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Plummy, bass-heavy, recorded sound doesn’t do justice to the lovely tone of this most engaging of pianists. Her fingerwork is superlative (try Daquin's Le coucou), and Tippett's First Sonata... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Their qualities are strikingly consistent, characteristically tonal and lyrical, deeply felt, but with a deceptive lightness of texture that underplays the deftness of the part-writing. Altogether... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 4 out of 5 stars/3 out of 5 stars More…

Bolstered by the recording’s intimate, warm acoustic and wide dynamic range, Nathan Williamson, an excellent pianist, adds a touch of romance to the most granitic dissonances… — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

In songs which seem perilously sentimental to the modern ear…Rudge is deft at dialing back the whimsy, and distilling genuine emotion…Glynn’s fluid accompaniment is a model of supportive sensitivity. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Under the meticulous direction of William Vann, their reading of Howells’s A Spotless Rose is, well, spotless, while John Rutter’s Dormi, Jesu is saved from schmaltz and sung with the sweet,... — The Guardian, 18th December 2016 More…

once again, his playing here does impressive justice to a keyboard idiom which needs top-notch performance if it isn't to risk sounding over-conventional. Bebbington never merely relies on his... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2015 More…