Hyperion

As far as the pianism goes, Godard was evidently fully aware of the new vistas of technique and colour opened up by Liszt...The performances by the indefatigable Howard Shelley and the Tasmanian... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2014 More…

Her ornamentation is both crisply decorative and flexible and always inherent in the music's forward flow. — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

King's 'super-group' featuring choristers drawn from seven English cathedral and collegiate choirs sounds better than ever – technically reliable, with a good, full sound – and are a credit... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Johnson is alive to every juicy nuance of the richly detailed accompaniments. And although I was occasionally distracted by Appl’s closed vowels, which sometimes robbed the poetry of its immediacy,... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This recording was made at St-Lawrence Whitchurch on an organ Handel must certainly have played. It sounds well under Paul Nicholson's hands. There's plenty of brightly glittering passagework... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Excellently balanced and recorded, these performances, combined with a superbly intense reading of Suk's brief Elegy make for a very estimable issue. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…