RAVEL, BERKELEY & POUNDS

RAVEL, BERKELEY & POUNDS

Jan 23, 2024 | CD reviews

Sinfonia of LondonJohn Wilson conductor CHANDOS CHSA 5324 An odd sort of programme? Well, no. The link is that Berkeley received informal lessons from Ravel and Pounds from Berkeley, so the subtitle of the notes is ‘mentors and pupils’, and the pupils manifestly...
Richard Lambert CD launched

Richard Lambert CD launched

Jan 23, 2024 | News

Toccata Classics has launched a CD (TOCC 0713) of the choral music of Richard Lambert, who born in Bath in the English West Country in 1951. This new CD covers a wide range of expression, ranging from straightforward SATB chorus settings for church performance to a...
CHRISTOPHER BROWN: 24 Preludes and Fugues

CHRISTOPHER BROWN: 24 Preludes and Fugues

Jan 23, 2024 | CD reviews

Nathan Williamson piano Lyrita SRCD.2431 (3 CDs) It is a brave composer who chooses to write a set of preludes and fugues in all the major and minor keys as, consciously, or subconsciously, instant comparison with the sets by JS Bach and Shostakovich will occur. Just...
Society seeks Digital Marketing Manager

Society seeks Digital Marketing Manager

Jan 23, 2024 | News

The Malcolm Arnold Society, a charitable organisation formed in 1991, is keen to find an experienced digital media person for the voluntary role of Digital Marketing Manager to help it to communicate with existing members as well as attract a younger audience to...
IVOR GURNEY: Piano Sonatas

IVOR GURNEY: Piano Sonatas

Jan 18, 2024 | CD reviews

Piano Sonatas nos. 1 and 3 – Piano Sonata no. 2 (II Adagio) – Five Preludes – Autumn George Rowley piano NAXOS 8.574479 Gurney’s piano music has been slow to emerge on CD. Alan Gravill’s 1990 disc for Gamut (his only commercial issue before his untimely death)...