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Bebbington is adept at getting to the lyrical heart of a work, and the interpretative gem here is perhaps his intensely sympathetic reading of Gerald Finzi's short Eclogue for piano and strings. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Boult's interpretation of the Symphony impresses by dint of its thrusting energy, logic and cumulative grip...there's no missing the infectious commitment here or in Belshazzar's Feast — Gramophone Magazine, May 2010 More…

This winter programme includes music by John Tavener, Oliver Tarney and US composer Don Macdonald, whose Fusion enterprisingly dispenses with words altogether, instead using arrangements of... — Choir & Organ, March 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Boult was the dedicatee of Edmund Rubbra’s Second Symphony…Such a deep personal connection shines through every bar of this 1954 studio recording, whose near-incandescent intensity makes the... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

evidently taped off-air with less than the highest end equipment. Yet what comes through is a blazing performance – further evidence that Beecham was evidently far more inspired live than is... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

He makes a strong case for the single-movement first sonata...The second sonata’s acrobatics and wit are somewhat smothered, and the third’s tempestuous allegros sound relentless. It’s only... — Financial Times, 27th July 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…