Browse: Chamber, Quartets, Howells (composer)

This disc contains music-making of such energy, clear-sightedness and passion that sceptics may wonder where Howells has been all their lives; enthusiasts, of course, will feel wholly vindicated.... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2019 More…

Three precociously brilliant, warmly Romantic works from Howell's very early 20s. The vigorous, astonishingly assure Piano Quartet is outstanding - as are the performances in general. Beautifully-toned... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is a disc that merits high praise. It is well presented, with scholarly notes from Francis Pott. The accomplished Primrose Piano Quartet...plays together with an ease and kinship that belies... — MusicWeb International, 11th February 2014 More…

It’s an extensive programme, encompassing a variety of styles and forces ranging from bassoon solo to small orchestral ensembles. There are some real treats, such as Bantock’s splendidly imaginative... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

If you don't yet know Howells's masterly InGloucestershire (the last of his three works for string quartet), an exquisitely wrought, hauntingly atmospheric creation, then immediate investigation... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

[At the time of the original 1992 release] this is one of Metier’s most successful releases, and is re-issued by demand. The original Gramophone review was written by Michael Oliver. 'Herbert... — Gramophone Magazine More…