ROBERT SAXTON: String Quartets 3 & 4 / Sonata

ROBERT SAXTON: String Quartets 3 & 4 / Sonata

Kreutzer Quartet Peter Sheppard Skærved solo violin Metier mex 77138 Perhaps, like me, you first came across Robert Saxton when his The Ring of Eternity was first heard in 1984 and later recorded. I have always thought highly of his music, and with this CD...
British pianist to join Philippine orchestra UK tour

British pianist to join Philippine orchestra UK tour

British pianist Mark Bebbington will perform with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) when it makes history with a nine-city tour across the UK this May. Under the baton of internationally acclaimed Maestro Grzegorz Nowak, the PPO will showcase its world-class...
IN THE MIRROR: Music by Women Composers

IN THE MIRROR: Music by Women Composers

Heather Tuach celloYoko Misumi piano Divine Art ddx 21123 This album is a selection of works by 20th and 21st century composers chosen by the performers who are members of the Greenwich Trio. The album shares its title with that of the first piece by Liz Dilnot...
RUTH GIPPS: Orchestral Works, Vol 4

RUTH GIPPS: Orchestral Works, Vol 4

BBC PhilharmonicRumon Gamba  conductor CHANDOS 20319 This important issue completes the cycle of Gipps 5 symphonies, and also offers two rarities, the more important one being the early violin concerto, which dates from 1943. This concerto was written for...
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON: Chamber Music

MALCOLM WILLIAMSON: Chamber Music

St Paul’s SinfoniaThe New London Chamber EnsembleMatt Scott Rogers conductor DIVINE ART DDX 21120 Pianist Antony Gray has assembled a fascinating and enticing issue, generously filled with rarities spanning Williamson’s career. All are impeccably delivered and well...