Joe Waggott & Chris Fitzgerald-Lombard accoladed for strong performances in Passiontide (CR015) The Apollo Baroque Consort’s Passiontide: Holy Week in the Courts of Europe 1600-1745 has been warmly reviewed by Paul Spicer, following its release on May 5th, 2012. Spicer, well known as a choral conductor, composer and specialist in new English choral music praised [...]
BBC Music Magazine’s 4 Stars for Jonathan Powell’s Episodes in the Life of a Dancer (Felix Blumenfeld) Track listings, album information, and MP3 or disc orders are available online here. The above review and article first appeared in The BBC Music Magazine December Issue 2011. Copyright © BBC Music Magazine. All rights reserved. Used by [...]
Jonathan Powell’s Blumenfeld ‘a sheer joy to behold’ accolades International Record Review Here’s what the International Record Review’s Mark Tanner had to say about Jonathan Powell’s album of keyboard music by Felix Blumenfeld, recently released on Convivium Records: Felix Blumenfeld (1863-1931) was something of a polymath and pioneering spirit; the Russian pianist, conductor, composer and [...]
The Classical Review’s Charles Downey has awarded warm acclaim to Convivium Record’s newest album release of choral and organ music from recently rediscovered Renaissance English master, Peter Philips ‘An Englishman Abroad’, performed by label residents Convivium Singers. Downey commented on the release: This new disc is the latest in a burgeoning series by the English [...]
Powerful Praise for Convivium Records’ Peter Philips: An Englishman Abroad Convivium Singers’ recently released album of select motets by English master composer Peter Philips has received powerful praise at review, accoladed as the “discovery and disc of the year by far” by Rhinegold Reviewer for Choir & Organ Magazine, Michael Quinn. “The rehabilitation of Peter [...]
Convivium Records’ warmly anticipated disc celebrating the 450th anniversary of Peter Philips has been announced for a 19th October release, with preview copies available to pre-order from this week. The album marks the label’s third installation of British choral music this year, with label residents Convivium Singers returning under the direction of Alex Norman, with [...]
Convivium Records are delighted to today announce the release of pianist Jonathan Powell’s latest disc set, entitled Episodes in the Life of a Dancer, featuring the romantic works of Felix Blumenfeld. These colourful, virtuosic piano works will appeal to lovers of the late-Romantic era – of Liszt, Tchaikovski and the Russian piano school in particular. [...]
International Record Review on John White’s Adventures at the Keyboard John White: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 4, 7, 9, 11-14, 18, 19, 20, 23-25, 28, 30, 31 and 34, with Jonathan Powell (piano). Released by Convivium Records, Disc CR006 (£12.99, two discs, 2 hours 19 minutes). Producer Adrian Green. Engineers John Lely, Adaq Khan. Recorded [...]
