Delphian

Here we have five bold and bright chamber pieces, chiefly inspired by mythologies from the ancient world…the members of Red Note Ensemble, superb Scottish specialists in the contemporary, deliver... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2015 More…

The lively mind evidenced in Lucy Carolan’s excellent booklet note is mirrored in these performances, which abound in vigour. — Gramophone Magazine More…

The virtuosity of the Red Note Ensemble’s playing makes for a warm recommendation, not least for those still to encounter Cresswell’s distinctive sound world. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2018 More…

The performers, above all pianist Simon Smith, lavish every possible care on the music. They bring out the occasional moments of poetry, but they can’t hide the rhythmic squareness or the prevailing... — The Telegraph, 29th July 2009, 2 out of 5 stars More…

Seriously fine performances - exceptional in Shostakovich's Eighth Quartet - of an attractively varied programme. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Smith demonstrates complete empathy with Schnittke's distinctive sound-world. His playing has great dramatic immediacy...Altogether these are compelling and utterly persuasive accounts. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Irvine and Pavri are persuasive exponents of this repertoire… — BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

a style that seems to manage to have it both ways, preserving the expressive possibilities and archetypes of the Scottish folk tradition within an idiom that can call on techniques and technology... — The Guardian, 25th July 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

There’s no denying the virtuoso deftness of Orr’s settings for voice and solo double-bass (about the most technically difficult medium any composer could opt for)...and the performances here... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…