Mar 27, 2021 | CD reviews
TrediciAndrew Foan conductor EM RECORDS EMR CD068 The Light of Love by Paul Carr is subtitled A Requiem Mass. He uses the bare skeleton of the full Latin texts along with newly created English verses by Euan Tait (b.1968). The Latin words deliver a sense of...
Mar 27, 2021 | CD reviews
vOx Chamber ChoirDavid Crown conductor NAXOS 8.574186 Alexander Campkin’s five choral works performed by the Oxford-based vOx Chamber Choir under David Crown are pretty much unique, although at first listening, I was reminded of the Kyrie or Lux Aeterna of György...
Mar 27, 2021 | CD reviews
BBC Symphony OrchestraSakari Oramo conductor CHANDOS CHSA 5253 (2) In his middle years William Alwyn (1905-1985) was moving away from his extensive interests in music for film towards a more symphonic musical language. For Alwyn this was a logical step. ‘Film music’,...
