Geoff Brown
Recent articles by Geoff Brown
Review: Gipps's Symphony No. 1 etc (BBC Philharmonic)
In his review, Geoff Brown is won over by persuasive performances and a splendid discovery in this striking selection box of rarities by Ruth Gipps
Leroy Anderson: master of American light music and composer of Christmas classic 'Sleigh Ride'
Geoff Brown hears sleigh bells jingling and typewriters pinging as he celebrates the unique talents of America’s master of light music
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)