Lebrecht Weekly | Martinu: quartets/Kapralova: songs (Supraphon/Chandos)
It’s not often one gets the opportunity to review two composers who slept together, so I’ll grab this chance with both hands. In 1938, the…
Browsing: Nicky Spence
Lebrecht Weekly | Maurice Ravel: Complete solo piano music (Chandos), Complete songs (Signum)
Both double-album titles left me feeling uncomfortable. Ravel is a miniaturist, a maker of exquisite small things that drop into your consciousness like olive oil…
Lebrecht Weekly | Noel Coward and Friends: A Marvellous Party (Signum Classics)
The selection of songs made here by soprano Mary Bevan and tenor Nicky Spence includes a number of composers who are way out of period but still in the mood.
