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PIANO QUINTETS: Godfrey, Hodgson, Walthew, McCabe
Percy Godfrey? No, me neither; but this 1900 Piano Quintet is quite the find. The first movement surges with full-bodied invention…
THE BLESSED DAMOZEL: Songs of Arnold Box
It is tempting to reverse the customary credits to read ‘for piano and baritone’ as Mozart and Beethoven used to do with their violin sonatas, since Paula Fan certainly earns the title of ‘collaborative pianist’ here…
CIPRIANI POTTER: Complete Symphonies Vol. 3
Both British music research and musical life pay surprisingly little attention to 19th-century British music. This has hardly changed since a few epoch-making writings…
Lost works of Ailsa Dixon discovered and recorded
After a series of posthumous premieres of works found in her musical archive, the resurgence of interest in Ailsa Dixon’s music is now being marked by a new recording of her chamber music…
THE SILENT POOL: British Piano Music by Women Composers
Peter Jacobs is the doyen of British pianists, and those who admire the keyboard music of British composers have particular cause to be grateful for his tireless work in making so much neglected repertoire better known…
FULL OF GRACE: Choral music by James Woodhall
The main work is The Damascus Road, which is the biblical account of Saul’s conversion, his encounter with God, being struck blind, and becoming Paul…