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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
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Mystical Songs
This disc, one of the finest from the Albion stable, features Roderick Williams in magnificent voice on every track. It is an essential purchase that will surely give immense pleasure to many…
JANET CRAXTON: English Oboe Concertos
Not only was Janet Craxton a superbly gifted oboist, but she was also responsible for bringing to our attention many fine oboe concertos. Here we have four…
MADELEINE DRING: Through the Centuries – 20 Songs
One of my prize possessions is an LP, The Far Away Princess, a collection of songs by Madeleine Dring, issued in 1982. In the notes the then soloist, Robert Tear, remarked that Dring is ‘one of the best unknown English song writers’…
ELGAR: Light out of Darkness
The great joy of this disc is threefold. Firstly, we are treated to some pieces of Elgar that one rarely encounters, such as the three early settings of O Salutaris Hostia…
HUW WATKINS: Symphony No. 2 | Fanfare for the Hallé
The Concerto For Orchestra again opens with the familiar…rippling woodwinds, and throughout, the sound world is identical to that of the Symphony – bursting with the same tricks of orchestration and rhythm…
OVERTURES FROM THE BRITISH ISLES, VOLUME 3
With such a smorgasbord of preludes, this disc is best sampled sparingly, but everything here is finely played and cleanly recorded. Many of these scores are little-known…