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GEOFFREY POOLE: A Pianist’s I Ching
I Ching is the most ancient of the classical Chinese texts, thought to be 3,000 years old. It is intended to help individuals and governments divine fortuitous decisions in life, and to accept with equanimity when things do not turn out well…
EDWARD GREGSON: Instrumental Music
Edward Gregson made his name a with a stunning series of highly original, tuneful works for British brass band, and latterly for orchestra. This CD follows on from an earlier Naxos disc of solo piano music.
RICHARD FRANCIS: Solo Piano Music (2006-2015)
… it is excitingly virtuosic, its fast chiming chords and dizzying runs performed with great élan by the splendid solo pianist, Duncan Honeybourne…
DREAMS MELTING: Songs by Ferguson, Clarke, Maconchy, Finzi & Tate
All but three of the songs on this disc have been recorded before, if infrequently; however for the most part this remains unfamiliar repertoire…
PHOENIX: Music for oboe/cor anglais
EM Records continue their outstanding support of tonal British music with this disc of British music for oboe/cor anglais and piano…
ROBERT SIMPSON: Symphonies 5 & 6
By the volcanic end I felt as if I had tottered off an exhilarating roller-coaster of a work, seemingly imagined and written at white heat…