Dutton

Rubbra's First Violin Sonata is a notable achievement all round: its first two movements exhibit a bittersweet lyricism that will strike a chord with anyone who has ever responded to, say, John... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Listening 'blind' to Bainton's 1915 A major Quartet, I was struck by its distinctly continental flavour… It's a most engaging discovery, beautifully imagined for the medium… and full of lovely... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2006 More…

Cecilia McDowell (London-born in 1951) is another of the new generation of highly communicative musicians who… favours writing which, without being in any way facile, is brightly cogent freshly... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2006 More…

Although a fair amount of his music for voices has been recorded, Kenneth Leighton's orchestral and instrumental music is seriously under-represented in the catalogue. This most impressive disc... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

a sequence of attractive works in a relatively conservative idiom...[The Idyll and Divertimento are] beautifully played by the Manchester Sinfonia conducted by the composer. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2010 More…

The Dutton anthology centres around Alwyn's ouptut for flute. Indeed, it was as a flautist that the 15-year-old Alwyn gained admission to the Royal Academy of Music in 1920, later joining the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…