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Beecham's 1937 Fourth is one of the definitive versions, but this 1951 studio broadcast offers clearer sound, despite infuriating rasps from the acetate master, and very similar intensity.... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Vann’s talent for eliciting intelligent responses to text, and his use of dynamic nuances to clarify meaning, are splendidly evident in the Nunc Dimittis. The 20 singers of the Royal Hospital... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

By far the most interesting interplay between voice and string quartet in this new recital is in Sally Beamish’s five Tree Carols, of which this is the first recording...All told, a cleverly... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This is a valuable release and very well recorded…[the Mignone] is certainly more enjoyable than any of those by Mignone’s more famous compatriot Villa-Lobos. You can hear in the course of its... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2018 More…

It is the fascinating final movement [of the Grieg] which is most enjoyable; a magical, turbulent, folk-inspired journey which the duo tackles with passion and energy. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

these accounts of Dussek’s Op. 35 set are worth hearing. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Donohoe takes each work at face value, keeping shifts of tempo and impromptu ornamentation to a minimum but still playing with the sensitivity that was palpable in Vol. 1…You can tell he particularly... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2019 More…

Actor Christopher Kent offers ideal fine-tuning to Gamal Khamis’s playing in the climax of Enoch Arden...The short bonus is a significant coup – the first recording of music for Uhland’s The... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…