Nimbus

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…

The opera performance is reason enough to buy this disc, but it is equally welcome for the recording of Benjamin’s stunning recent song-cycle Dream of the Song…the settings range from Mehta’s... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 5 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…

His recording of the Rakhmaninov Second shows not only that he has welded his Welsh players into an absolutely first-rate ensemble but also that he is an interpreter of the late-Romantic repertory... — Stereo Review More…

Martin Jones and his accompanying colleagues also obviously have a high regard for his music and that comes out in sparklingly brilliant performances. — MusicWeb International, December 2012 More…

He might be termed the last of the great individualists among the pianist fraternity, an artist whose credo stems from his teacher, the great virtuoso Josef Hofmann. It is a school of personal... — The Telegraph More…

Lots to savour, including occasional nightingales and mighty ravalements. Who says the Brits can’t stump up brilliant performers of this repertoire? — Choir & Organ, 5 out of 5 stars More…