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[Cousin] tackles the...demanding sets of Etudes-Tableaux and demonstrates an impressive command of their huge technical challenges...[In Op. 39 No. 4] supported by an admirably clear recording,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Rodgers is clearly a fine composer with a sincerity especially welcome these days — Classic CD More…

The grand scale and imposing architecture of the Reminiscenza, Romantica and Minacciosa sonatas…are superbly grasped by the Italian Alessandro Taverna…this first class recording, with its thought-provoking... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2015 More…

[Peter Donohoe] finds a nobility in the First Sonata’s closing ‘Funebre’, bringing a curious reflective quality to its ‘Quasi niente’ central section. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

McCawley's beautifully recorded Brahms recital strikes exactly the right balance between the monumental, intimate and light-hearted aspects of the composer's piano output...Among his strengths... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Why do the seven songs of William Alwyn’s 1978 cycle A Leave-Taking not feature more often in recitals? Tenor James Gilchrist’s intense interpretation makes a compelling case for it. The title... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…