Bernstein: Broadway to Hollywood is “fully recommended” “2018 marks the centenary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein – and doesn’t the musical world know it!… Sutherland’s grasp of the musical qualities of each score is impressive. Most notable is the symphonic suite ‘On the Waterfront’, which receives a performance of genuine insight. This is worth […]

Classical Iconoclast offers the first review for our September 2018 release, The Hills of Dreamland — Elgar Orchestral Songs: “Those who have treasured SOMM’s first collection of Elgar songs for voice (with Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Christopher Maltmann, Neal Mackie and Malcolm Martineau) will seek this out, for they make good companion pieces. In any case, there […]

Gramophone critic Andrew Farach-Colton reviews Krysia Osostowicz and Daniel Tong’s Beethoven Plus, Volume One recording in the September issue of Gramophone Magazine: “Osostowicz and Tong’s interpretative style – patient, affectionate, warmly conversational, sensitive to harmonic detail – reminds me of Schneiderhan and Kempff’s classic mid-’50s set.…these are thoroughly engaging performances. The whole of Op 12 […]

Andrew Achenbach offers an “enthusiastic” welcome to the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir’s new The Glory and the Dream recording in the September issue of Gramophone Magazine: “What an extraordinarily versatile and accomplished figure was Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012). As both performer and composer he possessed richly communicative gifts, and his sizeable output evinces an […]

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SOMM Recordings sends warmest congratulations to Peter Donohoe – a “lion of the keyboard” and “one of our greatest home-grown performers” – on his 65th birthday. A some-time pupil of Derek Wyndham, Alexander Goehr, Olivier Messiaen, Yvonne Loriod and Vlado Perlemuter, Peter began his career as a timpanist with the BBC Philharmonic but came to […]

We are delighted to announce that Valerie Tryon has been awarded one of the highest civilian honours by the Governor General of Canada, Julie Payette. The honour has been awarded in recognition of her international career as a pianist along with her contributions as an educator and builder of classical music culture. Explore Valerie’s recordings […]

We are absolutely thrilled that three of our albums have been selected for Musicweb International’s Recordings of the Year 2017! All three albums are available on CD and download now and you can read more about the awards here. Shop Now Shop Now Shop Now

Elgar Remastered makes the Sunday Times 100 Best Records of the Year! “I thought this album was strictly for nerds. Then the tears sprang to my eyes.” Norman Lebrecht This extraordinary album is available to buy or download here: Shop Now

Watch an exclusive behind the scenes video about our new album with Clèlia Iruzun, Jac van Steen and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Shop Now