Oct 27, 2024 | CD reviews
Ralph Vaughan Williams and Shakespeare Albion SingersKent SinfoniaJames Ross conductor ALBION ALBCD062 The front cover of the CD shows a portrait of Richard III and with the title Royal Throne of Kings. This looks very much like those CDs of medieval music recorded by...
Oct 25, 2024 | CD reviews
Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea William Vann conductor ALBION ALBCD064 I have in front of me not only the...
Oct 25, 2024 | CD reviews
London Chamber Ensemble SOMM 0692 Charles Wood (1866-1926) is now chiefly remembered as a teacher and Church composer. (There is an informative YouTube lecture about him). If the idiom of his String Quartet no 6 (1915-16) is mostly 19th century, then no matter. The...
Oct 25, 2024 | CD reviews
Clare Hammond piano PALADINO MUSIC PMR0137 This release celebrates the artistic collaboration between the performer, Clare Hammond and the composer Kenneth Hesketh. Hammond provides a very full and detailed set of notes on the various pieces included in the album. She...
