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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…

Until the arrival of the present disc, I had rather assumed that Converse was a one-time wonder...The BBC Concert Orchestra can hardly have been confronted with this material before, but under... — International Record Review, February 2012 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…

If this is not quite a resurrection like Anthony Payne's of Elgar's Third Symphony, it was still worth doing, and adds to our knowledge of the struggle against adversity that's enshrined in... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012 More…

The Overture 1940 is given a suitably tense outing...a rewarding programme. It helps us once again to re-set our musical and historical compasses while at the same time providing stimulating... — MusicWeb International, February 2013 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…