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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
Latest features & reviews
MALCOLM ARNOLD: A Centenary Celebration
Curiously though, for a centenary celebration, the majority of the disc is made up of arrangements when even the liner notes acknowledge that Arnold was none too keen on people arranging his music…
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: An Oxford Christmas
This is a fine collection for choir masters on the lookout for ‘new’ carols for their Christmas concerts, or for the rest of us just to enjoy…
ARTHUR SULLIVAN: Incidental Music
One should look out for remarkable organ peroration in the last few bars of what is an intriguing journey for the listener…
MALCOLM ARNOLD: Orchestral Music
… the musical numbers for a full gastronomic menu including Soup (Brown Windsor), Peach Melba etc. show Arnold’s gift for cinematic painting in glorious technicolor.
HUMPHREY BURTON: In My Own Time
The text is full of fascinating detail, humour and humanity and is further enhanced by judicious use of well-chosen photographic images.
PUER NATUS EST: Christmas Day from Buckfast Abbey
I cannot stress too strongly that the quality of the singing, playing and directing, to say nothing of the wonderfully atmospheric recording, are exceptionally good…