by Kenneth Woods | Jan 26, 2015 | News and Reviews
Reviewed in the February 2015 issue of Gramophone Magazine buy Guy Rickards “Four vibrant, attractive concertos…. by three of Britain’s brightest and best, and performed with dazzling virtuosity and musicianship by Simon Desbruslais and the Orchestra...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 20, 2014 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
There’s a nice feature piece in the October 18th issue of The Tablet by journalist and critic Rick Jones. Click here to subscribe. You can read his reviews of selected Bobby and Hans CD’s on his blog Robert Schumann Symphony no. 1- KW/OOTS and...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 19, 2014 | Headlines, News and Reviews
A new review from Music and Vision Daily for Philip Sawyers’ Cello Concerto, Second Symphony and Concertante for Violin, Piano and Strings on Nimbus Records. Click here to read the whole thing (subscription required). A short sample follows: Philip Sawyers-...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 12, 2014 | News and Reviews
A new review from Robert Matthew-Walker at Classical Source. Read the whole thing here Philip Sawyers- Symphony no. 2, Cello Concerto, Concertante for Violin, Piano and Strings £12.00 A short sample follows with regard to Sawyers’s...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 3, 2014 | News and Reviews
“Few, though, will have heard this nonet version of the Serenade, reconstructed by Alan Boustead in the 1980s, for strings, flute, two clarinets, bassoon and horn. In this live recording a slightly chubby ugly duckling in its orchestral format suddenly achieves...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 16, 2014 | A view from the podium, Headlines, News and Reviews
A new review of the recent Somm CD of Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht and Brahms’s Serenade in D major from critic Gavin Dixon at Classical CD Reviews “. But this group, the string trio Ensemble Epomeo with three extra players, instead strives for, and...
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