Delphian
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Gabriel Jackson: Sacred Choral Works I
World premiere recordings
Susan Hamilton (soprano) & Michael Bonaventure (organ)
The Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, Matthew Owens
Owens fully understands the character of an Anglican cathedral choir while, for their part, the Edinburgh choristers respond with superlative performances, full of spirit and vigour, compelling... —
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Francis Jackson is very much the elder statesman of the British organ community…and while his organ pieces are well represented on disc, his choral music is less well known. Yet his output for... —
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Robert Crawford - Music for piano and strings
World première recordings
Nicholas Ashton (piano)
Edinburgh Quartet
Beautifully-crafted music —
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Metamorphoses
Hallgrímsson - Chamber Music
Matthew Jones (viola), Darragh Morgan (violin), Robin Michael (cello) & Mary Dullea (piano)
Fidelio Trio
Darragh Morgan and Robin Michael are superbly well-focused, Mary Dullea and viola-player Matthew Jones no less authoritative in Notes from a Diary. —
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Miracles-The Music of Edward Harper
World premiere recordings
Edward Harper (piano), Anna Jones (flute), Louise Paterson (cello) & David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Edinburgh Quartet, Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus, Garry Walker
All the performances seem admirable in commitment and character, with David Wilson-Johnson in particularly fine voice in the symphony. —
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Hallgrímsson - Music For Solo Piano
All world premiere recordings made in the presence of the composer
Simon Smith (piano)
Simon Smith proves an admirable guide to this often engrossing music; his playing enhanced by the close but never airless sound. —
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John Kitchen plays Handel Overtures
John Kitchen (1755 Kirkman Harpsichord from the Raymond Russell Collection)
John Kitchen’s stylishly played recording, made on a 1755 Kirckman harpsichord, brings together eight well-chosen transcriptions. The music is universally glorious, yet the inclusion of the... —
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Messiaen - Complete Organ Works Volume 4
Timothy Byram-Wigfield (Harrison organ, St George's Chapel)
The organ of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle evidently has the power and range of colour that Messiaen regarded as pre-requisites in his music, all captured in a vibrant recording that is... —
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...if the Quartet's performances here are anything to go by, [Fell] can be proud that they bear his name...an enjoyable, carefully planned programme, very nicely engineered —
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As Jane Manning has been to London's new music, so more recently Irene Drummond to Scotland's, her bright vocal timbre and agile movement the inspiration for many composers. This collection... —
