Wigmore Hall Live

This recital had no name; but it is pungent with Intimations of Mortality. Allen's noble baritone now incarnates this awareness superbly, whether in the numb grief of Hugo Wolf's 'Harper' songs... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The opening Schubert group demonstrates the baritone's natural and unaffected delivery - an ability to hold words and notes together in one single gesture - and his finely tuned vocalism, founded... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 More…

…Mozart's final Quartet is not exactly the easiest of openers. Yet the Škampa Quartet delivers a beautifully natural and effortless account, revelling in the subtleties of contrapuntal interplay... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…