Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Sir Philip Ledger - A Musician’s Legacy – a fitting tribute to a fine musician on a new release from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

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During the years 1957 to 1982 the music at Kings College, Cambridge   www.kings.cam.ac.uk was in the hands of two inspirational Directors...
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013

The second volume of Handel’s Suites for Harpsichord from Divine Art Recordings, in performances played superbly by Gilbert Rowland

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Some composers suffer the fate of being remembered through only a handful of their works or, indeed, just a single work. George Frideric H...
Monday, 15 April 2013

A new release from Naïve of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto from Sarah Nemtanu recorded live at an Amnesty International concert in 2012

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Of all violin concertos Tchaikovsky’s must be one of the most popular and most recorded. Begun in 1878, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D...
Sunday, 14 April 2013

Sir Colin Davis has died at the age of 85

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The sad news has been announced that the great British conductor Sir Colin Davis has died at the age of 85. Sir Colin studied as a cl...
Saturday, 13 April 2013

Messiaen and Saariaho are brought together in first rate performances from Gloria Cheng and the Calder Quartet on a new release from Harmonia Mundi

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Two unique composers of the 20 th and 21 st century,   Olivier Messiaen and Kaija Saariaho, have been brought together on a new release fr...
Monday, 8 April 2013

Some spectacular performances of 20th Century English Recorder Music from Jill Kemp on the Music and Media label

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In my review of Piers Adams’ recording Shine and Shade I spoke of the revival of interest in the recorder during the 20th Century. http:/...
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Sunday, 7 April 2013

Attractive Chamber and Instrumental works by David Braid on a recording from Toccata Classics

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The composer David Braid (b.1970)   http://davidbraid.net was born in Wrexham and studied at the Royal College of Music from 1990-94. He ...