ALUN HODDINOTT / S. COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / E.J. MOREAN / GERALD FINZI / etc
British String Concertos Rohan de Saram, Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Yfrah Neaman, John Georgiadis, Rodney Friend (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola) / Various orchestras [ Lyrita / 4 CD Box Set - released 25/Jun/2015 ] "this is an historic collection for all sorts of reasons. These recordings will be listened to for many years to come. The heyday of Lyrita was an extraordinarily rich period for British music and for performers who were committed to it." (MusicWeb) |
DAVID MATTHEWS
Winter Passions / Terrible Beauty, Op. 104 / Clarinet Quartet / String Trio / String Trio No. 2 / Winter Passions Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) / Stephan Loges (baritone) / The Nash Ensemble / Lionel Friend [ NMC Records / CD - released 22/Sep/2011 ] "The writing has many of David Matthews's familiar strengths: a fine sensuous imagination, adventurous harmony that makes clear aural sense, an equally clear sense of organic development of ideas...It's hard to imagine this music played, sung, or... |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
The Tigers (complete opera recorded 1983) Teresa Cahill, Marilyn Hill-Smith, Alan Opie & Kenneth Woollam / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Lionel Friend [ Testament / 3 CD - released 11/Mar/2015 ] "this 1983 BBC studio recording, issued on CD for the first time, reveals a stunningly inventive, eclectic score, performed here with gusto by a A-team cast of 1980s ENO regulars under Lionel Friend. Irresistible." (The Times) |
Your Friend
Gumption [ Domino / CD - released 4/Mar/2016 ] Taryn Miller, aka Your Friend, is pleased to share the first taste of new music since last year's debut EP, in the form of her debut full-length, titled Gumption, Since the release of her debut self-recorded EP, Jekyll/Hyde, in early 2014, Taryn... |