Twenty compositions by seven contemporary composers Oscar Whight trumpetZeynep Özsuca piano Willowhayne Records WHR093 It was trumpet-player Oscar Whight who, in 2020 during the pandemic, when musicians were being forced apart from one another, decided to bring...
Adrian Bradbury celloAndrew West piano SOMM SOMMCD 0685 It might be thought perverse to choose the shortest piece here as the defining example of the distinguished artistry epitomised within. Grainger’s Variations on Handel’s ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith’, which later...
Leonore Piano TrioOrchestra NovaGeorge Vass conductor Resonus RES10338 The booklet notes confidently proclaim right from the start that ‘Huw Watkins is widely recognised as the leading Welsh composer of his generation’. It is certainly true that his CV proves as much....
SonoroNeil Ferris conductor SOMM SOMMCD 0686 Having recently reviewed the new publication marking the composer’s centenary, it has been a pleasure to encounter this third issue of his music from the confident and enterprising chamber choir, Sonoro. Dodgson’s scores...
Piano music by Philip Hammond with storytelling by Liz Weir and Colin Urwin Anthony Capparelli piano Divine Art ddx 21125 American pianist Anthony Capparelli, now resident in Belgium, presents his own choice of piano music by the...
