Although there are other CDs which include individual works, this is the first devoted entirely to Rowley…

Despite one or two reservations, this is a hugely welcome issue of most on John Ireland’s works for orchestra, from a conductor and orchestra who can seemingly do little wrong…

There is such skill and maturity in every aspect of the writing. Then one remembers that the composer was only 18 when he wrote them, and the work becomes even more astonishing…

This disc offers an opportunity to find out via the voice which Britten composed for brilliantly, and the viola which both composers played and loved…

However (!) like Noah stuck on the beach, the series gets off to an indifferent start.  The problem is that, for some reason, the Sea Symphony was recorded in the Barbican Hall.  Its wretched acoustics, close and cold, are not suitable…

For many years Sir John Manduell was best known as a music administrator of great accomplishment; now his compositions are slowly appearing…