Bringing Britain’s musical heritage alive
Founded in 1979, the British Music Society is dedicated to promoting and preserving Britain’s musical heritage with particular emphasis on 20th century composers through recordings, publications and events
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ROBIN STEVENS: A Questing Soul
This is a generously filled double CD of music for violin and piano by Robin Stevens. There are works for violin and piano duo, and well as solo violin and solo piano…
A NEW SPIRIT: An album of première recordings
This is a most enjoyable disc where the music is performed to an extremely high standard. Tuning and intonation are beyond reproach and the recording is both warm and clear…
NARESH SOHAL: The Wanderer & Asht Prahar
Sohal was born to a non-musical family in the Punjab and came to England in 1962 to study. It is amazing to think that the highly accomplished Asht Prahar from 1969 was his first orchestral work…
PETER JACOBS: Anthology Vol 2
Peter Jacobs has a long history of recording British piano music, and this is his latest anthology for the Heritage Label. As he says, this is a personal selection…
IAN STEPHENS: Chamber Music
This disc includes five examples of Ian Stephens’ chamber music. The first three works use existing musical material…
IVOR GURNEY: Songs 2
Part of Naxos’s laudable English Song Series, this is the successor to the Gurney disc by Susan Bickley and Iain Burnside from 2009. As such, it may be considered well overdue…