Rubicon

There are already more transcriptions of Bach’s D minor Toccata and Fugue BWV 565 than you can shake the proverbial stick at, but Humphreys’s version astutely curates more of Bach’s original... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

I’d suggest that not since Martin Isepp accompanied Janet Baker on that bargain Saga long-player from many moons ago has a British singer made a more auspicious recital debut on record. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2024 More…

some of the classiest pianism I’ve heard in the concertos recently...Ullman’s control is simply magnificent, whether in the clarity of his touch, the way he phrases the delicately rhetorical... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Hughes gives us a very direct performance of [No.1], free of any interpretative exaggeration. The playing of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is first class in all departments...Hughes’s account... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2020 More…

Rosa’s tone is unfailingly lovely, and she and Buckle have a lovely rapport...this Rubicon album is everything a recital recording should be. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2021 More…

She is in her late 30s, but sounds more like an artist of the 1950s/’60s, following in the footsteps of an Arrau or Nikolayeva: someone with an entirely natural feel for what the piano is all... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Lea Birringer’s tonal radiance and sparkling articulation captivate the senses throughout an ingenious programme celebrating the seemingly inescapable creative impact of Bach’s solo violin music. — The Strad, December 2021 More…