Dutton

The piano part [of the Concertstück] is full of the vertiginous scampering we find in so much 19th-century French piano music, to which Victor Sangiorgio does full justice; but perhaps Cecile... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Sangiorgio is at one with the idiom, able to charm and barnstorm with the best of them, sound engineer Dexter Newman capturing the full-bodied bass of the piano in a warm, spacious soundscape. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2013 More…

Lorraine McAslan soars aloft in both concertos, shading her ecstatic cantabile with portamentos reminiscent of Jascha Heifetz...The BBC Concert Orchestra provides devoted support and the recording... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Victor Sangiorgio, you feel, has had these works in his fingers for some time, while the equally infectious vitality that Martin Yates brings to the proceedings adds to the impression of everyone... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2011 More…

Ronald Corp and the BBC Concert Orchestra pitch in with gusto and lovely bright colours - just the job for a composer pointedly cherished by MacDonald for his 'musical optimism' and 'zest for... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Dutton here resurrects three long-buried British violin concertos… The excellent Lorraine McAslan is a sensitive soloist, giving all three works the supremely confident advocacy they need,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Yates and the RSNO are also compelling in the vigorous Second Symphony (1882), but the highlight of the disc is the Cello Concerto. Torleif Thedeen's warm-toned playing of the solo part deserves... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

such is soloist Alice Neary's skill in not over-playing her hand too early [in the Howells] that the unfolding of the material seems pleasingly organic. Her mellow, elegiac tone suits perfectly... — BBC Music Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…