Dutton Vocalion:

Now we are well over one-hundred releases in, at Dutton Epoch we though it was high time we compiled a ‘sampler’ disc containing some of the many highlights in the series. And so ‘The World of Epoch’ was born. This release contains twenty recordings of some of the highlights in 20th century British classical and light music repertoire – much of it recorded for the first time by Dutton Epoch. Composers represented include Richard Arnell, Elgar, York Bowen, Julius Harrison, Alan Rawsthorne, Robert Farnon, Eric Coates, Cecilia McDowall, Ronald Corp and Joseph Horovitz. The disc showcases many of the UK ’s eminent conductors, orchestras, chamber ensembles, soloists and choirs who record for us – a starry role call including names such as Vernon Handley CBE, David Lloyd-Jones, Martin Yates, John Wilson, Roderick Williams, Sir Thomas Allen, David Owen Norris , the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and many others… ‘The World of Epoch’ – a compelling reminder that Dutton Epoch is at the forefront of British classical music.

"Within a few years, the Dutton Epoch label's new release programme has become the first stop for collectors anxious to increase their knowledge of unjustly neglected British music."
Robert Matthew-Walker, International Record Review, January 2008

"This is a series which comprehensively rights a number of artistic wrongs."
Robert Matthew-Walker, International Record Review, June 2007

"The torrent of enterprising offerings from Dutton Epoch shows no sign of abating."
Andrew Achenbach, The Gramophone, June 2007

"... an extraordinarily valuable series."
Rob Cowan, The Gramophone, March 2002

CDSPA 2008

	"Mike Dutton is the supreme magician of CD re-mastering" Penguin Guide to Classical Music on CD 2002