more attention. Musicplayed by one of Britain’s leading contemporary music

experts.

Philip Mead(piano)

MSVCD92055

Peter Maxwell Davies:Chamber Music

“All the playing is excellent. With realistic, sensitiverecording, this is a must for anyone interested in

Maxwell Davies.” - Duncan Druce (Gramophone)

KreutzerQuartet

MSVCD92056

“No Title Required”Chamber music by Priaulx Rainier and

Sadie Harrison

“The recording is immediate and yet spacious. Theperformances seem to be to be exemplary, often

brilliant. The presentation of this disc is first class.” –Garry Higginson (MusicWeb)

DoubleImage

MSVCD92057

“Beginner’s Mind”Piano Music by Walter Zimmermann

“It is all exquisite, highly poeticised music that deservesto be heard; Ian Pace's performances are typicallyindefatigable” –The Guardian (Classical CD of the

Week)

Ian Pace

MSVCD92058

Wilfred Jospehs:Clarinet Quintet & Clarinet Sonatas

“This CD is a refreshing listening experience. Thepieces presented here are appealing and require andadvanced level of music-making ability and ensemble

skills.” – The Clarinet

LindaMerrick (clt),

BenjaminFrith (pno),

KreutzerQuartet

MSVCD92059

“Inner”solo cello music by Christopher Fox

“Inner tells you everything you need to know about theuncharted possibilities of acoustic composition.” -

The Wire

AntonLukoszevieze

(cello)

MSVCD92061

“Septembral”Music by Geoffrey Poole

“All the performances are consistently fine as is therecording quality. This release is most welcome.” -

MusicWeb

LindsayQuartet

etc.

MSVCD92062

“Letters to the World”Music by George Nicholson

“[Nicholson’s] music, as heard here, is always beautifullycrafted, technically demanding, certainly not easy to

play but eminently accessible” - MusicWeb

Variousartists

MSVCD92063

“Multiplicities”British Flute Music

“An ambitious survey of late twentieth century pieces forsolo flute. This disc will no doubt be essential listening

for flautists engaged with the contemporary musicscene. The performances are as authoritative as it gets!”

- Music Web

Nancy Ruffer(flutes)

MSVCD92064

“Reflections”Chamber music by Nicola LeFanu and

Elizabeth Maconchy

“immensely attractive work… superbly idiomatic,inventive writing.” - Tempo

Okeanos

MSVCD92065

(2CD)

George Rochberg:Caprice Variations

“What a recording!… Skaerved handles the work'smany terrors with appropriate style and gusto. It's a thrill

a minute, and it's outrageous enough to impressPaganini himself” – American Record Guide

PeterSkaerved

(vln)

MSVCD92066

“Sacred Physic”Music by Julia Usher

“The performances throughout are excellent, as isMetier's sound, clear and crystal like the

Mediterranean.” - Tempo

Variousartists

MSVCD92067

George Crumb:The complete piano music

“This is a remarkable achievement. The recordingquality is superb, as is the cover art. Fascinating

listening. Another triumph for Metier.” –MusicWeb

Philip Mead

MSVCD92068

Wolfgang Rihm:Lieder

“Clare Lesser is commendably sparing of vibrato.Rapport is of the closest, with Metier's recording andproduction exemplary.” – Musical Pointers

Claire Lesser(sop),

David Lesser(pno)

MSVCD92069

“This Church”A celebration in music by Michael Finnissy

“Texts of endless interest and fascination, the wordsunderpinned with evocative music... an ambitious, but atthe same time economical and unpretentious, oratoriofor our times… utterly compelling” - Musical Pointers

”The Wire” top ten CDs of 2003

IXIONconductedby MichaelFinnissy

MSVCD92071

TenebraePiano Music by John McCabe

“A splendid release. Make no mistake: Honma is asuperb player. Very strongly recommended.” -

Gramophone

TamamiHonma

MSVCD92073

(2CD)

“Detours”chamber music by Gordon McPherson

“This is an arresting CD which compels listening.Strongly recommended for its originality and vitality.” -

Musical Pointers

Psappha

MSVCD92074

“Contours”music for solo clarinet

Kate Romano (“superlative” – MSV92013) plays musicby a surprising range of composers from Dillon to

Donatoni. Definitive 21st century clarinet.

