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
I first came across Lou Harrison’s music when a first-year undergrad, being tasked with deciphering by ear the first movement of his Concerto for Flute and Percussion. It’s one of those ingenious movements of about two minutes duration which you can literally fit on a postcard – there’s this simple flute dance thing, and a […]
SOMM Recordings are proud to present two sets of historic recordings of the music of Sir Edward Elgar. Elgar Remastered is a four-CD set of valuable pressings from Sir Edward Elgar’s personal library that contains virtually the complete 1928 studio sessions of the Cello Concerto with Beatrice Harrison as well as many unused takes of […]
We have been absolutely thrilled with the enormous success of our new album from Mark Bebbington and Rebeca Omordia – The Piano Music of Vaughan Williams. The album has received widespread critical acclaim and has now featured in the UK Specialist Classical Charts for an astonishing eight weeks, peaking at number three, and notching up a […]