Jul 22, 2024 | CD reviews
Tom Winpenny organ TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 0724 John Gardner is one of the many British 20th century composers who have not really received the public attention that they deserve. This is in no way a complaint, but certainly, the last quarter of...
Jul 22, 2024 | CD reviews
Freddy Kempf piano Divine Art DDX21243 Matt Dibble was born and lived in Southeast London. He studied music at the University of York, and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He was a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, arranger and producer,...
Jul 18, 2024 | CD reviews
English Symphony Orchestra Kenneth Woods conductor NIMBUS NI6447 Given its foreshadowing of Job as an elemental attempt to confront the mysteries of human fate, it may be surprising that more composers have not turned to the myth of Gilgamesh. I am only familiar with...
Jul 17, 2024 | CD reviews
Victoria String QuartetJohn Bradbury clarinetRichard Simpson oboe Simon Leach piano ...
Jul 17, 2024 | CD reviews
Black Dyke BandJohn Wilson conductor CHANDOS CHSA5344 As Master of the Queen’s Musick (he liked the old spelling), Sir Arthur Bliss was required to write much ceremonial music for brass instruments. He approached what could have been an onerous task with great...
Jun 27, 2024 | CD reviews
BBC Philharmonic OrchestraAlbany Symphony OrchestraGeorge Lloyd conductor Lyrita SRCD 2417 3 As an undergraduate studying music, I remember an essay title which read The symphony is dead. Discuss. Well, if that was a serious viewpoint in the early 1970’s it was...