Kate Romano

MSVCD92075

(2CD)

The complete piano music ofGerhard Stäbler

“I can recommend this one to open minded musicalexplorers.” – Musical Pointers

PauloAlvares

MSVCD92076

“Night, Fire, Sun, Silence”Music by John Casken

“Eight works by a composer whose craftsmanship is asfastidious as his imagination is spirited.” –The Sunday

Times

Variousartists

MSVCD92081

“Straight Lines in Broken Times”Music by Christopher Fox

Fox’s music is different – and always a revelation.Definitely music for our times.

The IvesEnsemble

MSVCD92082

Feldman and Fox:Clarinet Quintets

“incredibly well played by Roger Heaton. Fox is one ofEngland's most important composers. He evokes whole

worlds with little material.” - Anthony Fiumara

RogerHeaton (clt)

MSVCD92083

“Darkness Visible”Music by Philip Grange

Music for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin andcello; Grange uses literary works as sources of

inspiration including novels by Joseph Conrad andWilliam Golding

Gemini

MSVCD92084

The Light Garden Trilogyby Sadie Harrison

and traditional Afghan Music

“Not to be missed on any account. This is withoutquestion one of my top recordings of the year.” –

Musical Pointers

The TateEnsemble

Etc.

MSVCD92089

Niccolo CastiglioniPiano music

“There's not enough Castiglioni out on disc, so this onecomes warmly recommended.”- Paris Transatlantic

SarahNicholls

MSVCD92097

(2CD)

Tristan MurailThe complete piano music

“In Marilyn Nonken we are hearing a musician ofoutstanding qualities. Her mastery of Murail's sonorities

and her virtuosity are truly remarkable and demandattention.” - MusicWeb

MarilynNonken

MSVCD92100

New French SongSongs by foremost British composers

"excellent musicians with a strong mutual rapport" -The Independent

Alison Smart(sop),

KatharineDurran (pno)

MSVCD92101

Judith BaileyInstrumental Music

“I am sure that Judith Bailey must be grateful to… theDavey Ensemble whose expertise and caring dedicationhas released this music to the listening world.” -MusicWeb

The DaveyChamberEnsemble

new series

MSV28501

Choral Music by Brian FerneyhoughMissa Brevis etc.

“This performance generates an intense expressiveheat, shot through with passages of icy calm.” -

Performance Sound BBC Music Magazine

BBC Singers,Lontano.

Conductedby

Odaline de laMartinez

MSV28503

Chamber Music bySir Peter Maxwell Davies

Includes his most important chamber work “Ave MarisStella” and three other pieces.

“Absolutely superb” –BBC Music Magazine

GeminiDirected byIan Mitchell

MSV28504

Brian Ferneyhough – Chamber Music

Premiere recordings of major works including Allgebrah,Trittico, and In Nomine

NEW RELEASE

EnsembleExposéCond.Roger

Redgate

MSV28505

Modern Music for Clarinet

Works by Bax, Bernstein, Brotons, Honegger, Salonenplayed with consummate skill

“A nice balanced programme ... All well played andrecorded” – Musical Pointers

CristoBarrios &Clinton

Cormany

MSV28506

Laurence Crane:20th Century Music

Solo piano music by Laurence Crane written between1985 and 1999. All world premieres.

“The performances by Michael Finnissy seem just right”– David Hackbridge Johnson

MichaelFinnissy(piano)

MSV28507

Northern Lights

Fine string quartets by fine composers Judith Weir, JohnCasken and Robert Saxton

NEW RELEASE

KreutzerQuartet

MSV28508

Edwin Roxburgh – Music for oboe

Roxburgh is an oboe specialist and these are firstrecordings of most brilliant music.

NEW RELEASE

ChristopherRedgate,Stephen

Robbings,Ensemble

Exposé

MSV28509

Paul Whitty: Thirty-nine Pages

A major new work for violin and piano re-working asonata by César Franck

NEW RELEASE

DarraghMorgan,

Mary Dullea

MSV28512

Fortmann: Sax Music

Intriguing and varied music for saxophones inspired byserialism, jazz and theatre music. Fun.

NEW RELEASE

MarcoFalaschi,Berlioz

Quartet, etc

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Metier Records8 The BeechesEast HarlseyNorthallerton, DL6 2DJEngland

Contact: Stephen [email protected]+44 (0) 1609 882062 (tel/fax)

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