Browse: Ireland (composer), Piano Sonatas

Eric Parkin's… is completely inside Ireland's idiom, well understanding the darker emotional complexities and yearnings that may underlie a seemingly casual phrase or carefree melodic line. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Mark Bebbington's… approach to the brooding and combative Piano Sonata is to give the harmony time enough to breathe, in order to go more intensely into its emotional life. The depressive aspects... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Lee is surefooted along Bax’s sometimes meandering trails, with carefully delineated voicing. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A marvellous collection of relatively unfamiliar works by diverse composers, most of whom wrote little music for piano. McCabe is an outstanding advocate, effortlessly capturing the spirit of... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 More…

Comparative listening to the meaty Sonata that Ireland wrote between 1918 and 1920 (the one work common to all three releases) finds both Rowlands and Bebbington allowing themselves rather greater... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Murdoch’s exemplary pianism and intelligent musicianship consistently make themselves felt. The pianist himself singled out his 1927 Chopin Third Ballade as a favourite. One can hear why: his... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019 More…