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The qualities one values so much in Degout’s Fauré – the integration of text and line, his almost instinctive use of colour and dynamics, the uncompromising directness of expression – are those... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2019 More…

It would be good to report that this is a lost masterpiece. It’s not, but it is a carefully crafted late version of the form that Meyerbeer had invented for Paris…Competent to a fault, Saint-Saëns... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This gently probing music for piano and winds mostly lacks the volatility that gives Schumann’s solo piano and piano-led chamber music such appeal. That said, horn and piano complement each... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Saint-Saëns was barely out of his teens when he wrote his only Piano Quintet (1855) – an attractive work, even if its inspiration and craftsmanship are inconsistent…Bellom and the Girard Quartet... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2019 More…