May 28, 2026 | CD reviews
The Mira EnsembleTom Edney director SOMMCD 0725 A captivating and heart-easing disc. Partsongs have suffered a decline in fashion since the middle of the last century; so while Howells’ ecstatic liturgical settings continue to flourish, all but one of the brief works...
May 28, 2026 | CD reviews
James Geer tenor Ronald Woodley piano ...
May 26, 2026 | CD reviews
Mar Umbert Kimura pianoSomerville College Choir, OxfordWill Dawes director RESONUS Res10380 Christopher Churcher (b.2004) is a young composer who is currently studying music at the University of Oxford where is he is a choral scholar with Somerville College Choir....
May 26, 2026 | CD reviews
The Choir of Canterbury CathedralJamie Rogers organDavid Newsholme conductor RESONUS Res 10377 Matthew Martin has had a varied career in music, the earlier portion closely involved in cathedral music. After six years as Assistant Master of Music at Westminster...
May 26, 2026 | CD reviews
Peter Cigleris clarinetJohn Andrews conductorLondon Mozart Players SOMM CD 0722 On the surface these works might appear to be unlikely bedfellows but, despite the big stylistic contrasts they were all being composed possibly within a few months of...
Apr 24, 2026 | CD reviews
The Chapel Choir of Merton College, Oxford Benjamin Nicholas conductorFrançois Cloete and Owen Chann organ DELPHIAN DCD34332 [58] Since his death 40 years ago, Edmund Rubbra’s music remains on the outskirts of the repertoire. Much still deserves an airing but...
