Few composers of the 20th century, and almost none of his generation, had such a gift of warm and immediate communication as Sir Malcolm...

Malcolm Arnold (born 1921) is one of the most attractive of the younger English composers writing to-day, and it is good to see his name...

Robert Simpson, born 1921 (the same year as Malcolm Arnold), is possibly best known to the general public as the author of an excellent...

I am coming more and more to the conclusion that future historians are likely to refer to "the Lyrita School of British Music"! The...

JACOB. Concerto for three hands on one or two pianos. Cyril Smith, Phyllis Sellick (pianists), City of Birming- ham Symphony Orchestra...

• Paul Hindemith's music for Arnold Fanck's 1921 film, In Sturm und has been recorded by an ensemble drawn from the Deutsches SO,...

Delius's Requiem and the first London performance of Hoist's Choral Symphony, as well as reviving new or newish scores by Harty,...

Koch was solo oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic from 1957 for more than three decades, and one of a new generation of players in...

The 2006 Gramophone Awards issue was prefaced by an editorial in which I suggested a light-hearted parallel exercise, with nominations...

Fans of the 20th-century 'British musical renaissance' have never had it so good, says Andrew Achenbach ginality and awesome organic power'

Compton Mackenzie was experiencing a pleasant feeling of detachment from the "silly" metropolitan concerns of record companies and...

Only three orchestrals this month. The Melachrino Orchestra is up to standard with a rich and tuneful pair of titles in Rhondda Rhapsody...

By W. A. CHSLETT ENRICO CARUSO. NEAPOLITAN SONGS. Mamma mia che vo'sape; Core 'ngrato; Cante pe 'me; Tarantella sincera; 0 sole roio; 'A...

The main listing below carries details of new Compact Disc and Cassette releases for October supplied to us at the time of going to...