My Rococo Variations CD  came in 2nd place in the  Solo CD of the Year.  The poll organised by www.4barsrest.com ended up with my good friend Les Neish, the brilliant tuba player and fellow Besson artist winning 1st prize with his CD 'Salt of the Earth'. This is well deserved and was a superb debut release.

As they say on the site:

"The brilliant tuba player's CD was a late season release, but it has found a very appreciative audience - with 38% of the total votes cast.

Steven Mead's ‘Rococo Variations' came in second with 24% and ‘Mandrake in the Corner' by Hakan Bjorkman in third with 11%.

There were plenty of mentions for all sorts of other releases too (18 in total) such as,‘Tribute' from Eminence Brass, ‘Gung Ho' from David Bremner, ‘Whatever it Takes'by John Lee, ‘What are you doing for the rest of your Life' and ‘Almrausch' by Mnozil Brass, ‘Scherzo' by Scherzo Brass, ‘Four 4 Four' by Bones Apart and Steven Mead's latest, 'Virtuoso Music for Brass'."

So, thanks to everyone that voted. It's much appreciated.

The full results can be found at: http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2009/1088.asp