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Malcolm Arnold: Music for Brass Band
[Arnold’s] ability to write for and his love of the music of brass bands is no doubt connected to the fact that before becoming a composer he was principal trumpet player with the BBC Symphony Orchestra…
A CHRISTMAS FANTASIA
From the inexhaustible well of Christmas fare, here is welcome refreshment for the most sated…
JOANNA FORBES L’ESTRANGE: Winter Light
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange is the granddaughter of the celebrated Scottish viola player Watson Forbes…
ROMANCE AND REVERIE: Holst and his contemporaries
A well-conceived and finely-executed release of intriguing rarities…
THOMAS HEWITT JONES: Regards from Rochester
This work, Regards from Rochester, was commissioned by the Rochester Choral Society to celebrate their 150th anniversary…
GEORGE LLOYD: The Piano Works Solo & Duo
As a violinist, Lloyd was inevitably more drawn to stringed instruments rather than the keyboard and did not compose his first work for piano until he was 53…