Browse: Lyrita (label)

Four early works by Malcolm Williamson show him bursting with talent in he 1950s. He himself plays the surprisingly austere Piano Sonata No. but it's the exaltation of the Elevamini Symphony... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The tautly argued, half-hour-long, misleadingly titled Little Symphony (an elegy for Goehr’s conductor father, Walter) impresses once more as a profound synthesis of 12-tone and classical approaches... — Sunday Times, 27th July 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This trio of compositions charts Harrison Birtwistle's transition from the brutal mechanics and plaintive lyricism of his first opera Punch and Judy (1967) to the more subtle expressive qualities... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Tate’s firmly-structured score employs a lyrical, natural arioso, intensifying into more formal arias, duets and ensembles at emotional touch-points. Her style is darkly tonal, in the manner... — Opera, March 2016 More…

It's hard to imagine more persuasive advocacy for Ireland's Concertino pastorale, The Holy Boy and the Minuet and Elegy from A Downland Suite, with Boult drawing a radiant response from the LPO... — Gramophone Magazine, Janurary 2008 More…