Champs Hill Records

Through all of these Johnson and his namesake, accompanist Graham Johnson, are vivid guides. Johnson (the singer [possesses] melting head tones but also a sometimes forceful edge. Each of the... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2016 More…

There is an elegiac tone to Loeffler’s Two Rhapsodies for oboe, viola and piano and tinges of regret and bliss to the voice of Dazeley, echoed by the wistfulness and caprice of the Duruflé. — The Telegraph, 2nd September 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is a sometimes dizzying tour of the English oboe repertoire, hopping in turn from rural lyricism to hard-edged modernity, but there is no disputing the technical facility of James Turnbull... — The Observer, 10th March 2013 More…

This is a quite remarkable gathering together of songs that evoke so many emotions. Clare McCaldin shows how she is able to shape and control her voice to draw so much from each song, following... — The Classical Reviewer, June 2016 More…

[Dancer on a Tightrope is] performed with suitable punch and fire by Bartosz Woroch and Mei Yi Foo…Woroch brings a suitable depth and stillness of tone [to Cage’s Six Melodies for Violin and... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

An engagingly played programme of works mostly by little-known East European composers, generally sounding no more modern than Prokofiev or even Enescu — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Hats off to this young Danish cellist for finding a new frame for Kodály’s Solo Sonata, even if the pieces do serve to remind us of its unique strength. Jonathan Swensen, a musician of charisma... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This unfamiliar, abundantly melodic chamber music by a composer best known for his operas...comes as a welcome surprise...these instrumental works, voluptuous, expressive and often Ravel-like... — The Observer, 30th May 2010 More…