TRANSATLANTIC: Brass Music from Britain and America

TRANSATLANTIC: Brass Music from Britain and America

Jun 25, 2025 | CD reviews

Onyx BrassJohn Wilson conductorCHAN 20399 This mixed bag of British and American music by the distinguished Onyx Brass is never less than entertaining, though I doubt I shall return to some of them often. World premières  of fanfares by Britten, Walton and Vaughan...
A CELLO GALAXY: British Women Composers

A CELLO GALAXY: British Women Composers

Jun 25, 2025 | CD reviews

Catherine Wilmers cello Jill Morton piano  DIVINE ART DDX 21134 Whilst listening to the middle movement, a set of variations in the 1899 Cello Sonata by Amy Horrocks (d.1919) I found myself asking, why don’t we know this music? The whirlwind finale is also captivating...
The Changing World of Recorded Music

The Changing World of Recorded Music

Jun 25, 2025 | Features

Where have we come from and where are we going? Do you remember when CDs first appeared in the record shops? Did you have conversations about which was better: CD’s or Vinyl – or even cassettes? Today the discussions seem to be centred around the relative merits...
BLISS: The Composer Conducts

BLISS: The Composer Conducts

Jun 24, 2025 | CD reviews

A Fiftieth anniversary Tribute SOMM ARIADNE 5039-2 [2CDs] Sir Arthur Bliss was an excellent conductor of his own music, but surprisingly he made very few commercial recordings. SOMM here celebrates the 50th anniversary of his death with a 2-CD set of archive...
Obituary: Garry Humphreys

Obituary: Garry Humphreys

Jun 24, 2025 | News

22 February 1946 – 7 May 2025 Garry Humphreys ALA, FGMS, FRSA – baritone, conductor, writer, researcher, and business librarian – was born in Nottingham and grew up in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. He was adopted at birth, by the couple with whom his...