Hyperion
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The English Stage Jig
Musical comedies from the 16th and 17th centuries for the Merriment and Delight of Wise Men and the Ignorant
The City Waites, Lucie Skeaping (director)
These performers are well-renowned for championing the popular music of earlier centuries… the singing and instrumental performances are as genially accomplished as ever with The Waites. —
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Salve Regina
Sacred music by Monteverdi and his Venetian followers
Robin Blaze (countertenor)
The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman
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Buxtehude: Seven Sonatas, Op. 1 BuxWV 252-258
Convivium: Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), Paul Nicholson (harpsichord)
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As Angela Hewitt's Hyperion Bach cycle concludes, her ability to voice and control the composer's counterpoint reaches sharper, more finely calibrated proportions than ever. Her astonishing... —
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The English Hymn - 5
Lead, kindly Light - Hymns of Faith and Assurance
Wells Cathedral Choir, Rubert Gough (organ), Malcolm Archer
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Liszt Complete Music for Solo Piano 41: The Recitations with pianoforte
Leslie Howard (piano), Wolf Kahler (reciter), Sandor Eles (reciter), Yuri Stepanov (reciter)
A real curiosity and a valuable one —
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Constant Lambert's Tiresias was commissioned for the Festival of Britain in 1951 and the subject had been preoccupying the composer for over 20 years. In the event, the ailing Lambert struggled... —
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A very good pianist, who understands the Lisztian idiom and presents it with great effectiveness —
