Nimbus

[Grand Rapids] stands up as a remarkable achievement for a student composer of barely 21. There's some Shostakovich in there too, and, like his models, Sawyer's discourse is well paced and logical,... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2011 More…

Philip Sawyers’s Third Symphony (2015) is undoubtedly one of the finest British symphonies of recent years…The performance is terrific, and terrifically committed, superbly marshalled by Kenneth... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2017 More…

Martin Jones is a superb advocate for this rich kaleidoscope. His playing is delightfully exuberant and he is able to reach both the thunderous heights of power demanded by the Tchaikovsky concerto... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Feltsman seems to me to be a pianist without mannerisms: his touch is buoyant and his articulation clean but he does not play mechanically: he is unafraid to make tiny rallentandos without wallowing.... — MusicWeb International, March 2012 More…

Kenneth Woods is in his element with this kind of music, and the excellent musicians of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales are cleanly and spaciously recorded. Indeed, sound quality is an improvement... — Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2021 More…

a collection of finely crafted miniatures notable for their distinctive use of the upperregister and intense splashes of timbral colour. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Nimbus'] commitment to preserving the composer's own readings of his music during his lifetime was noble, assiduous and beyond reproach ... The achievement, as revealed on this four-CD collection,... — BBC Music Magazine More…

One of the performers’ tasks [in the Franck] is to grade the excitements so that we get some feeling of shape in a whole movement. Here this task is fulfilled admirably, helped by discreet vibrato... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2020 More…