HUMPHREY BURTON: In My Own Time

HUMPHREY BURTON: In My Own Time

An Autobiography The Boydell Press This splendidly produced, generously proportioned tome gives the reader valuable insights into the life and times of Humphrey Burton, surely one of the 20th century’s most influential figures in the field of classical music. The text...
Worldwide plans to mark 150th birthday

Worldwide plans to mark 150th birthday

2022 will see the music industry celebrate the 150th birthday of British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958). This will be a commemoration of international significance, with performances, recordings, publications and associated events, and the last...
PUER NATUS EST: Christmas Day from Buckfast Abbey

PUER NATUS EST: Christmas Day from Buckfast Abbey

The Choir of Buckfast AbbeyPhilip Arkwright directorMatthew Searles organ www.adfontes.org If you may have had quite enough of Christmas Carol anthologies on CD, but like at least some seasonal music then this superb issue may be the solution.  In his notes...
ELISABETH LUTYENS: Piano Music Vol 1

ELISABETH LUTYENS: Piano Music Vol 1

Martin Jones piano Resonus 0291 I firmly believe that it is perfectly possible to enjoy and understand the music composed with serial technique alongside what Elisabeth Lutyens infamously called “the cowpat school”. If music is well composed, imaginative and even...