May 23, 2025 | CD reviews
Hallé OrchestraThomas Adès conductor SIEMENS CD HLL 7567 This, above all, is a showcase for the Hallé, who play with brilliance and authority in these kaleidoscopic scores. Their titles may suggest that they are all programmatic in a sense, although in the case of...
May 23, 2025 | CD reviews
Nicholas Daniel Oboe Adam Walker Flute Amy Harman BassoonAntonio Oyarzábal Piano CHANDOS 20344 By a happy accident just a few days before this CD plopped on my doormat, I had heard an excellent performance of Dring’s Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano in Hereford. It had...
Apr 28, 2025 | CD reviews
Jeremy Huw Williams baritoneWendy Hiscocks piano Naxos 8.571384 Naxos continues its long-running series of releases sponsored by the British Music Society with an album of songs by Grace Williams (1906-77), all of which are recorded here for the first time and,...
Apr 26, 2025 | CD reviews
BBC Concert OrchestraJohn Andrews conductorIdunnu Münch mezzo-sopranoRuby Hughes sopranoMiwa Rosso cello RESONUS RES10358 Errollyn Wallen seems to be a force of nature. Composer of 20 operas and much, much more, her journey has taken her from her native Belize...
Apr 26, 2025 | CD reviews
Tom Winpenny organ TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 0760 Last July I had the pleasure of reviewing the first volume of John Gardner’s complete organ music and concluded by stating that I looked forward to the second volume. I have not been disappointed. At the time...
Apr 24, 2025 | CD reviews
Kreutzer Quartet Peter Sheppard Skærved solo violin Metier mex 77138 Perhaps, like me, you first came across Robert Saxton when his The Ring of Eternity was first heard in 1984 and later recorded. I have always thought highly of his music, and with this CD...
