Browse: Mackenzie (composer)

A recording like this practically recommends itself—a feast for the ear and the soul, not to be missed under any circumstances — American Record Guide More…

Half-forgotten overtures show the vigour of Britain's musical revivial throughout the Victorian and Edwardian eras. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

From the horns' call to arms at the outset of the piece to the irrepressible merrymaking of the closing pages, Edinburgh-born Sir Alexander Mackenzie's Scottish Concerto (1897) spells firm enjoyment,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

…Barton Pine has traced the 19th-century fiddle tunes on which Bruch and the others based their works, and studied the present-day Scots folk-fiddle tradition… to restore the music to its folk... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 4 out of 5 stars More…

As lovely and satisfying a concerto as I’ve been introduced to in a long while — American Record Guide More…

This most welcome second volume of British overtures serves to accentuate the sheer diversity of works this country produced in the genre between the 1890s and the 1940s and, moreover, where... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016 More…