Sep 23, 2020 | CD reviews
Duncan Honeybourne piano PRIMA FACIE PFCD120 In his introductory note to the first piece on the CD, pianist Duncan Honeybourne writes regarding the music of Cummings-Knight that it is ‘Always steeped in his musical inheritance and the example of composers he...
Sep 23, 2020 | CD reviews
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & ChoirsEdward Gardner: Conductor Chandos CHSA 52550(2) The mysterious and chilling Peter Grimes haunts us all. Benjamin Britten’s anti-hero has become one of British music’s most complex figures in opera. This is the compelling story...
Sep 17, 2020 | CD reviews
Brian Giebler tenor Steven McGhee piano BRIDGE 9542 This is a disc of English songs with a strong bias towards settings of A.E. Housman. The American tenor Brian Giebler tells us how he first met Housman’s poetry through singing Ivor Gurney’s Ludlow and Teme for his...
Sep 17, 2020 | CD reviews
The Cambridge Singers John Rutter director Wayne Marshall organ COLLEGIUM CSCD 524 This is a re-mastered collection of 21 tracks of recordings of church music made in 1992. The issue is offered at ‘super bargain price’. There are two CDs included: the first features...
