Apr 24, 2026 | CD reviews
The Chapel Choir of Merton College, Oxford Benjamin Nicholas conductorFrançois Cloete and Owen Chann organ DELPHIAN DCD34332 [58] Since his death 40 years ago, Edmund Rubbra’s music remains on the outskirts of the repertoire. Much still deserves an airing but...
Apr 24, 2026 | CD reviews
Roderick Chadwick pianoKreutzer Quartet MÉTIER RECORDS mex 77141 Jim Aitchison is a composer known for his musical responses to visual art, and he is a visual artist in his own right. Aitchison’s first piano quintet, Margarete, has its relationship to Anselm Kiefer’s...
Apr 24, 2026 | CD reviews
Ole Schmidt conductorLSO, choruses and soloists HERITAGE HTGCD 124 (2 CDs) Like, I suspect, some other BMS members I recall tumbling from the Albert Hall in May 1980 dazed by the power of the music I had just experienced. Now here is a remastered recording of...
Apr 22, 2026 | Features, Reviews
Heaton Moor United Church, Stockport Memorial concerts commemorating departed loved ones are no novelty, but it’s surely extraordinary to find a memorial concert featuring new pieces specially composed from 14 British composers. That was the case on 18th April when...
Apr 22, 2026 | CD reviews
Christopher Glynn pianoRoderick Williams baritoneMark Eden guitarJames Gilchrist tenorKatie Bray mezzo-sopranoAilish Tynan soprano SOMMCD 0720 Since his death aged 89, the music of Stephen Dodgson (1924-2013) has become a common thread in the new releases...
Apr 22, 2026 | CD reviews
London Choral SinfoniaMichael Waldron conductor ORCHID CLASSICS ORC100424 This splendid disc contains an outstanding recording of Britten’s Serenade. Much research has been undertaken to compare and contrast the various tempi in issues authorised by the composer, and...
