Your guide to classical music online
Your guide to classical music online
Decca’s big box “Mono Years” retrospective focuses on orchestral and […]
Charles Groves was a terrific conductor and it’s proof of
This Australian Eloquence two-disc set brings together titles from a
Arthur Bliss is a hard composer to place. He maintained a very high standard of craftsmanship throughout his long career (he died at 84 in
I somehow missed this disc at the time of its initial release a few months ago, but I’m glad to have found it and you
This CD offers three first recordings, the most important of which is the complete ballet Miracle in the Gorbals, a sordid story of prostitution and
The British-based Maggini Quartet is a high-performance outfit that rides the hairpin dynamic and emotional turns of the Bliss Second String Quartet with assurance and
This is Volume 2 in Pearl’s British film music series, and it suffers from many of the same production problems as Volume 1. These are
On balance, this remains the finest performance of Arthur Bliss’ rich and ripe A Colour Symphony, with its chivalric subtext and dynamic treatment of a
Vaughan Williams’ song cycle On Wenlock Edge not only has enjoyed many fine performances, but its place in the composer’s development and its uncommon scoring–for
