Kenneth Woods, conductor of the English Symphony Orchestra, makes the point about this work that there is still a lot of great music to be written in C major…

This compendium of mostly British contributions to the literature amply demonstrates the versatility of which the recorder is capable. There is variety of mood, virtuosity, colour…

Philip Sawyers’ Third Symphony of (so far) six symphonies was completed in 2016, and it is a muscular work rooted in tonal language but refreshingly ‘dissonant’ and dramatic…

The composer’s note to this recording of Howard Skempton’s ‘50 Preludes and Fugues for Organ’ begins by expressing the likely reaction of many people when first encountering this project…

My initial impression was of the almost salon-like nature of the arrangement, and the pure beauty of Shaw’s voice…

If the music inhabits a somewhat circumscribed sound and emotional world that puts him in good company with others outside the mainstream…