May 27, 2024 | CD reviews
Two CDs, First Recordings Matthew Owens organ RESONANCE CLASSICS RES10336 The composer’s note to this recording of Howard Skempton’s ‘50 Preludes and Fugues for Organ’ begins by expressing the likely reaction of many people when first encountering this project....
May 24, 2024 | News, Reviews
Concert review: music by Kraus, Coult, Sibelius and Arnold St Paul’s SinfoniaPhilippa Boyle soprano Andrew Morley conductor Friday 17 May, St Margaret’s Church, Blackheath The St Paul’s Sinfonia, who celebrate their 20th anniversary next year, are a...
May 20, 2024 | CD reviews
Songs by Collins, Butterworth, Warlock, Holst, Bridge Scott Robert Shaw tenorConceptus DIVINE ART DDX 21133 Australian-born Scott Robert Shaw is a former member of (among many others) the Holst Singers. His debut disc The English Tenor explored early C20th English...
May 20, 2024 | CD reviews
Ulster OrchestraSinead Hayes ConductorCraig Ogden guitar Daniel Browell piano DIVINE ART DDX 21131 The Ulster composer Greg Caffrey is a new name to me, though I have been aware of the Hard Rain Ensemble that he founded a decade ago. Aingeal is a tribute to a loved...
