From Honey to Ashes: music of Stephen Goss (DXL 1204) Digital Booklet

From Honey to Ashesis a collection of Stephen Goss’s engaging, entertaining, and richly diverse works for flute and guitar. It offers the listener an insight into his distinctive musical preoccupations –storytelling, music about music, homage, musical landscapes, and collaboration. The music recorded here is sculpted and transformed by Goss’s close collaborative work with Emily Andrews and Francisco Correa, whose imaginative input nourishes and enriches Goss’s soundworlds. The compositions span a thirty-seven year period, comprising old favourites and brand new works specially commissioned for this this album. By turns delicateand poised, moving, witty, poignant, boisterous, nostalgic, celebratory–this is music to give pleasure to itsperformers and listeners alike.

Stephen Goss’s music has been recorded on over a hundred albums by more than a dozen record labels, including Decca, EMI, and Deutsche Grammophon. Steve has been commissioned by many of the world’s most celebrated musicians such as John Williams, Evelyn Glennie, Nicola Benedetti, Mikhail Pletnev, and Ian Bostridge. He has worked and recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, the China National Symphony Orchestra, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. www.stephengoss.net

Emily Andrews is a UK-based flautist and mezzosoprano, equally at home in orchestral, chamber, and solo performance. A Royal Academy of Music graduate, she performs widely with leading UK ensembles and in genres ranging from classical to folk and world music, known for her versatility and powerful stage presence. https://www.emilyandrewsmusician.com 

Francisco Correa is a Colombian classical guitarist praised by Gramophone for his “eloquence.” An Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM), he has performed in over 20 countries, appeared on BBC Radio 3, premiered more than 50 new works, and performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. https://www.fcorreaguitar.com

Catalogue No: DXL 1204
Title: From Honey to Ashes: music by Stephen Goss
Artists: Francisco Correa (guitar), Emily Andrews (fute)
Barcode: 0666283120424
Playing Time: 43:55, 43:02
UK Release: 20th March 2026
UK Distribution: RSK, Tel: 01488 608900

Track List:
CD1
1-11 From Honey to Ashes (2007)

12 La Catedral Sumergida (2024)

13-20 Welsh Folksongs (1988-2025)

CD2
1 The Autumn Song (2009)

2-6 American Pastoral (2010/23)

7 The Sea of the Edge (2010)

8-9 First Milonga, Last Tango (1992/2002)

‘The compositions of Stephen Goss are utterly captivating’ –The Independent

‘Simply marvellous’ – Gramophone

‘Delicious bite-sized musical snacks’ –The Guardian