Orchestral, Alwyn (composer)

A highly enjoyable wander away from the familiar British path, including some rare youthful Vaughan Williams. The playing is suitably characterful throughout. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Alwyn (whose centenary year fell in 2005) is a composer of strong communicative gifts and the best of his music exhibits a disarming emotional candour, generous lyricism, powerful sense of argument... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

this is a very significant release which really deserves to be snapped up by everyone, not least those who still cling to the discredited belief that when it comes to composing symphonies, Britain... — MusicWeb International, September 2016 More…

The playing of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under David Lloyd-Jones is as impressive on this disc as anywhere else in this Naxos cycle… — BBC Music Magazine, March 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

the music is just a delight to listen to: not just as a pleasurable background noise, but for the way it entertains while elegantly dodging the predictable at every turn...The performances are... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

David Lloyd-Jones and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra put up a typical potent, well-considered case for both works. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

I would… strongly recommend this performance of the Lyra Angelica, Lloyd-Jones and harpist Suzanne Willison revealing more dark and ecstatic poetry than in any other performance had led me to... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2005 More…