Browse: Godard, B (composer), Duos

Gerhardt has a honeyed, liquid tone all his own. He has created a well-contrasted programme that clearly took a long time to research and hone...This is cello playing of exquisite sophistication... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

A pot-pourri of charming, mostly forgotten violin-andpiano miniatures that proved popular as salon entertainment during the 19th century. There is real depth and craft here, too. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Most of these pieces are light, even frothy morceaux, and Plowright does not overstate the musical case for them beyond their obvious delights of refinement and dexterity. But he balances them... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

For me, it is in short works that Godard’s strength lies...It would be hard not be charmed by the five morceaux En plein air, where Godard’s melodic gifts and fluency are captured in heart-warming... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022 More…

It's been a long time since I have heard a disc of such class — Repertoire des Disques Compacts More…

Boasting immaculate production values from the Biddulph team and exemplary annotations from Tully Potter, Felix Salmond’s Complete Columbia Recordings, recorded 1926-30, sound as pristine here... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It’s hard not to be won over by this selection drawing together encore pieces arranged for cello and piano. It’s a beguiling programme, many familiar, others less-known, and all performed with... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…