SOMM
Since it was founded in 1995, the British independent CD label SOMM Recordings has captured everyone's imagination. Its aim is to share with you the joy of classical music and the delight of discovering fresh repertoire, performed by artists of talent and scholarship. SOMM receives frequent accolades worldwide from collectors, music lovers, critics and the media for recordings of quality, style and originality.
In addition to an unusual catalogue of choral music and song, SOMM and its artists are now working together to uncover new corners of the repertoire in a variety of genres, styles and periods, from the unique to the extraordinary and from the early to the avant-garde.
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Further Reading: SOMM
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Madeleine Mitchell on String Quartets by Charles Wood
18th May 2026
The violinist shares some of her thoughts on a new album of chamber music by Charles Wood, released recently on SOMM to mark the centenary of the composer's death.
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David Matthews & Jac van Steen on their musical friendship
2nd Dec 2025
The British composer and Dutch conductor discuss their various collaborations over the last three decades, including a new album of Matthews's Symphony No. 11, Flute Concerto and Symphonic Diptych from the opera Anna (released last month on SOMM).
Recent Best Sellers: SOMM
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New. Elgar From the Archives, Vol. 5
Joan Hammond, Marjorie Thomas, William Herbert, John Cameron, Owen Brannigan, Richard Standen, BBC Chorus & BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Glady Ripley, Sir Malcolm Sargent, George Weldon, Philharmonia Orchestra
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New. Salzedo: Scenes and Dances from The Witch Boy & Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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New. George Szell in New York, Vol. 1
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, George Szell
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Quiet Summer Evening - British Light Classics
Peter Cigleris (clarinet), Sarah Watts, Alexei Watkins, Michael Mace, Chamber Ensemble of London, Peter Fisher
CD: $18.75Download from $10.00
New Releases: SOMM
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New. Elgar From the Archives, Vol. 5
Joan Hammond, Marjorie Thomas, William Herbert, John Cameron, Owen Brannigan, Richard Standen, BBC Chorus & BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Glady Ripley, Sir Malcolm Sargent, George Weldon, Philharmonia Orchestra
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New. Treasures From the New World, Vol. 4: Brazilian Piano Quintets
Clélia Iruzun (piano), I Musicanti, Leon Bosch
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New. Salzedo: Scenes and Dances from The Witch Boy & Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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New. Legends of Cyprus: Othello
Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, Nimrod Borenstein
CD: $18.75Download from $10.00
Future Releases: SOMM
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Coming soon. Hodgson: String Quintets Nos. 1 & 2; String Septet No. 1
I Musicanti (chambermusicensemble), Leon Bosch (ensembledirector)
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Coming soon. Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Rudolf Kempe
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Coming soon. Dyson: Violin Concerto, Hierusalem & At the Tabard Inn
Charlie Lovell-Jones (violin), Olivia Carrell, Choir of Merton College, Oxford, BBC Concert Orchestra and John Andrews, BBC Concert Orchestra, Choir of Merton College Oxford, John Andrews
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Coming soon. Charles Wood: String Quartets, Vol. 2
London Chamber Ensemble (stringquartet), Madeleine Mitchell (director)
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Series & Collections: SOMM
- Ariadne (20)
- Beecham Collection (31)
- Bruckner From the Archives (6)
- Céleste (85)
- Donohoe Mozart Sonatas (2)
- Elgar From The Archives (5)
- Gould Piano Trio Beethoven Complete Piano Trios (4)
- New Horizons (28)
- Peter Donohoe Complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas (3)
- Piano Music of Frank Bridge (3)
- Piano Music of John Ireland (4)
- Vaughan Williams Live (4)
