The Lyrita label was (is) a wonderful collection of neglected British music and I have all of the Moeran, Bax and Alwyn symphonies on LP still in my collection.
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The Lyrita label was (is) a wonderful collection of neglected British music and I have all of the Moeran, Bax and Alwyn symphonies on LP still in my collection.O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt! -
Sad day.Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View Post
Great label, possibly my favourite - I have many Lyrita CDs. In fact I was playing Thea Musgrave's Concerto For Orchestra earlier.
Many wonderful neglected British works made available because of Lyrita.
It's good to know the label is continuing and there are 2 new releases in the pipeline.
RIP Richard Itter.
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I echo those comments. I'm playing Havergal Brian's Sinfonia Tragica in my head and remembering the other great tracks that Richard Itter gave us.Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostSad day.
Great label, possibly my favourite - I have many Lyrita CDs. [...]
Many wonderful neglected British works made available because of Lyrita.
It's good to know the label is continuing and there are 2 new releases in the pipeline.
RIP Richard Itter.
A great servant of British 20th century music.Comment
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I'm really sorry to hear the news. He leaves a magnificent and wonderful legacy.Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View Post
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Ditto to above. I was also listening to some Lyrita recordings of Hoddinott and Daniel Jones today!! spooky. What a service to British music.Comment
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Very sad news.
A true champion of neglected British music.
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Really really sad news, but what a legacy Saint Richard of Itter has given us: I remember weeping for joy when the Nimbus rep revealed to me that the whole back catalogue on the Lyrita label would be available on CD, as I was at the time classical buyer for a well known record outlet (subsequently of course gone to the devil, like all good things).
And that there will be new releases coming soon can only be a good thing: there are one or two gaps in my collection to be filled, otherwise I think I've got the lot on LP and CD. Lyrita: a blessed gift for those interested in British music.
RIP Richard
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Somehow no other label has ever had the 'atmosphere' of Lyrita.
To have one of those discs in your hand is immediately to feel a bit better about life.Comment
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