Lyrita

Holstians will need no urging to acquire this interesting, well-played and well-recorded disc. — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

this is a very significant release which really deserves to be snapped up by everyone, not least those who still cling to the discredited belief that when it comes to composing symphonies, Britain... — MusicWeb International, September 2016 More…

…in the First Concerto… Ogdon… presents…a more measured, epic view of the work, by turns lushly Ravelian (the slow movement here is exquisitely done) and monumental. Bernard Herrmann puts a... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Without losing the necessary edge in the writing, Malcolm Binns (creating their stereo debut in 1979) brings out the expressiveness of the music...The LPO under Pritchard plays with evident... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

There are four unequivocal masterpieces for piano and orchestra in English 20th-century music: Bax's Winter Legends, Frank Bridge's Phantasm and the two works recorded here.
Until the appearance... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Eric Parkin's… is completely inside Ireland's idiom, well understanding the darker emotional complexities and yearnings that may underlie a seemingly casual phrase or carefree melodic line. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Three precociously brilliant, warmly Romantic works from Howell's very early 20s. The vigorous, astonishingly assure Piano Quartet is outstanding - as are the performances in general. Beautifully-toned... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…