WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT: Complete Piano Concertos

WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT: Complete Piano Concertos

Nov 26, 2025 | CD reviews

Malcolm Binns, Simon Callaghan and Hiroaki Takenouchi pianistsNicholas Braithwaite, Martin Yates conductors LYRITA SRCD-2449 William Sterndale Bennett was the most distinguished composer of the early Victorian era in Britain, his only possible rivals being S. S....
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Orchestral Works

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Orchestral Works

Nov 26, 2025 | CD reviews

Ulster OrchestraCharles Peebles conductor SOMMCD 0713 The 150th anniversary of Coleridge-Taylor’s birth has prompted a number of releases of recordings of his music. This one is the more welcome because it includes several works hitherto not committed to disc. The...
Holst’s piano up for adoption

Holst’s piano up for adoption

Nov 25, 2025 | News

Gustav Holst’s piano is up for adoption by The Holst Birthplace Trust as part of the fundraising scheme called Adopt an Object. The instrument was used by Holst to compose The Planets and the trust is looking for someone to adopt it for £3,000 per year. The...
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Nov 25, 2025 | Features

Jack Van Zandt explores Walter Goehr’s contributions to British music Hitler’s rise to power in early 1930s Germany and his subsequent chokehold on culture created a wave of émigré refugees of accomplished artists and scientists, many of whom were welcomed to the UK...
E. J. MOERAN: Orchestral Works

E. J. MOERAN: Orchestral Works

Nov 25, 2025 | CD reviews

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult conductorAlbert Sammons  violin SOMM ARIADNE 5045 Ernest John Moeran died in slightly mysterious circumstances in Ireland on 1 December 1950, and this disc proudly proclaims ‘Moeran 75’ on its cover which has a colour...