Mar 22, 2024 | CD reviews
BBC Philharmonic Philharmonia Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Brass Albany Symphony Orchestra George Lloyd conductor LYRITA SRCD 2418 It is an extraordinary journey to hear the whole of George Lloyd’s symphonies over a single period of time, a...
Mar 22, 2024 | CD reviews
Roderick Williams baritoneSusie Allan piano SOMM 0683 It seems that Roderick Williams is never out of the recording studio, but this disc is more special as he has conceived it both as a CD and as a complete recital. He explains in the excellent booklet notes (also...
Mar 21, 2024 | CD reviews
Retrospect OperaThe Orchestra of Scottish OperaDavid Parry conductor and the spoken role of Sergeant Cox Opera Bohemia Voices chorus RETROSPECT OPERA RO011 Shamus O’Brien, first performed in 1896, was Stanford’s most successful opera. Well-known names of the...
Mar 21, 2024 | CD reviews
Marsyas TrioLotte Betts-Dean mezzo-sopranoJoseph Havlet piano METIER MEX 77102 Michael Finnissy is one of the most articulate and prolific composers of his generation, generally bracketed with other pioneers who have soldiered for decades under the dauntingly...
Mar 21, 2024 | CD reviews
Laura Chislett flutesEdward Cowie piano métier mex 77121 Menurida is the Latin family name of the Australian Lyrebird. From there comes the name of the flute and piano duo bringing together Australian flute virtuoso Laura Chislett and composer Edward Cowie, born...
Mar 20, 2024 | CD reviews
Martin Jones Resonus RES10331 In the book A Pilgrim Soul by Meirion and Susie Harries (Michael Joseph 1989) they write ‘Few people consider Lizzie’s piano works to be amongst her best, she herself felt she did not really understand the instrument’. But Martin...
