50 Portraits

Phil Nimmons - Canadian Composers Portraits (2005) {3CD Set, Centrediscs CMCCD 11005}
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© 2005 Centrediscs | CMCCD 11005
Jazz / Contemporary Jazz

Centrediscs issues its first jazz compact disc. This issue in the Canadian Composers Portraits series features the life and music of legendary Canadian jazz musician and composer Phil Nimmons. Recorded live in Toronto at the Montreal Bistro, the Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra performs hot new sessions of many of Phil’s classic works.

UK multi-platinum singer songwriter Birdy is back with her fifth studio album Portraits - a new chapter and confident change in direction for an artist who has achieved an unbelievable amount since releasing her debut album, Birdy. In her most confident album yet, Portraits sees Birdy take a liberated leap into the unknown, her timeless songwriting style now infused with a fresh, exuberant rush of energy and inventive, off-kilter production flourishes. It’s the sound of a creative stepping into a new world and thrillingly, finding her true voice.

Harry Freedman - Canadian Composers Portraits (2002) {2CD Set, Centrediscs CMCCD 8402}
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© 2002 Centrediscs | CMCCD 8402
Classical / Contemporary Classical / 20th Century

This recording is part of the Centrediscs’ Canadian Composers Portraits series which documents the emergence of a generation of pioneering professional composers who firmly established Canada’s place on the world’s musical map. Each release in this retrospective of the last fifty years is dedicated to a single composer and uniquely combines full-length documentaries on the composers’ lives and music, as well as a selection of their most important works. “Each of the performances is exceptionally well done, with precision and strong emotional presence.”