Willowhayne Records

28/01/2024

17/01/2024

Also available through us at Willowhaynerecords.com.

🎉As we prepare to announce our 10th release, we are celebrating the news that our albums are now widely available (via Amazon, Presto Music and Naxos Direct UK among others) for the first time. All of our discs are listed here with Presto (http://bit.ly/AdFontesatPrestoMusic), and updated links to our albums are below:

💿 AF001 https://lnk.to/PicturesatanExhibition
💿 AF002 https://lnk.to/VexillaRegis
💿 AF003 https://lnk.to/OurLadyofBuckfast
💿 AF004 https://lnk.to/MesseDaPacem
💿 AF005 https://lnk.to/Puernatusest
💿 AF006 https://lnk.to/SymphonieRomane
💿 AF007 https://lnk.to/Processional
💿 AF008 https://lnk.to/MissaFestiva
💿 AF009 https://lnk.to/AngelusFrenchSacredSong

🎧 Why not remind yourself of our catalogue of glorious sacred music performed by Westminster Cathedral Choir, Sarah Fox, The Choir of Royal Holloway and Martin Baker among others...

30/12/2023

Another lovely write up about 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐬: 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠, this time in the December edition of Organists' Review.

"There is much to enjoy here; less familiar but very rewarding repertoire from a range of well-known composers, performed with considerable verve and style."

🎧 Listen now! https://lnk.to/ADF009

06/12/2023

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New releases from pianists Yasmin Rowe, Christopher Williams, Julian Jacobson & Daniel Rieppel         YASMIN ROWE PLAYS J.S. BACH, PROKOFIEV, SCHUMANN & GRANADOS Yasmin Rowe (piano) J.S. Bach: Three-

16/11/2023

Sontronics mics have been used in several recordings from us recently, with fantastic results!

06/11/2023

This project aims to raise funds for a CD of world premiere recordings of organ music by Nicaraguan/British composer Geoffrey Álvarez.

15/09/2023

NEW RELEASE
ST ALBANS EXPERIENCE
TOM WINPENNY - ORGAN IF ST ALBANS CATHEDRAL

Recorded in Willowhayne Records 10th anniversary year in 2022, St Albans Experience is the tenth in their Experience series.

This recording showcases every facet of the magnificent Harrison & Harrison organ of St Albans Cathedral, in music from the Baroque era to contemporary works for the instrument. Central to this programme is Maurice Duruflé's beautiful Prélude, Adagio et Choral Varié sur le Veni Creator, Op. 4. This recital includes several world premiere recordings, including Francis Pott's Laudes, Rhian Samuel's three-movement Ad Lucem, and two works by the late Peter Hurford – for twenty years Master of the Music at St Albans Cathedral, and the driving force behind this world-renowned instrument. Also included are works by Peter Dickinson and Anthony Gilbert, who passed away earlier in 2023, and to whose memory the recording is dedicated.

Available on download and streaming platforms, online retailers and on our website.

https://willowhaynerecords.com/Product/tabid/36/rvdsfpid/st-albans-experience-1801/Default.aspx

11/07/2023

An absolute pleasure to record these concerts, as well as playing in the opening and closing concerts. Thank you Great Bowden Music Fest.

It’s all over… The tenth edition of the Great Bowden Music Fest has come to an end 😞

We had such an amazing week of music making 🎶 Thank you to the musicians, helpers, committee, St Peter & St Paul, Great Bowden Church and most importantly the audience for coming ⭐️

Thanks also goes to our sponsors Weltons Deli , Market Harborough and The Bowdens Charity , Brooke House College Football Academy , J Stamp & Sons, Gilding's Auctioneers Core Publications Ltd, Prime Life, Matthew Coltman Bowmaker, Wartnaby Heffor, Butler Smith Piano Carriers, Willowhayne Records ⭐️

See you on New Years Day 2024 🥂 We’re looking forward to celebrating ten years of the Great Bowden Music Fest next year 😍

06/07/2023

We’re recording Great Bowden Music Fest concerts this year too, using mainly British equipment from Sontronics and Solid State Logic.

