HALLÉ: Adès, Leith and Marsey

HALLÉ: Adès, Leith and Marsey

This, above all, is a showcase for the Hallé, who play with brilliance and authority in these kaleidoscopic scores. Their titles may suggest that they are all programmatic in a sense..,

MADELEINE DRING: Complete Music for Oboe

MADELEINE DRING: Complete Music for Oboe

By a happy accident just a few days before this CD plopped on my doormat, I had heard an excellent performance of Dring’s Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano in Hereford. It had been composed in 1968 and consists of three movements. Afterwards I told the performers what a joy it was to hear this work…