Orchid Classics

At a time when many opera singers are out of work and chances to hear the full-throttle human voice in all its glory are few, a new recital disc as good as this one feels more than usually like... — The Guardian, 1st October 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Trusler and Roscoe are best in the Debussy, which has a good mixture of sensitivity and grittiness… The juxtaposition of words and First World War popular music on the Owen disc is much more... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

much is entirely convincing on viola and piano...Jennifer Stumm's playing is remarkably refined, yet with a wide expressive range, and Elizabeth Pridgen really comes into her own with the Brigands'... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2014 More…

A huge range of musical discoveries is offered by this recital – but be warned, it is a long, dark journey...McLaren’s rich and sombre voice is perfectly suited to this heart-on-sleeve pathos. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Best of all is their selection of six of Shostakovich’s piano preludes: these could have been written for bassoon, so perfectly does the instrument lend itself to the quickfire vamping and staccato... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Much of the music here is meditative, counterbalanced by some more strenuous examples of modernism. — MusicWeb International, September 2017 More…