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Classical Music Magazine- Meet the Maestro (KW)

Classical Music Magazine- Meet the Maestro (KW)

by Kenneth Woods | Feb 1, 2015 | News and Reviews

The current issue of Classical Music Magazine includes a nice feature piece from critic and essayist, Rick Jones. On sale now!  ...
CD Review- Gramophone Magazine on Psalm: Contemporary British Trumpet Concertos

CD Review- Gramophone Magazine on Psalm: Contemporary British Trumpet Concertos

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...
Feature article on KW in The Tablet- “Rock to Redneck Mahler” by Rick Jones

Feature article on KW in The Tablet- “Rock to Redneck Mahler” by Rick Jones

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...
CD Review- Music and Vision Daily on Philip Sawyers- Orchestral Music

CD Review- Music and Vision Daily on Philip Sawyers- Orchestral Music

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-...
CD Review- Music and Vision Daily on Philip Sawyers- Orchestral Music

CD Review- Classical Source on Philip Sawyers, Orchestral Music

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...
CD Review- Fiona Maddocks, The Observer on Brahms and Schoenberg with Epomeo and Swan

CD Review- Fiona Maddocks, The Observer on Brahms and Schoenberg with Epomeo and Swan

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...
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