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Lyrita has concluded arrangements to buy Cameo Classics from it's founder David Kent-Watson who concentrated on recording the works of neglected composers. Cameo Classics is now owned by The Lyrita...

Smaller concertos for piano and modest orchestral forces were a feature of British composition in the first half of the 20th century. Often they were written for a special occasion, and typically...

British String Concertos / Various British String Concertos / Various CD

Bruckner / Haydn / Mussorgsky / Malko Nicolai Malko Conducts The Bbc Symphony Orchestra CD1. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.2 Little Russian 2. Shostakovich, Symphony No.1 in F minor Op.10 3. Joseph Haydn,...

In his obituary of William Busch, the writer and broadcaster John Amis observed that 'His music is distinguished by it's sensibility and warmth with a strong sense of form and a fine texture, linear...

All three of these works were written at times of war. John Ireland's sonata was composed during World War One (1917) and was the work that established Ireland as a composer of note in the UK. The...

British mezzo-soprano Diana Moore has established herself as a firm favorite with audiences on both sides of the Atlantic, acclaimed for her unique voice which 'combines the range of a mezzo with the...

Bush / Npco / Lpo / Handley / Lso / Braithwaite Symphonies 1 & 2 CD1. Ov: Yorick - Npo/Vernon Handley 2. Music for Orch: 1. Prologue/2. Scherzo/3. Lento/4. Epilogue - Lpo/Vernon Handley 3. Sym No.1:...

Bush / Wallfisch / Rushton Songs CD1. Geoffrey Bush, Four Songs from Herrick's Hesperides (1949) 2. Geoffrey Bush, Seven Greek Love Songs (1964) 3. Geoffrey Bush, Five Spring Songs (1944) 4. Geoffrey...

Butterworth / Howells / Jones / Lpo / Boult Boult Conducts British Composers CD1. Two English Idylls, No.1 - London Philharmonic Orchestra 2. Two English Idylls, No.2 - London Philharmonic Orchestra...

Butterworth,A. / Thomson,Bryden / Adey,Christopher Butterworth: Symphonies Nos. 1 2 & 4 CD1. Butterworth, Symphony No. 2, Op. 25 - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 2. Butterworth, Symphony No. 4, Op...

Arthur Butterworth (1923-2014) wrote over one hundred and fifty compositions including seven symphonies, chamber and instrumental pieces and a significant body of work for brass band. Many of his...