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Although Pärt incorporates significantly more space within his works than Bach, repeated listening reveals layers of similarity between the two compositional styles…Both rely on taut melodies,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 2 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Tenuous links to alcohol apart, there is some fine music-making on this disc. A rapt performance of Peter Warlock’s The Full Heart opens it, the discomfiting harmonies and eerie suspensions... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Bebbington] has a rewarding slant on the eleven waltzes, composed between 1954 and 1955...There’s no other performance [of the Carwithen] with which to compare Bebbington’s but there’s every... — MusicWeb International, 31th January 2014 More…

The core of this recital… are sets of lyric pieces both early and late, of which the three Channel Island landscapes of Sarnia… remain one of Ireland's finest imaginative achievements. Bebbington's... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Suave Gallic chamber music, beautifully played. The wartime String Quartet apart, Ibert seldom touches seriousness, but pieces like the Trio for violin cello and harp are delightful. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is the first volume in a series in which the sequels cannot arrive too soon. The principal joy resides in Billy Mayrel's music - British piano pieces that are syncopated and melodious...Martin's... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…