Bennett Richard Rodney
Bennett: Orchestral Works Vol. 5 (Chandos)
The excellence of the first four volumes is triumphantly maintained [NB]
Bennett: Orchestral Works Vol 5 (Chandos)
A worthy addition to this useful series [SB]
Bennett: Orchestral Works Vol 5 (Chandos)
Another album of discovery in Chandos’ ongoing survey of R R Bennett [PH]
Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols (Harmonia Mundi)
This is a Christmas disc for the connoisseur, I think, and it is strongly recommended as such [JQ]
Love from a Stranger – Four British Film Scores (NMC)
This is an extraordinary album – outstanding readings, a detailed recording set in a generously broad acoustic [DW]
News of Great Joy: Christmas from St John’s College, Oxford (Resonus)
An enjoyable, thoughtfully prepared Christmas album [JQ]
Bennett: Piano Concerto & Concerto for Stan Getz (Decca)
(Déjà Review) From Boulez-inspired serialism to film scores and out and out jazz. A useful overview of the prolific and diverse output of a truly versatile composer [CT]
Bennett: Sea Change (Collegium Records)
A beautifully performed survey of Bennett’s often neglected choral music [CT]
Gormenghast (Sony Classical & BBC Studios)
(Déjà Review) One of the finest scores ever written for television [GSD]