Sep 21, 2023 | CD reviews
Crouch End Festival ChorusLondon Mozart PlayersWilliam Vann conductor CHANDOS CHSA 5317 Parry’s Prometheus Unbound has suffered decades of neglect, the only recent performance being in 1980. It now finds a champion in William Vann, whose new recording follows his...
Sep 21, 2023 | CD reviews
CLAUDIO Contemporary CC6052-2 Here on this CD are eight vibrant chamber works by Barry Mills (b. 1949). Several contain multiple movements – 22 pieces in total. The word Images in the title is significant. Mills paints pictures with his music. Actually, these are not...
Sep 20, 2023 | CD reviews
Robert Plane clarinetBBC Philharmonic OrchestraGeoffrey Paterson conductorGould Piano TrioBenjamin Frith Piano Resonus Classics RES10319 This disc is testimony to the artistry of clarinettist Robert Plane who features in all four works all of which he also...
Sep 20, 2023 | CD reviews
Anna Hashimoto clarinetsRoderick Chadwick piano métier mex 77104 Following on from his birdsong cycles of Great Britain and Australia, Edward Cowie’s latest two-disc set explores birds of the USA. Pianist Roderick Chadwick is back again, but this time Cowie has...
