SPLENDID TEARS: Settings of Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Brian Thornsett is a lyrical and suitably light tenor, ideal in many ways for this repertoire. I am less convinced by his timbre in the highest and loudest passages…
Errollyn Wallen appointed Master of the King’s Music
Acclaimed composer and singer-songwriter has been appointed Master of the King’s Music by King Charles…
GERARD SCHURMANN: Orchestral Works
Gerard Schurmann was born in Java in January 1924, so in this, his centenary year, Chandos have brought out a disc of four fascinating works…
GEORGE LLOYD: Symphonies 7-12
Lloyd is a natural symphonist in the sense that he can create works, often large in scale, which are full of invention and variety…
THOMAS PITFIELD: His Friends and Contemporaries
The first item (a two-disc set) juxtaposes Pitfield’s works with those of his contemporaries and friends, and is a delight…