ALEC ROWLEY: Organ Works

ALEC ROWLEY: Organ Works

Herman Jordaan organ  Ismeron JMSCD 11 Alec Rowley (1892-1958) is a largely forgotten composer these days and that is a pity for his music is well worth getting to know. This two CD set is therefore very welcome containing 10 of Rowley’s organ compositions played by...
How an ancient carol was brought back to life

How an ancient carol was brought back to life

Over 50 year ago, the British folk rock band, Steeleye Span turned a half-forgotten 16th century Christmas Carol, Gaudete, into a pioneering recording. In the Winter 2022 edition of Light and Lyrical, the magazine of the Light Music Society, Jim Cooke delved into the...
The English Tenor

The English Tenor

Scott Robert Shaw Divine Art ddx 21110 What can be more English for a tenor than a recital of English songs, that is Gurney (Five Elizabethan Songs) followed by Vaughan Williams, the little known ‘Along the Field’ which are eight settings of A.E.Housman scored with...
DODGSON: The Distances Between

DODGSON: The Distances Between

Songs volume 2 SOMMCD 0673 In 2022 Gary Higginson gave a warm if (slightly guarded) welcome to the preceding volume in this series; for myself, though he was long a stalwart of nearby music festivals and, as such, my ‘local compose’, this was my first encounter with...
New Rutter release of orchestral carols

New Rutter release of orchestral carols

A new EP of Rutter Orchestral Carols featuring the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, alongside the Britten Sinfonia, conducted by Daniel Hyde will be released on Friday 24 November 2023. Rutter Orchestral Carols includes beautiful orchestral arrangements of...