Volume 2 in Somm’s invaluable contribution to Vaughan Williams’ 150th Anniversary year are three radio broadcasts by the great RVW interpreter Sir Adrian Boult…

Vaughan Williams never pushed himself to the front as a conductor, even of his own works. But when the opportunity arose, on the showing of a limited number of recordings, he proved himself an accomplished director…

Some of you may remember Stephen Dodgson presenting parts of Radio 3’s Record Review, but little did we know then that he was a prolific and versatile composer..

This is a hugely rewarding disc of works inspired by the dance.  Two masterworks from the early 20th century, here in fascinating arrangements, bookend three contemporary works…

Baines described himself as ‘like Debussy’ and by that I suspect he meant that he was creating an emotional image in sound of a landscape or picture…