Oct 28, 2024 | CD reviews
Tasmin Little / Ruth Rogers violinMartin Roscoe / Simon Callaghan piano LYRITA SRCD 424 For those who associated the composer George Lloyd with his output of symphonies, it will probably be refreshing to hear music that he wrote for his own instrument, the violin....
Oct 28, 2024 | CD reviews
Martin Jones piano LYRITA SRCD 436 The Australian composer Graham Hair has had a distinguished academic career which culminated in his holding the Gardiner Chair in Music at Glasgow University until his retirement in 2001. In his note on the music the composer says...
Oct 28, 2024 | CD reviews
Short StoryA Fist Full of FivesWar Horse Orchestral Suite Five Theatre Miniatures Fenella Humphreys violin BBC PhilharmonicMichael Seal conductor CHANDOS CHAN20349 Adrian Sutton is well known to the theatre going public through his music for National Theatre...
Oct 27, 2024 | CD reviews
Ralph Vaughan Williams and Shakespeare Albion SingersKent SinfoniaJames Ross conductor ALBION ALBCD062 The front cover of the CD shows a portrait of Richard III and with the title Royal Throne of Kings. This looks very much like those CDs of medieval music recorded by...
