SOMM Recordings is thrilled to share that two releases are nominated for a 2027 International Classical Music Awards! The Chopin I Love is nominated in the Solo Instrument category and Andrew Neill and Lani Spahr’s Elgar from the Archives, Vol. 5 is nominated in the Historical category! The nominations include many renowned soloists, ensembles, conductors […]
Elgar from the Archives, Vol. 5 made its Official Classical Chart Debut at #30! Get your copy today!
Thank you to everyone who purchased the Mira Ensemble’s debut release, “Howells Partsongs”! We are thrilled to share that it has debuted at No. 25 on the UK Official Classical Charts! Purchase your copy, or add it to your streaming library!
Our Beecham Collection recording of Rimsky-Korsakov & Saint-Saëns was an Archive Choice in BBC Music Magazine!
Gramophone Magazine’s Guide to Record Labels features SOMM Recordings in celebration of the label’s 30th Anniversary! In our latest guide to a classical record label, Tim Parry explores the catalogue of a thriving independent British label “Having trained as a pianist and then worked as a freelance recording producer and for EMI and Unicorn-Kanchana, Siva […]
Following a hugely successful first recording of Elgar’s choral works for SOMM Recordings, the renowned Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea will be making a second disc, paying homage to his extraordinary quality and breadth of writing. Released in 2022, ‘The Reeds by Severn Side’ received extensive critical acclaim: ‘All told, this is another […]
Our new Schmidt: The Book With Seven Seals; Symphony No. 4 release in celebration of Franz Schmidt’s 150th Anniversary has recived a Díapason D’or distinction from Díapason Magazine! “SOMM offers two ultimate masterpieces of Franz Schmidt in two historic engravings… It is [Rudolf Moralt and the Vienna Symphony’s] reading of warm lyricism and poignant emotion […]
Don’t miss the June 2024 Issue of Gramophone Magazine, which features a fantastic review — and Editor’s Choice distinction — for Bruckner from the Archives, Volume 1! “Bruckner’s ‘Study’ Symphony (also known as Symphony ‘No 00’) was completed in 1863 and can be located within the Kitzler ‘Study Book’, which Bruckner used during his time […]
American Record Guide’s January/February issue features a wonderful review for Alexander Karpeyev, Natalia Lomeiko, and Theodore Platt’s Medtner in England recording: “Nikolai Medtner (1879–1951) has been with some justice described as a Russian Brahms. Like Brahms’s, his music is serious, well made, and usually “absolute” as opposed to programmatic, and subtly incorporates ethnic elements. His […]
The London Handel Players received a Five Star Performance AND Five Star Recording rating for their Total Eclipse: Handel at Home, Vol. 2 release in the December 2023 issue of BBC Music Magazine! “turning period arrangements of Handel opera hits into searingly gorgeous instrumental music.… Making such creations fizz is no easy task, requiring as […]