Chandos

A refreshing dose of new music in that much-loved English tradition [DC]

This outstanding disc will be self-recommending to all admirers of Bliss’s music and to brass band devotees [JQ]

Assured playing, let down by the recording [SV]

Attractive music, well presented [SB]

(Déjà Review) One of the very best of Chandos’s British film music series [IL]

A thrilling recital [SA]

An opera with patches of real brilliance in a more than acceptable recording [MP]

A fine overview of Bliss’ endlessly impressive and engaging music [NB]

(Déjà Review) Passionate, intense, vivid, powerful and highly charged. This is the product of a fertile musical imagination [JQ]

An appealing entry point into Schurmann’s eclectic neo-Romanticism [NC]

Stand-out performances [SA]

(Déjà Review) Chandos’s faith in Brewer has been justified, completely and utterly [CC]

A mixed bag of goodies, distinctive and well worth a listen [RMay]

A fitting memorial to a magnificent musician [ST]

(Déjà Review) Committed and recommendable performances of these far from easy works, with wholehearted support from an orchestra in top form [HC]

The BBC Philharmonic excels in music by the pre-serial Gerhard at his hard-bitten finest [NC]

A truly magical disc with four of the loveliest of trios [SA]

(Déjà Review) A wonderful album straddling the worlds of the concert hall, the ballet stage and the silver screen [IL]

A thoroughly enjoyable recital [JQ]

Attractive and uplifting music played with perfect panache [NB]

A collection of 19th century French overture “lollipops”, with the bonus of a delightful ballet suite by Lecocq [RW]

Wonderfully lyrical cello playing [PRJ]

A fine, very well-recorded addition to the Storgårds traversal [RWe]

Fuchs writes music we need to hear in these difficult times [PRJ]