All change at the Holst Museum
Cheltenham’s hidden gem, the Holst Birthplace Museum, is emerging in good health from the Covid pandemic. The long closure period has been used to plan for a new direction, led by Steve Wood, whose six-year chairmanship ended in early July. The museum celebrates...
THE BEST OF ARNOLD
Various ensembles and conductors Naxos 8.578360 When I began writing my biography of Malcolm Arnold, around the time of his knighthood in 1993, things seemed on the up for the much-maligned composer. Sadly, since his death in 2006, it has been business as usual,...
500th issue sells out
William Wordsworth Orchestral Works Volume III – 5th Symphony and Cello Concerto with Florian Arnicans, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra and John Gibbons – is the fastest ever selling Toccata Classics disc and has sold out in under a month (immediate repressing...