Jul 28, 2026 | CD reviews
This is a most intriguing issue with much to admire. It is no surprise that this composer’s muse has led where it has. Following his organ scholarship at St John’s Cambridge, he completed an M.Phil in Environmental Policy…
Jul 28, 2026 | CD reviews
This selection of his piano works includes those written within a 15-year period from 2005. The three sonatas are varied, firmly rooted in tonality and in the long and honourable tradition of British solo piano music…
Jul 27, 2026 | CD reviews
Paul Henley came to composition as a sole occupation somewhat late, when he was 60, after a varied career as an opera singer and a teacher. His catalogue of works is impressive…
Jul 27, 2026 | CD reviews
This Metier CD features solo music written specifically for the featured soloist, and for a specific 1641 instrument (the oldest viola in England) – initially for a series of concerts in some of London’s most venerable churches…
Jul 27, 2026 | CD reviews
This release celebrates the composer’s 75th birthday and consists of the composer playing two of his substantial cycles for piano…
Jul 27, 2026 | CD reviews
Eric Craven is a composer who eschews publicity… He has composed since his youth, but only recently and at the urging of a number of eminent pianists, was persuaded to make his work publicly available…