Sep 26, 2024 | CD reviews
Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital ChelseaWilliam Vann director ALBION RECORDS ALBCD 063 From the inexhaustible well of Christmas fare, here is welcome refreshment for the most sated. Although crowned by a fine rendering of Vaughan Williams’ familiar Fantasia on...
Sep 25, 2024 | CD reviews
London VoicesBen Parry conductor Signum Classics SIGCD873 Joanna Forbes L’Estrange is the granddaughter of the celebrated Scottish viola player Watson Forbes, who was a member of the Aeolian String Quartet and for some years Head of...
Sep 25, 2024 | CD reviews
ALBION RECORDS ALBCD 065 A well-conceived and finely-executed release of intriguing rarities. Holst’s Invocation, in an idiomatic arrangement by Hannah Roper, showcases the violinist’s arresting line, and the music’s soaring tessitura immediately succeeds in banishing...
Sep 25, 2024 | CD reviews
The BBC SingersRoyal Ballet SinfoniaRochester Choral SocietyJohn Mountford conductor VIVUM MUSIC 701224 This work, Regards from Rochester, was commissioned by the Rochester Choral Society to celebrate their 150th anniversary. Comparatively few composers also...
Sep 19, 2024 | CD reviews, News
Anthony Goldstone and Caroline ClemmowKathryn Stott Martin Roscoe LYRITA SRCD.2423 To those unfamiliar with George Lloyd’s music or biography, the difficulties and reverses that he suffered, both personal and professional, recall another composer of the...
Sep 19, 2024 | CD reviews
Corvus ConsortFreddie Crowley conductor ...
