Nimbus

These performances leave nothing to be desired. Elan Sicroff, who has recorded a disc of Hartmann’s solo piano music, is authoritative; Singaporean conductor Tian Hui Ng balances his forces... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2022More…

Fischer's body of strings is appreciably smaller [than Dorati's], and his violin and cello soloists sweeter toned, surer in their intonation and more imaginative in their phrasing. In the slow... — Gramophone MagazineMore…

... well crafted, tuneful and engaging — Billboard MagazineMore…

[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 2011More…

performed here with thrilling conviction and formidable assurance...Sawyers's excitingly integrated music marries a genuine lyrical impulse to a genuine thematic substance and marvellously invigorating... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2014More…

The singing is poised throughout the disc, with an attractive, slight huskiness to Lawrence Lipnik's countertenor, but in the Browne delicacy is foresworn in favour of a more outstanding mellifluousness.... — BBC Music MagazineMore…

An amiable disc exploring the light end of contemporary clarinet composition in works written especially for soloist Emma Johnson. This is music that doesn’t make too many demands on the listener,... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2016More…

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 2021More…