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CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Songs of Faith, Love and Nonsense
This generous collection of song settings contains 33 items: 21 are sung by baritone Roderick Williams, 10 by tenor James Way and there are two short piano solos played by Andrew West.
Music and Migration in Georgian Britain: The Story of Feliks Yaniewicz
Read about a musical migrant who settled in Britain in 1790, living in London and Liverpool until he made Edinburgh his home from 1815 until his death in 1848.
YORK BOWEN: Fragments
The revival on CD of Bowen in recent years has been astonishing, although I wonder if he has yet found a wider public…