Divine Art
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Katin was once one of British pianism's big beasts, and this CD, though short on the requisite soulful beauty, reflects his swashbuckling style. The Variations have compelling force. —
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The use of guitar is a welcome variation and a clever way of complementing the muted attack of the piano tone...it feels like the work of a genuine chamber ensemble, allowing both soloist and... —
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Au Vieux Moulin
contemporary music for mountain dulcimer
Dan Evans (dulcimer/guitar), Stephen Seifert (dulcimer), Rebecca Hallworth (vocals) & Andy Crowdy (acoustic bass)
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For all enthusiasts of flute music this disc is a must. My favourite work was the Widor, but all the other pieces are of huge interest and musical value. —
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Östlund: Lunaris
Ruxandra Ibric Cioranu (soprano), Blandine Waldmann (piano), Eleonore Pameijer (flute), Yoana Karemova (piano), Lydia Hillerudh (cello), Ariel Jacob Lang (violin), Alexander Zagorinsky (cello), Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (piano), Ursula Leveaux (bassoon)
Cellini Quartet
Östlund's signature, like Debussy and Schumann in the great tradition, merges atmosphere, mystery, fantasy, and fairy tale. . The sensation of Nachtmusik is so strong that one can approach these... —
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Innovations - Music for two pianos and percussion
Murray McLachlan & Kathryn Page (pianos), Heather Corbett & Stephen Burke (percussion)
This well-filled disc offers an opportunity to hear Maltese composer Charles Camilleri’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion (2005), a work that aims to treat tonality, atonality and polytonality... —
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Songs For Sir John
A tribute to Sir John Manduell
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Richard Simpson (oboe), Benedict Holland (violin), Susie Meszaros (viola), Nicholas Trygstad (cello)
This memorial to Sir John Manduell, for years the head of the Royal Northern College of Music, is conceived as a sequence of settings of his favourite poet, Yeats...Among the 16 items are vivid... —
