Bridge

Textures are pared down to their essence, a quality exemplified in the abundance of perfectly turned little miniatures for one or two instruments...All these things, whether tiny and serene... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The fount of creative energy that has sustained Poul Ruders since the late 1960s shows no sign of running dry. Or so, at least, this trio of works from the past decade affirms...Imagine [Gubaidulina's]... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2011 More…

It's rare enough to have all four Gershwin works for piano and orchestra on a single disc but rarer still for each one to come near or top of the class.
First, and unusually enough, McDermott... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The piano playing is of exceptional quality: refined, multi-coloured, elegant of phrase and immaculately balanced, both in itself and in relation to the effortlessly stylish orchestra. The rhythm... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These are vibrant, colourful musicians who are not afraid to spike conventionally sweet textures with hot pepper, or to roughen up edges that others smooth out...A stimulating and superbly engineered... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2014 More…

McDermott relishes Haydn's fingery writing in this selection of sonatas and concertos, vividly inflecting phrases and taking an imaginative approach to ornaments and dynamics. She sprinkles... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2015 More…