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In the tradition of Scott Joplin, the US composer William Bolcom’s rags are packed full of frolicsome humour and variety, and laced with a tender melancholy. Spencer Myer approaches these terrific... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Musically she’s a chameleon, capable of completely changing her colour at the drop of a hat, and that versatility is what makes this new recording such a success...It’s a neat idea, which she... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Much of it is beautifully done. Charvet has a warm, appealing mezzo, with a tangy lower register and fine dynamic control at the top. She’s at her best in jazz-inflected or declamatory numbers...Manoff,... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…

Bolcom is a stylistic chameleon whose own voice is not so much absent as (purposely?) underplayed…Maybe this hardly matters given the sheer finesse of his writing, not least as rendered by four... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2018 More…

The pacing of the Schumann fugues, building up to the final ones irrepressible climax, is masterly… The organ sounds wonderful, with all the shimmer and shudder that a High Victorian organ should... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Though 75 minutes of busy, closely-recorded oboe and piano texture may seem a lot for one sitting, they are delivered with dexterity and conviction in beautifully rounded tone without acidity... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…