BBC Music Magazine Awards, Bacewicz (composer)

For those invigorated by the Silesian Quartet’s complete quartet set, here’s an exciting new addition: two piano quintets. They are works of real substance and originality. The First (1952)... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

There’s a sense of Bacewicz’s compositional imagination really taking wing in these pieces, and Jablonski commits to her vision. The First Sonata feels full of ambition, and Jablonski draws... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Ventris brings absolute technical assurance and a vivid sense of line...Among the many excellent more contemporary works, Amanda Feery’s Boreal s especially powerful...In all, beautifully performed... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

From Emily Howard’s elegant, linear melody to Sally Beamish’s craggy soundscape, Humphreys channels Paganini’s virtuosity. She also displays playfulness and a light touch in pieces such as... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 5 out of 5 stars (Perfrormance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Bacewicz's seven string quartets stand tall in the repertoire of 20th-century chamber music, worthy of comparison with works by more famous composers…Bacewicz wrote for strings with complete... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2015 More…