Browse: Rubicon (label)

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…

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…

Armstrong’s performance [of Rhapsody in Blue] is hugely enjoyable...Perhaps most interesting is Nadia Boulanger pupil Julia Perry’s minuscule Prelude, which moves through harmonic centres with... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 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…

Harvey's bright, characterful mezzo and easy, unaffected way with text give constant pleasure in this lovely recital showcasing the breadth of Warlock's style, from the almost Straussian 'Autumn... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, July 2022 More…

Best of all is Bartók’s Rhapsody No. 1, robust and earthy. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) 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…