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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
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BARRY MILLS: Unfoldings Volume 10
Unfoldings, the 10th volume of music by Barry Mills contains five String Quartets, one String Quintet (an extra viola) and one Viola Quartet…
HOLST: The Planets and Earth
Recent scholarship has delved deeper into Holst’s astonishing cosmos and revealed just how revolutionary this score was for its time. It is important that familiarity does not dull the bravura of his conception…
WILLIAM BOUGHTON: A celebration on record
This is a budget-priced four-disc set in celebration of the conductor’s distinguished career. The tracks were recorded in different venues over many years…
BAX: Spring Fire
This disc of Bax’s complete music for cello and piano takes its title from the thematic links between that orchestral work and his Cello Sonata. This is a big serious piece…
MALCOLM ARNOLD: Orchestral and Choral Works
It would be hard to overstate the pleasure that this revelatory disc has afforded, and unfamiliarity with the works in question should hinder no-one from obtaining a copy with alacrity…
The Lancashire Caruso
How many British opera singers get a Wetherspoons pub named after them? Not many – but here’s one I stumbled upon when cruising along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal…