Apr 24, 2024 | CD reviews
Zeb Soanes narratorBritten SinfoniaJamie Phillips conductor CHANDOS CHAN 20296 Though I am willing to be corrected, I think this is the first time that the whole of the Hassan score has been recorded, though some excerpts are of course very familiar. The music was...
Apr 24, 2024 | CD reviews
Simon Callaghan piano Hiroaki Takenouchi piano LYRITA SRCD433 The majority of the music on this disc is by Madeline Dring (1923-77), a prodigiously gifted musician who died far too young of a cerebral haemorrhage. Born with perfect pitch and synaesthesia, she...
Apr 23, 2024 | Book reviews, Reviews
Stephen Dodgson: a centenary celebration ed. Oliver Chandler & Thomas Hyde DE LA PORTEISBN 978-1-8383269-1-3 A first-rate volume, carefully crafted to appeal to both the average music-lover and the professional seeking more detailed information, this immediately...
Apr 23, 2024 | CD reviews
The Exon SingersMatthew Owens conductor Lyrita SRCD.420 George Lloyd finished his final score, the Requiem for counter-tenor, choir and organ, just a month before his death in 1998. Dedicated to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, it is a work on a grand scale,...
Apr 23, 2024 | CD reviews
Brighton Festival Chorus Laszlo Heltay choir conductorBournemouth Symphony OrchestraGuildford Choral Society Philharmonia Orchestra George Lloyd conductor LYRITA SRCD 2419, 2CDs This latest release of choral music continues the excellent partnership between the...
Apr 22, 2024 | CD reviews
Soloists from the London Mozart Players LYRITA SRCD 4342 The long-lived Kenneth V. Jones was an all-rounder; conductor, teacher, and film/TV composer, he also wrote a number of concert works, here recorded for the first time. The Quintet for Piano and Strings from...
Apr 22, 2024 | CD reviews
Stephen Farr organIndira Grier cello RESONUS CLASSICS RES10332 Francis Grier may be considered fortunate in that this is the second very fine recording of his works for organ to appear, with only one instance of duplication. This is the short Chorale Prelude on...
