Oct 24, 2020 | CD reviews
Douglas Stevens HOXA HS180618 (2 Discs) Berkeley wrote piano music from the mid-1920s to a few years before he died in 1989, but these two CDs contain less than two hours’ music. This is a quite comprehensive survey, but should it be called The Complete Piano Works...
Oct 15, 2020 | CD reviews
Hallé OrchestraSir Mark Elder conductorNeal Davies baritone Hallé CD HLL 7556 Job the dancing masque is beguiling. It brightly glows like a musical rainbow and would light up the most pedestrian of concert halls. It bursts with mesmerising melodies conjured from...
Oct 15, 2020 | CD reviews
Mary Bevan sopranoNicky Spence tenor Roderick Williams baritoneJack Liebeck violinWilliam Vann piano Albion Records ALBCD042 Music aficionados who voraciously feed off the charming wit and harmonies of Ralph Vaughan Williams would do well to take note of this...
Oct 15, 2020 | CD reviews
Black Dyke BandSheffield Philharmonic ChorusNicholas Childs, Darius Battiwalla Conductors NAXOS 8.574130 For many churches with the right resources John Rutter (B. 1945) is a hero. As part of his oeuvre he has created a whole series of much-loved anthems and...
Oct 15, 2020 | CD reviews
32 Songs by G. Molyneux Palmer Martyn Hill tenorMeriel Dickinson mezzo sopranoPeter Dickinson HERITAGE HTGCD175 Organist and composer Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer (1882-1957), though born and educated in England, spent most of his life in Dublin. His teacher at the RCM...
