Chandos

Wissam Boustany and Richard Watkins play with superlative technique and verve in the two concertos...There really is something for everyone in this disc - glorious Arnoldesque tunes, stimulatingly... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2014 More…

Technically, of course, Donohoe is absolutely secure, as well as generously displaying the love of this music that he mentions in his note. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

There’s splendid playing from both Bavouzet and the Manchester Camerata under Gábor Takacs-Nagy: a passionate account of the extraordinary moment in the finale of K456…or the hushed atmosphere... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The ballet The Golden Age (1930) depicts an industrial exhibition organised in a capitalist country, at which a group of Soviet sportsmen have been invited to compete. The general idea of the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Delius's piano writing isn't that of a natural virtuoso, but here Shelley transforms it with some really sensitive phrasing and an ability to make the patterns of the figuration sound idiomatic...Davis... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Järvi catches the icy bitterness of the Russian winter snows at the very opening and is pungently overwhelming in the “Battle of the Ice”… It’s difficult to envisage anyone quite matching Järvi’s... — Gramophone Magazine More…