Champs Hill Records

She displayed a puzzling sobriety when I first heard her, but here all reservations are swept aside. How memorably she responds to Medtner, to an elusive fragrance and intricacy that can leave... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2013 More…

There's much superb playing to enjoy: she is particularly good at creating atmosphere through her sound, which is cushioned, refined and beautifully balanced...the richness of Chopin's fleeting... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

A thrilling exploration of the world of Alma Mahler; works, both old and new, are infused with the emotional toxicity of her affair with Oskar Kokoschka. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This lovingly chosen recital...celebrates dance and song...Less robust or outgoing than many others, Tom Poster makes a haunting virtue of inwardness and refinement. His sound is warm and beguiling...His... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2014 More…

Anybody disinclined to take the accordion seriously as a classical instrument should listen to the opening track here...[the Nordheim and Berio] are advertisements for the accordion's expressive... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Tarasova’s bona fides as a Brahms player are quickly established in her traversal of Op. 76. Her beguiling cantabile ios a given ad she foregrounds inner voices in the thickest textures with... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017 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…

Pailthrope is an eloquent flautist who plays a wooden flute by Rudall Carte. His fine account of the A minor Partita, BWV 1013, reveals its warm and rounded character particularly well...the... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 4 out of 5 stars 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…