Presto Recordings of the Year, Satie (composer)

Vivid, beguiling and intensely intimate, [Mompou's] Suite compostelana offers both blueprint and guide for the musical-emotional pilgrimage signalled by the album title...In Shibe’s hands it... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021 More…

The result is not so much a viewing of Satie though a Cageian lens, but a viewing of the two through the distinctive, brilliant lens of a sensitive pianist, newly converted. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

In this utterly delightful disc [Ogawa] manages to convey not only Satie’s quirkiness, but his honesty…Ogawa does use the sustaining pedal, but sparingly. She also, as we know, has a fine technique... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

As pianist and singer, Markland offers the most idiomatic performance. She plays Satie’s Gnossiennes 4, 5 and 6 beautifully and sings the top line of Milhaud’s Deux Poèmes and Poulenc’s Un soir... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2016, 3 out of 5 stars More…

This potpourri of a recital is...very much of its own time, eclectically flavoured in its collaborative elements and juxtaposition of music languages [sic], and deftly underpinned by Balsom's... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2014 More…

It’s a gorgeous presentation comprising some 44 CDs and three DVDs and taking in every aspect of Norman’s memorable vocal prowess...Pure class, like the soprano herself. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023 More…