Somm

Jacobs's compact Concerto No. 1 of 1927 starts us off with a tinkle, a crash, neo-classical fingerwork, and a sprinkling of slightly crunched harmonies...In its first recording, British devotee... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

McCawley’s choices of tempos are unfailingly convincing, his articulation is lucid, crisp and full of contained vitality...This is playing that makes maximal musical sense of Haydn’s notation... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This curious programme springs some pleasant surprises. The best is saved till last: David Knotts’s remarkably inventive arrangement of three episodes from Ravel’s ballet Daphnis et Chloé...Bringing... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A delightful showcase of Malcolm Arnold’s many faces, from nimble, childlike joy to intense darkness. The arrangements, many recorded here for the first time, offer plenty to chew on and enjoy... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

a delectable programme, eloquently sung. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

….a beautifully paced reading, reflective and dramatic by turns and always stylish….The bright soprano of Catherine Manley as Achsah is particularly attractive, especially in the oratorio’s... — Choir & Organ, July/August 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Valerie Tyron] modifies the composer’s Sturm und Drang in his D minor Concerto K466 with all of her impeccable taste and musicianship. Closer to Clara Haskil’s sobriety than to Argerich’s tempest-tossed... — Classical Music, June 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

warmly played by the Gould Trio, who are particularly sensitive to the lyrical minuet-like third movement of [Op. 70 No. 2]...the Goudl Trio's playing is unfailingly musical...All fine performances,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…