Browse: Rubicon (label)

Lucy Humphris’s debut album is a fascinating showpiece of her not inconsiderable technical abilities...Good, clear sound and a fascinating listen overall. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2023 More…

Humphreys mines the repetitive melodies for subtelties of colour, rather than drama. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019 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…

Bach plays with eloquent precision and, quite apart from her immaculate technique, there are many things to enjoy here: the clean, jewel-like tone, alert articulation and stylish ornamentation…If... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

the album’s main glory is the singing of Gemma Summerfield, a soprano endowed with a firm technique and an intense tone with laser-beam attributes even on high. Phrasing and expression are excellent,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, 3 out of 5 stars More…

This third and final disc in Owain Arwel Hughes’s survey of all Sibelius’s numbered symphonies with the RPO opens with an impressive account of the Fifth – lacking only perhaps a little in visceral... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The Dudoks deliver a rhythmically dynamic and wonderfully nuanced account of the Bacewicz. Their Shostakovich is also impressive, projecting tremendous power, ferocity and forward momentum in... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…