Please Excuse Our Dust

 

Welcome to the Oozy Channel Keep!

We at The Keep are just getting up and running.

A Radio Play...

 

... about Angels

Bantock in Song

 

With inspiration from Sappho.

Haydn: Symphony 13 - 16

 

Which is Britten's favorite season?

 

By the sound of it, one of a warmer climate.

Hyperion's Continuing Series...

 

of Bantock's orchestral music.

Haydn: Symphony 9 - 12

 

How Have I Lost Track of These?

 

I used to see this recording in the catalogs all the time, yet I never bit the bullet and purchased it.

Bantock: Recording Round-up

 

Haydn: Symphony 6 - 8

 

My Main Interest...

 

... lies in Britten's Cantata Academica.

Coming to Terms with Late-Romanticsm

 

It has taken me many years to do so.

Haydn: Symphony 1 - 5

 

Britten's Songs

 

With Britten himself at the keyboard!

The First of Bantock

 

... from 6 volumes on Hyperion.

So Many Covers Across So Many Labels!

 

Perhaps this is why so few know this recording.

Unusually Moving

 

Music is at its best when it finds you unprepared for its greatness...

Less Symphonies Than Cantatas

 

More experiments than treasures, too.

Mozart: Concertante Recording Roundup

 

Mozart and the Horn

 

With Karajan, Berlin, and Gerd Seifert in stereo!

Goossens: Orchestral Recording Roundup

 

Bantock... A Comparison

 

I just listened to another Bantock choral music recording recently,

What is a Concertone?

 

This was my first introduction to the word too.

Goossens: Chamber Music Roundup

 

Which Isles?

 

The British Isles, I assume.

How Mozart Breaks the Rules

 

It is what makes the composer great.

A Musical End of Times

 

Goossens certainly isn't the first to do so.

Lloyd with the Violin & Cello

 

This is my favorite set from Lyrita's George Lloyd Signature Edition series.

Lloyd and the Piano

 

Apparently, it was not his instrument.

Oistrakh and the Salzburg Kid

 

How do you like your Mozart?

Goossens... Take Two!

 

Let's stick with the first.

Lloyd: Piano Concerto 4 & Cello Concerto

 

Do you like the Berlin Philharmonic of yore?

 

Then this will be a recording for you.

Another Phantasy for the Books

 

Yes, Phantasy with a P - H.

Lloyd: Piano Concerto 3

Happy Anniversary!

You get a Card cutout of your likeness!

Goossens the Composer

 

Volume Two includes bunches of smaller orchestral fare.

Lloyd: Piano Concerto 1 & 2

 

Mozart and the Flute

 

As I understand it, the composer didn't much care for the instrument.

Lloyd: Violin Concertos

 

Does sound matter?

 

I tend not to listen to historical recordings.

Metaphysical Messiness

 

Is this a brick-and-mortar prison, or a spiritual one?

The Other Half of Lloyd's Symphonies

 

He goes a different direction.

Lloyd: Symphony 12 & The Serf Suite

 

Mozart Piano Concertos from Zacharias

 

Only missing Piano Concertos 1 - 4, although those really aren't original Mozart.

Mozart: Piano Concerto 26 & 27

 

Feminine & Masculine

 

Does it matter?

Lloyd: Symphony 11

 

Mozart: Piano Concerto 24 & 25

 

Smyth: String Quartet & String Quintet

 

Ethel Smyth's String Quartet in E minor is the first work I heard from the composer.