Lyrita

it is well sung and played and a good deal of the impact of the writing comes through. The music itself is melodic, spacious in phrase and reaily enjoyable at its face value. The performance... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

…Pianists Callaghan and Shanahan perform the music with compelling energy, technical panache, and stylish flair. They deliver a most enjoyable recital. — Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2023 More…

Wallfisch throws himself heart and soul into his music, never more affectingly than when reaching out as comforter to the exile, through the upper reaches of the cello. Keenlyside impresses too. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2023 More…

The latest and most beguiling work, from 2020, is the violin concerto (No. 2), inspired by the Greek myth of Narcissus…The gifted violinist, Thomas Bowes (also Alberga’s husband), weaves his... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Lennox Berkeley's rather discursive idiom is heard at its pleasing best in the Six Preludes. Benjamin's range of imaginative options is much wider - as in the Etudes Improvisées, brilliantly... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…