Oct 24, 2022 | CD reviews
Traditional Christmas Carols arranged for Harp Harriet Adie MIKE PURTON RECORDINGS MPR113 Here is a Christmas disc that is just that little bit different. True, it is the sort of thing you can put on in the background whilst having your Christmas morning...
Oct 23, 2022 | CD reviews
String Quartets 4, 5 and Légende Cirrus String Quartet MIKE PURTON RECORDINGS MPR114 ‘Billy’ Reed is mostly remembered now as the friend and adviser to Elgar; but as this valuable release demonstrates he was also a composer, who seems to have enjoyed some...
Oct 22, 2022 | CD reviews
Volume 7: PORTRAITS Ensemble RezaBrighton Chamber Ensemble CLAUDIO CC6050-2 Volume 8: CALEDONIA The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra CLAUDIO CC6051-2 The first of these two CDs, Portraits contains seven chamber works. The second, Caledonia, offers four works for...
Oct 22, 2022 | CD reviews
Peter Sheppard Skærved violinMihailo Trandafilovski violinMiyabi DuoSpectrum Guitar QuartetChristopher Redgate oboe métier msv 28612 Edward Cowie (b.1943) is very much a Renaissance Man. In addition to being a composer of talent, he has expertise in physics,...
