Nov 27, 2023 | CD reviews
London VoicesBen Parry conductorAndreana Chan organ SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD790 The music for all 21 of these sincerely sacred pieces is composed by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange. She has also written, or at least compiled, the texts of two of the pieces, Words from The...
Nov 27, 2023 | CD reviews
Philharmonia OrchestraHoward Blake piano and conductorEnglish Northern PhilharmoniaPaul Daniel conductor SOMMCD 0678 This latest SOMM disc is devoted to orchestral music to mark the 85th birthday of Howard Blake. Mr Blake has been a key figure in British...
Nov 23, 2023 | CD reviews
St Albans Cathedral Girls ChoirLay Clerks of St Albans CathedralTom Winpenny conductor and piano NAXOS 8.574576 Elizabeth Poston (1905 -1987) studied composition privately with Ralph Vaughan Williams. She was a close friend of Peter Warlock, and an expert on his...
Nov 21, 2023 | CD reviews
WILLIAM WORDSWORTHTHOMAS WILSON EDWARD McGUIRE Richard Deering piano HERITAGE HTGCD 142 No, not the poet, but the great-great-grandson of brother Christopher. He is claimed by both Scotland and England but he did not come permanently to Scotland till he was 53 when he...
Nov 21, 2023 | CD reviews
Royal Ballet SinfoniaCity of Prague Symphony OrchestraBarry Wordsworth, Gavin Sutherland, Julian Bigg conductor HERITAGE RECORDS HTGCD 139 A Child’s Christmas is an apposite title for an enchanting collection of orchestral music for...
Nov 20, 2023 | CD reviews
Retrospect OperaStephen Higgins piano Retrospect Opera RO010 Retrospect Opera is an independent charitable recording company devoted to reviving British Operas or related theatrical musical entertainments from the period 1750 – 1950. Jack Sheppard was one of the most...
