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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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PETER DICKINSON: Chamber and Instrumental Music
Though the music in this disc stretches from Metamorphosis in 1955 to the 2018 revision of Tranquillo, both for solo violin, its focus is rather more on the earlier part of Peter Dickinson’s compositional life.
COOKE: Chamber Music
These are all outstanding first ever recordings of stunningly well-crafted chamber works. Many have been broadcast before but the Pleyel Ensemble are to be congratulated for being first to give them a more permanent afterlife
ARNOLD: The Dancing Master
A BBC rejection of Malcolm Arnold’s only opera still leaves indelible scars after 60 years. It was one of many disappointments to befall the prolific composer.
HOLST: Alpha and Omega
… I can truthfully assert that the rest of the disc, its major part, is unalloyed joy. It includes all 17 of Holst’s carols, two of which are recorded for the first time.
Memories of Peter Wishart
Arriving at the Guildhall School of Music early in 1961, the old building by Blackfriars Bridge, I was directed to a room upstairs, where, after knocking, the door was opened by Peter Wishart surrounded by the delicious aroma of French Disque Bleu cigarettes…
PAUL LEWIS: Harp Scenes
Lewis’s music is, quite rightly, described as a ‘luscious oeuvre’ and so if you want harp music that is idiomatic, tuneful and lyrical then this disc is for you…