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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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Panufnik Legacies IV
This is the fourth CD resulting from the LSO’s Discovery programme showcasing new composers, guided by Colin Matthews (whose own mastery of orchestration was doubtless most useful)…
When I was One-and-Twenty: English Song
The background to this disc is given in its subtitle ‘A celebration of love and the English Landscape underpinned by the poetry of A.E.Housman’…
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…