Bringing Britain’s musical heritage alive
Founded in 1979, the British Music Society is dedicated to promoting and preserving Britain’s musical heritage with particular emphasis on 20th century composers through recordings, publications and events
Latest features & reviews
GEORGE BENJAMIN: Picture a Day Like This
This is the composer’s fourth collaboration with playwright Martin Crimp, and it is their most compact and, to my mind, most successful piece yet…
RUTH GIPPS: Piper of Dreams
Decades ago the best chance of hearing the music of Ruth Gipps was to attend her occasional and often adventurous concerts. Now her discography is expanding rapidly, not least thanks to this label and this soloist…
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Early and Late Works
This is an interesting (well, in parts) addition to the recorded library of VW’s music, and the music is unfailingly recorded and played…
SIÂN PHILIPPS & PER RUNDBERG: From Shadows to Light
The composers chosen by Siân Philipps for this CD explore what it means to be ‘an outsider on the margins’…
EDWARD COWIE: Rutherford’s Light
I was hit by a kind of musical shock and awe. Further listening brought lucidity and a sense of wonderment at the multicoloured pianistic details that shone through…
In short: CD reviews
This new feature offers some brief reviews of some interesting new recordings… FINGER PRINTS Paul Guinery piano EM Records EMR CD 088 Paul Guinery, whose voice will be familiar to listeners to R3,...