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 ...
Sep 18, 2024 | CD reviews
Cristina Anghelescu violinPhilharmonia OrchestraDavid Parry conductorAnthony Ross celloAlbany Symphony Orchestra David Alan Miller conductor Lyrita SRCD 2422 George Lloyd’s musical credo was ‘I write what I like’, and music flowed from his pen with ease it seems. He...
