Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Vol. 3

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Vol. 3

Roderick Williams baritoneNicky Spence tenorMary Bevan sopranoWilliam Vann piano and musical director ALBION RECORDS   ALBCD044 This is the third in a series of four CDs supported by The Ralph Vaughan Williams Society. It includes 15 Folk Songs from the Eastern...
FRANCIS POTT: Christus

FRANCIS POTT: Christus

Tom Winpenny organ NAXOS   8.574252-53 (Two CDs)                 This current Naxos release is the third commercial recording of Christus by Francis Pott following on from the World Première performance by Iain Simcock in...
HEAVEN AND EARTH: Organ Music

HEAVEN AND EARTH: Organ Music

Music by Judith Bingham Tom Winpenny organJohan Hammarström choir organ NAXOS  8.574251 Västerås Cathedral in central Sweden, where this CD was recorded, boasts two fine organs. Tom Winpenny plays the main organ, and in three of the works he is joined on the...
LORD BERNERS: The Triumph of Neptune

LORD BERNERS: The Triumph of Neptune

English Northern Philharmonia & Royal Ballet Sinfonia David Lloyd-Jones Clive Bayley bass Naxos 8.555222 Lord Berners was ‘one of the learners’ as he styled himself in his autobiography. He had a folly built at his mansion in Faringdon. We used to live near there...
Obituary: Stephen Wilkinson

Obituary: Stephen Wilkinson

The choral conductor, composer, BBC producer, and energetic friend of countless British composers, died on 10th August at the age of 102. Those of us who knew him well thought of him as well nigh immortal, as indeed his musical legacy should certainly be. He must...