Mar 21, 2025 | CD reviews
Charlie Lovell-Jones violinSinfonia of LondonJohn Wilson conductor CHANDOS CHSA 5380 This issue looks like a very attractive offering, so, reluctantly, I have to air some misgivings about several issues. The first one is strange, to say the least. The performers, the...
Mar 20, 2025 | CD reviews
BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins conductor Heritage HTGCD 133 These are brilliantly re-mastered BBC recordings from 1996 (Lila) and 1992 (Concerto) by Paul Arden-Taylor. They are a follow up to the recording which came out last month of Sohal’s ‘The...
Mar 20, 2025 | CD reviews
Peter Moore trombone Tredegar Brass BandIan Porthouse conductor Chandos CHSA 5366 Born in Belfast and raised in Greater Manchester, Peter Moore gained international attention at the age of 12 when, in 2008, he became the youngest winner of the BBC Young Musician...
Mar 20, 2025 | CD reviews
Myer Fredman, Lionel Friend, Sir Charles Mackerras conductorsPhilharmonia OrchestraBBC Symphony Orchestra Heritage HTGCD 130 Fredman really tears into the tumultuous opening of Symphony 29: if Alexander Walker (Naxos) makes the central melody sing more, this is the...
Mar 19, 2025 | CD reviews
Roderick Chadwick piano métier mex 77123 Born in England in 1943 and having spent 12 years later in life in Australia, Edward Cowie came back to England in 1995. In 2023, he returned to Australia where he now lives. In addition to his work as a...
Mar 19, 2025 | CD reviews
Members of the Kreutzer Quartet Royal Academy of Music musicians Metier mex 77209 Justin Connolly was born in 1933 and died in 2020 during the Covid pandemic. This is a double album of nine of his chamber works, amounting to just over two hours of music. It is a...
Mar 19, 2025 | CD reviews
Simon Callaghan pianoBBCNOWWilliam Boughton conductorLyrita SRCD444 Philip Cannon’s concertino is from the beginning of his career and is a remarkable work by a 19/20-year-old. It is a neo-classical in style and structured in three movements, all perfectly judged...
