Streaming site launches new releases

Streaming site launches new releases

CRQ Editions, a specialist download and streaming site devoted to the re-release of unusual out-of-copyright recordings which are of interest to collectors world-wide, has recently released several recordings of British music of interest. These include the following:...
LENNOX IN PARIS: Music for Violin & Piano

LENNOX IN PARIS: Music for Violin & Piano

Emmanuel Bach-ViolinJenny Stern-Piano Willowhayne Records  WHR070 The booklet cover displays a wonderful Parisian street, I think the Champs-Élysées, by Pissarro which really conjures up the lights and gaiety of the world which Lennox Berkeley entered in the late...
Obituary

Obituary

Francis Jackson CBE  (1917-2022) The composer, conductor, Organist and Master of the Choristers at York Minster for thirty-six years, and infinitely benign mentor and friend to generations of choristers and fellow organists, died on 10th January, 2022, at the age of...
Obituary: John Mitchinson

Obituary: John Mitchinson

1932 – 2021 John Mitchinson, one of our most celebrated tenors, passed away in December. His long-time friend and colleague Glenville Hargreaves, himself a distinguished singer and teacher, offers some personal reminiscences. Although I knew John’s singing...
WILLIAM WALTON: A Centenary Celebration

WILLIAM WALTON: A Centenary Celebration

Façade, Henry V Roderick Williams, Tamsin Dalley recitersKevin Whately narrator SOMMCD 277 The connection between these well-known but diverse works by one of our most significant 20th century composers is clear – both employ the spoken word. This diversity is...