Oct 15, 2020 | CD reviews
Hallé OrchestraSir Mark Elder conductorNeal Davies baritone Hallé CD HLL 7556 Job the dancing masque is beguiling. It brightly glows like a musical rainbow and would light up the most pedestrian of concert halls. It bursts with mesmerising melodies conjured from...
Oct 15, 2020 | CD reviews
Mary Bevan sopranoNicky Spence tenor Roderick Williams baritoneJack Liebeck violinWilliam Vann piano Albion Records ALBCD042 Music aficionados who voraciously feed off the charming wit and harmonies of Ralph Vaughan Williams would do well to take note of this first of...
Oct 15, 2020 | CD reviews
Blackdyke BandSheffield Philharmonic ChorusNicholas Childs, Darius Battiwalla Conductors NAXOS 8.574130 For many churches with the right resources John Rutter (B. 1945) is a hero. As part of his oeuvre he has created a whole series of much-loved anthems and...
Oct 15, 2020 | CD reviews
32 Songs by G. Molyneux Palmer Martyn Hill tenorMeriel Dickinson mezzo sopranoPeter Dickinson HERITAGE HTGCD175 Organist and composer Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer (1882-1957), though born and educated in England, spent most of his life in Dublin. His teacher at the RCM...
Sep 23, 2020 | CD reviews
PRIMA FACIE PFCD135 The Beachcomber comprises 14 short tracks, the longest being just over seven minutes. Threaded throughout are six brief pieces for two percussionists, playing a wide variety of instruments including assorted drums, bells, gongs and tuned bowls. At...
Sep 23, 2020 | CD reviews
with Richard Baker narrator divine art dda 25210 This collection of compositions by 15 living composers is perfectly described in an introduction by Paul Hindmarsh of the Royal Northern College of Music as a ‘Garland of tributes to Sir John Manduell (1928 – 2017)....
