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Curiously, it’s the least restful works that are most successfully performed...Her Britten is superb – colourful and rhythmically alert. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2022 More…

Once again Naxos scores with a little-known pianist, and the program includes the last of Field's Op. 1 sonatas that he wrote in 1801. It is in two movements but shows considerable influence... — American Record Guide More…

Gentle charm unfurls from each movement…Collins’s approach has changed little from his EMI recording. He’s a touch more expansive but his tone is still warm and rounded…[and] Michael McHale is... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2016 More…

Another Naxos edition well worth collecting. — Classic FM Magazine More…

O’Rourke seems to have adopted the style of Field himself; he has a lovely touch and flow. — American Record Guide More…

With this disc, Benjamin Frith finally completes his cycle of Field’s piano concertos. Performed with commitment, Frith never less than elegant — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2016 More…

A bargain for all fans of John Field's influential Piano Concertos — Gramophone Magazine, October 2010 More…

Benjamin Frith proves an ideal soloist in these attractive, decorative pieces. Like his close contemporary, Hummel, Field is much more adept at embroidering the themes which bubble from him than... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Whatever charms and sparkles is here in super-abundance. Nothing is set in stone and it is easy to imagine the spell such playing exerted in the wealthier American salons...This is a box of delights... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2010 More…