Aug 15, 2024 | CD reviews
Juliana Koch oboe/cor anglaisMichael McHale pianoJulian Bliss clarinet CHAN 20290 Decades ago the best chance of hearing the music of Ruth Gipps was to attend her occasional and often adventurous concerts with her various ‘semi-pro’ orchestras on the South Bank and...
Aug 15, 2024 | CD reviews
Flourish for Glorious JohnFantasia for piano and orchestraThe SteersmanThe Future Lucy Crowe sopranoJacques Imbrailo baritoneAndrew von Oeyen pianoBBC Symphony Orchestra and ChorusMartin Yates conductor Dutton CDLX 7411 This is an interesting (well, in parts) addition...
Jul 24, 2024 | CD reviews
Siân Philipps violinPer Rundberg piano CLAUDIO CC6035-2 The composers chosen by Siân Philipps for this CD explore what it means to be ‘an outsider on the margins’. She writes, ‘Most of the composers on this disc either experienced this or helped others who had’. She...
Jul 24, 2024 | CD reviews
Richard Casey piano métier mex 77116 The expression ‘Renaissance Man’ refers in the present day to someone who is knowledgeable, educated and proficient across a wide range of fields. It is the perfect description of Dr Edward Cowie. He is listed as being proficient...
Jul 24, 2024 | CD reviews
This new feature offers some brief reviews of some interesting new recordings… FINGER PRINTS Paul Guinery piano EM Records EMR CD 088 Paul Guinery, whose voice will be familiar to listeners to R3, is also a virtuoso pianist with an extraordinary library of...
Jul 23, 2024 | CD reviews
Tom Winpenny organ TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 0731 This is the second volume of Gerald Hendrie’s organ music played by the indefatigable Tom Winpenny on the organ of St Alban’s Cathedral, where he is Assistant Master of Music. In the disc booklet there is a...
