Obituary: Giles Easterbrook

Obituary: Giles Easterbrook

BMS Vice-President has died aged 72. 1949 – 2021 After two years in concert management, Giles Easterbrook started his career in the promotion department at Novellos where he later became head of promotion and served the Novello composers with extraordinary...
EUAN MOSELEY: Piano Topography

EUAN MOSELEY: Piano Topography

Gusztáv Fenyö piano CLAUDIO CONTEMPORARY CC5991/2-2 ‘He’s a mischievous and cunning old artist’ – the French avant-garde painter Francis Picabia was referring to Erik Satie, but after listening to the double CD set that presents the 20 concert studies that make...
Book explores life of Victorian musician

Book explores life of Victorian musician

The Best in Sound and Form and Hue is a fascinating work of social history based on extensive primary-source research by the author, John Hugh Thomas about John Squire, musician and artist who lived from 1833 – 1909. This is the biography of a banker and skilled...
Naxos UK celebrates 30th birthday

Naxos UK celebrates 30th birthday

Founded in 1991 to market and distribute the Naxos and Marco Polo labels in the UK, Naxos Music UK Ltd (formerly Select Music & Video Distribution Ltd) this year celebrates 30 years’ service within the record industry. It currently handles the distribution...
Letter: Spot that Tune

Letter: Spot that Tune

Dear BMS The ‘Spot that tune’ music in the August E-News is by Robert Farnon – How beautiful is night.  I have a piano arrangement that was published by Chappell in an album entitled Robert Farnon – Journey into Melody ISBN 0-86359-529-4.  Kind...