Geoff Brown
Recent articles by Geoff Brown
Lord Berners: a true English eccentric
Geoff Brown tells the story of the maverick composer Lord Berners, whose flamboyant lifestyle went hand-in-hand with a major talent
American and English Orchestral Music
Rózsa: Overture to a Symphony Concert, etc
N Berg: Symphonies Nos 4 & 5
Handel for Trumpet: Arias etc (arr. trumpet and piano)
Popper: Perles Musicales
Philip Sawyers: Mayflower on the Sea of Time
Howard Blake: Orchestral Music
Ballard: The Four Moons; Devil’s Promenade etc
Gurney: Piano Sonatas etc
Villa-Lobos: Cello Concertos etc
Bernstein • Copland: Chamber Works
Walker: Sinfonias Nos 1-5
Walker: Sinfonias (NSO/Noseda)
National Symphony Orchesta/Gianandrea Noseda (NSO)
British Piano Concertos, Vol. 2
Simon Callaghan (piano); BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Stephen Bell; George Vass (Lyrita)
A Hughes: Dewi Sant (Saint David)
Susan Bullock (soprano), Rhodri Prys Jones (tenor), Paul Casey Jones (baritone); Chorus of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Owain Arwel Hughes (Rubicon)
Overtures from Finland
Oulu Sinfonia/Rumon Gamba (Chandos)
From the Airwaves
John Bradbury (clarinet), Ian Buckle (piano) (MPR)
Kenneth Fuchs: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
Adam Walker (flute); Sinfonia of London/John Wilson (Chandos)
Penderecki • Reinecke: Flute Concertos
Ketèlby: Orchestral Works
BBC Concert Orchestra/Martin Yates (Dutton Epoch)
Elgar • Sammons: Phantasy Quartet etc
Tippett Quartet; Lynn Arnold (piano) (Dutton Epoch)
Maconchy • Vaughan Williams: Songs, Vol. 2
James Geer (tenor), Ronald Woodley (piano) (Resonus)
Shadow Dances – British Works for Flute
Adam Walker (flute), Huw Watkins (piano) (Chandos)