For the third year running a Divine Art Historic Sound CD has been included in the Classic Record Collector Awards - this time "Moeran Collected 7rpm Recoridngs (27808) is runner-up in the Compilation section of the 2007 Awards.

Our  CD of music by David Earl (25060) is Joint Best New Piano CD of 2007 ( International Piano Magazine).

Anthony Hewitt's disc of Piano Sonatas by Liszt and Reubke is awarded the Gramophone magazine Gold "recommended" rosette, February 2008 (25064)

Music by Milhaud (from Historic Sound 27807) has been chosen as the soundtrack for a forthcoming radio play to be broadcast by the BBC. We don't have exact details yet but will post them here once we have them.

Anthony Goldstone's "Unheard Mozart" (dda25051) is the Instrumental Disc of the Month in BBC Music Magazine, October 2007.

Our premiere recording of John Garth's Cello Concertos (dda25059) is attracting much attention and was Disc of the Week on Classic FM "Drive" in the first week of October. The following week, this accolade was given to "Violin Songs" (dda25063)

Sinae Lee's set of the complete piano music of Szymanowski (21400) is described as " the most important collection ever to have been released of Szymanowski’s piano music." and is MusicWeb "Recording of the Month" for November 2006 - it also receives a "special recommendation" from Gramophone Magazine

Historic Sound CD 27806 (Coates & Moeran Violin Concertos) is voted runner-up (Concerto Recordings) In the 2006 Classic Record Collector awards.

Our historic recording of Mendelssohn's Elijah from 1930 (27802) has been voted Best Choral CD of 2005 by Classic Record Collector magazine.

Anthony Goldstone's CD of gypsy-inspired piano music "Tzigane" is Editor's Choice for February 2006 in Pianist Magazine

Bernard d'Ascoli's recording of Chopin Nocturnes (23201) is selected as "Editor's Choice" in The Gramophone, March 2006, and has also been chosen as the 2006 reader subscription offer by "Piano" magazine.

Musical Opinion has selected "Five-Fifteen" (25034) as one of the six recommended CDs for Christmas 2005.

CD24114, Teresa Cahill and Roger Vignoles' recital of Strauss and Rachmaninov songs, is MusicWeb's "Bargain of the Month" for February 2005

The Monckton Album (CD24110) was one of the CDs included in Gramophone Magazine's "Critic's Choice" for 2004.

Raymond Clarke’s Copland piano recital (CD25016) is Recording of the Month on MusicWeb (November 2003) and has been highly praised by critics in the UK, USA and Australia.

Repeating his earlier success, Raymond's latest disc "Piano Music for Children" (CD25022) is also chosen as "Recording of the Month" by MusicWeb in March 2004!

“Elegy” - Our recording of John Tavener’s “Chant” for solo guitar (CD25008) was chosen to feature in a new 2CD set issued by Naxos.  Called “Portrait of John Tavener”, the CD number is 8.558160-61.

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4/Romeo & Juliet etc (transcribed for four hands at one piano)  (CD25020) The first review of this world première recording of Tchaikovsky works  drew such a glowing review that our online order form was buzzing every day for over a week.  A real winner.

Schubert: Piano Masterworks, vol. 2 (CD21203) - the American magazine Fanfare's reviewer said of the Schubert D.959 sonata as performed by Anthony Goldstone that this was the finest performance he had ever heard.  And this comment was repeated by International Piano magazine.

 Sullivan:  HADDON HALL (CD21201) - This recording has been awarded a rosette in the prestigious  Penguin Guide to Recommended CDs.

Swann: THE ISLES OF GREECE (CD25010) - awarded "Record of the Month" in the "modern" category by Classic FM Magazine when it was issued in 2000.  If you haven't heard this yet, you are missing something very special. Donald Swann is remembered mostly for his comedy partnership with Michael Flanders but he was a gifted serious composer too and this suite based on Greek folk melodies is a treat.

Grainger: TUNEFUL PERCUSSION (MOVE MD3222) - a very special disc, containing all of Grainger's music for percussion ensembles, much unavailable elsewhere.  This was voted MY DISC OF THE YEAR by the late Martin Hibble in International Record Review (December 2000).

For the second time, a track from our CD "Franciscan Road" (Pilgrims Star CD27003) has been used as a TV programme theme - this time for the SKY TV series on the Pope's visit to the Holy Land.  We are very honoured by this prestigious connection.