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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HAVERGAL BRIAN: Symphonies Nos. 29, 30, 31 & 32
The compact Symphony 30 is one of Brian’s most enigmatic. The only way to grasp this intense, dramatic, often violent music is to decode its densely-layered meaning bar by bar…
EDWARD COWIE: Rock Music (Piano Sonatas 1-3)
Do not be misled by the title Rock Music. It refers not to rock n’ roll music, but to piano music born out of rumination on different types of rock, rock out of which our planet is built…
JUSTIN CONNOLLY: Music for Strings (plus…)
It is a wonderful idea to combine the virtuosity of the Kreutzer Quartet with the fine talents of students from the Royal Academy in these totally brilliant performances…
BRITISH PIANO CONCERTOS: Addison, Cannon, Chagrin
Philip Cannon’s concertino is from the beginning of his career and is a remarkable work.. It is a neo-classical in style and structured in three movements…
ROBIN STEVENS: A Questing Soul
This is a generously filled double CD of music for violin and piano by Robin Stevens. There are works for violin and piano duo, and well as solo violin and solo piano…
A NEW SPIRIT: An album of première recordings
This is a most enjoyable disc where the music is performed to an extremely high standard. Tuning and intonation are beyond reproach and the recording is both warm and clear…