Something to please everyone, and hopefully nothing to scare away more timid listeners. A sure winner which should be a contender in the record of the year stakes. This disc is a real gem. The performances, even the most hackneyed, are presented here with a clarity and warmth which may even bring tears to some of your eyes. Dutton Laboratories are performing a fine service in remastering 78rpm discs to a consistently high standard .
Diction is of the highest order, authenticity virtually non-existent.
Ian Pace is a powerful advocate for 'hard-edged' contemporary piano music, in which he is an acknowledged leader at the keyboard, and also a prolific writer. This programme is a personal choice devoted to music by British composers, with all of whom he has worked closely. I wish this warmly-recorded disc every success. It is dangerous for a reviewer to abuse superlatives - but this is a phenomenal disc. The playing is superb and the programme is revelatory.