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
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THE BEST OF ARNOLD
Arnold’s centenary this year has prompted Naxos to produce this wide-ranging taster disc, compiled from their many recordings of his vast output…
ACOUSTICS IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
This is ‘simply’ a book about sound. Except it is not simple at all. For such a commonplace entity, its control and dissemination is a hugely complex matter…
Memories of composer Martin Shaw
My mother always used to say with a sigh, “I wish you could have known your grandfather”. She loved him dearly, and kept a rare full-face picture of him on her desk.
GEORGES ONSLOW: String Quintets
All in all we have here a disc that more than does this fascinating and original music justice…
DOUGLAS MUNN: Complete Music for Solo Piano
This is an extraordinary disc of music by an extraordinary personality. Douglas Munn was a distinguished mathematician, but also a highly proficient pianist and, in his youth, a significant composer…
THE KING’S ALCHEMIST: British String Trios
The performances are wonderfully convincing and the recording is immediate and detailed. This is well worth exploring…