26/06/2023

📣 COMING LATER THIS YEAR! For his debut recording with Ad Fontes, Matthew Martin has brought together a recital showcasing two of the greatest organist-composers of twentieth century France: Maurice Duruflé and Jehan Alain.

🎹 Duruflé, a notorious perfectionist, looked to his profound faith and the great lineage of French composers–Debussy, Dukas, Fauré and Ravel–for inspiration. Alain, an ardent voice in the avant-garde, developed his own distinctive language before his tragic death in 1940, aged just 29, which prompted Duruflé to compose a prelude and fugue, a la mémoire de Jehan Alain, mort pour la France, in tribute to his friend. Having spent much of his own life immersed in Gregorian chant–also a palpable influence the music of this commemorative pairing–Matthew Martin was himself a pupil of the late Marie-Claire Alain in Paris, which provided rare insights into her brother’s music. The lively voicing and rich colour palette of the Ruffatti organ of Buckfast Abbey provide the ideal vehicle for this programme, expertly captured in a building which lives and breathes the music.

📆 In the coming months, we will be sharing preview tracks and footage from the recording sessions to whet your appetite before its release in the autumn.

03/05/2023

🎹 On the birthday of Marcel Dupré, we're celebrating Peter Stevens' recent recording of the Cortège et Litanie and the dazzling Deuxième Symphonie, which has received a very favourable review in The American Organist magazine.

💿 Listen here: https://lnk.to/SymphonieRomane

02/05/2023

🎉 WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION FOR AD FONTES!

'Ad Fontes, perhaps the first record label spawned by a monastery, has produced some gems since its inception in 2019, even if distribution has been stilted' wrote Gramophone last September. Well, no longer! We are very excited to announce that Ad Fontes is now being distributed worldwide via Naxos through our friends at Willowhayne Records. This also means that our 'highly impressive' (MusicWeb International) albums will be available soon via Amazon and Presto Music among others.

Watch out next week for news of our latest new release!

18/12/2022

02/12/2022

New Release from accordionist Jacques Pellarin - https://mailchi.mp/4b50a9f150bb/new-release-ben-goldscheider-arnold-schnberger-gipps-horn-concertos-12416749

06/10/2022

To record a CD of music for violin and piano inspired by myths and legends.

04/09/2022

Delighted to have recorded Tom Winpenny last Thursday and Friday for what will be our 10th 'Experience' CD, just over 10 years since our first CD was recorded.

19/08/2022

Released globally today on download and streaming platforms worldwide:

Fresque Marine: Forgotten French Treasures for Harp, Volume 1

Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano

Also available on CD from retailers, and available on CD or download from https://willowhaynerecords.com.

26/07/2022

Latest releases from Willowhayne Records.

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03/07/2022

TODAY AT 3PM - PALLANT HOUSE GALLERY

Holger Skepeneit: 15 Fables - CD Launch Concert

Do come along if you can to a soothing afternoon of beautiful piano music composed by Holger, performed in the lovely setting of Pallant House Gallery, Chichester. Tickets available at the door.

02/07/2022

Released yesterday on streaming and download platforms, Lynden Cranham’s first volume of Bach Cello Suites has earnt highresaudio.com’s Listening Tip.

13/06/2022

A wonderful launch yesterday! Congratulations!

11/06/2022

We are really looking forward to the CD launch of ’Fresque Marine: Forgotten French Treasures for Harp, Volume 1’ at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester tomorrow, 12th June at 3pm. Alexander Rider will play some excerpts from the new album, as well as talking about the music and the 1902 Erard harp which was not only used for the recording, but which will be played tomorrow. Do come along for an afternoon of sublime music for solo harp if you are free - tickets are £15 at the door. There will also be the opportunity to purchase a pre-release CD at the event at a discounted price, before the official worldwide launch date of 5th August.