RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT: Orchestral Works Vol. 5

RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT: Orchestral Works Vol. 5

Jonathan Aasgaard celloBBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraJohn Wilson conductor  CHANDOS CHSA5266 Slowly the admirable Chandos project to record the complete orchestral works of this composer proceeds. Postwar, the Concerto for Orchestra genre took off, with...
STEPHEN GOSS: Landscape and Memory

STEPHEN GOSS: Landscape and Memory

DEUX-ELLES DXL 1202 (3 Discs) This is a hugely rewarding issue by one of the most innovative and appealing composers of our time, and is highly recommended. Most pieces here (but not all) include guitar, reflecting Goss’s distinguished career as performer and academic...
MARTIN BUSSEY: A Brother Abroad

MARTIN BUSSEY: A Brother Abroad

Marcus Farnsworth baritoneAlison Rose sopranoMartin Bussey conductor RESONUS RES10350  Peter of Bologna (c1260-1332), Suffragan Bishop of Corbavia (in Croatia) ministered across Europe and spent the last 15 years of his life in England. He dedicated Pinner Parish...
GAVIN HIGGINS: The Faerie Bride / Horn Concerto

GAVIN HIGGINS: The Faerie Bride / Horn Concerto

BBC National Orchestra of WalesJaime Martin, Martyn Brabbins conductorsLyrita SRCD440 [2 CDs]Born in 1983 in the Forest of Dean, Gavin Higgins has been composer in association with the BBC NOW. His multi-award-winning works are not part of the avant-garde but grow out...
TOM COULT: Pieces That Disappear

TOM COULT: Pieces That Disappear

BBC Philharmonic Elena Schwarz, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Gourlay conductors NMC NMCD261 Tom Coult, born in London in 1988, has had considerable success in a variety of musical genres and is currently composer in association with the BBC Philharmonic. That...
LEIGHTON/VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: That Sweet City

LEIGHTON/VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: That Sweet City

Rowan Atkinson narratorChoir of The Queen’s College, OxfordBritten Sinfonia SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD917 I imagine that for a lot of our members this issue, with its headline title That Sweet City, will be self-recommending. The fact that it is also an outstanding...