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Howell, Dorothy (1898–1982) Humoresque The Rock Divertissements (3) Tone Poem ‘Lamia’ Koong Shee Featuring 4 works receiving their world premiere recording, Signum Classics are proud to annouce the new album ‘Dorothy Howell: Orchestral Works’ conducted by Rebecca Miller with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Until now these works have rarely been performed, and the majority of works are unpublished and only exist in manuscript form. “I hope this album can help to revive Dorothy’s music, to help her live on, to finally have the recognition she deserved and never received, and to secure this music’s rightful place in the centre of the classical music repertoire” – Rebecca Miller Reviews Presto Music 8th March 2024 “First up is the deliciously quirky Humoresque; suffused with a Franco-Spanish flavour which rather put me in mind of Ibert or Chabrier, it makes for a perfect curtain-raiser…Lamia receives another welcome outing, with Miller’s acute ear for balance and some superb engineering revealing the wealth of detail which caught the ear of Henry Wood, who conducted the premiere and requested exclusive rights on the score for a year afterwards. – Katherine Cooper The Guardian 14th March 2024 “if Lamia is a highlight here, so too are the Three Divertissements, written two decades later: sweet yet never saccharine, they brim with warmth and, in the case of the second, a lightly worn but haunting melancholy…Rebecca Miller conducts buoyant performances that show off Howell’s quicksilver gifts. – 4 out of 5 stars |
