I do respect Boulez and the modern school of composition and have lots of their stuff in my collection: so I would not be without Stockhausen (anybody with any part of the DG Licht cycle going cheaply, I would be very interested) and love most of the contemporary scene.
But most of all, I worship at the shrine of Saint Richard of Itter and his gorgeous collection of British music in the Lyrita series of recordings. These releases since the late 1950s have never been anything less than amazing, and I now have most of them on my shelves: I wept for joy when it was announced that the whole back catalogue was to be brought out on CD via Nimbus Records. Is there any hope that Lyrita might record any new material in the future, or is that it?
Anyway, we are all in Mr Itter's debt from a grateful nation...
But most of all, I worship at the shrine of Saint Richard of Itter and his gorgeous collection of British music in the Lyrita series of recordings. These releases since the late 1950s have never been anything less than amazing, and I now have most of them on my shelves: I wept for joy when it was announced that the whole back catalogue was to be brought out on CD via Nimbus Records. Is there any hope that Lyrita might record any new material in the future, or is that it?
Anyway, we are all in Mr Itter's debt from a grateful nation...
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