Jun 18, 2024 | CD reviews
BBC PhilharmonicJohn Wilson conductor CHANDOS 20292 Volume 1 of Coates’ orchestral music was issued in 2019, and now, five years on, we have reached volume 4. As has been the custom, significant works are interleaved with shorter lighter ones, thus providing a...
Jun 13, 2024 | CD reviews
Martin Roscoe pianoKathryn Stott pianoBBC Philharmonic OrchestraLondon Symphony OrchestraGeorge Lloyd conductor LYRITA SRCD 2421 3 The piano was not George Lloyd’s instrument and thus he came to writing piano concertos later in his life. The composition of the four...
May 28, 2024 | CD reviews
Plus Songs and Folk song arrangements Mary Lewis, Tudor Davies, etcBritish National Opera CompanyMalcolm Sargent conductor Albion Records ALBCD060 The operas of Vaughan Williams have never gained a permanent place in the repertory, which is a pity. Hugh the Drover,...
May 28, 2024 | CD reviews
Plus Variations for Strings and Double Concerto for Violin and Viola Sara Trickey violinSarah-Jane Bradley violaEnglish Symphony OrchestraEnglish String OrchestraKenneth Woods conductor Nimbus Alliance NI 6382 Kenneth Woods, conductor of the English Symphony...
