British Music for Strings

Most of the music on this programme was thought old-fashioned and conservative when it first appeared, and quickly slipped into obscurity. Thanks to Bostock's loving reclamations we can enjoy... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

The puckish skirls and jaunty rhythms in the ‘Prelude’ to Parry’s An English Suite show the 14 players keenly attuned to its courtly, neo-baroque idiom…On paper [the string transcription of... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

The playing is agreeably lively, and the world in general is a better place for Douglas Bostock’s love of unfamiliar repertoire. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

None of these string orchestra works can really be claimed as great discoveries, yet there’s much to savour as Bostock’s German players brush away the music’s dust with elegance and passion. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…