Browse: Instrumental, Crumb, G (composer)

[‘Why do they shut me out of heaven?’] is a good example of Fontanals-Simmons’s tendency to prioritise solidity of vocal production and excellent diction over flashy point-making and expressive... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This is the rewarding second volume, weaving between Beethoven’s music and illuminating interjections by others. His playing is characterful and lively, relishing the inventive ways in which... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Müller-Schott ends this formidable unaccompanied recital with Pablo Casals’s Song of the Birds, played with the intense focus, the sense of line and the gleaming purity of tone that characterises... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2020 More…

With their eerie, amplified piano sound-world and extended piano techniques, [the Crumb pieces] offer snapshots of inky nocturnal strangeness…Licard plays everything with commitment and sensitivity. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Romaniuk puts his multi-keyboard classical and improvising skills to the test, alternating between concert grand, harpsichord, fortepiano and the once ubiquitous Fender Rhodes electric piano...A... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2020 More…

An excellent showcase of the Royal Opera House’s brightest young artists. Soprano Francesca Chiejina’s opening Crumb Three Early Songs are a particular highlight. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…