Rubicon

This is a deeply thought-through, bewitchingly rendered succession of interpretations…This is also one of those rare albums truly conceived as a whole listen from start to finish…Whatever Silverstein... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2018 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…

A 12-year-old boy treble with a delightfully pure, untroubled voice...The title is the Welsh word for “star”. He certainly can ping home the top notes, though Handel arias might best be left... — The Times, 3rd April 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Brocal is a musician of distinction whose imaginative, intelligent and cultivated piano-playing is at once seductive and authoritative. In fact, the perfection and maturity of his Ravel is little... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2018 More…