Metier

[David Lefeber] has also given some enterprising projects a degree of permanence, such as the activities of the Firebird ensemble, formed in 1988 and conducted by Barry Webb, whose disc of contemporary... — Musical Opinion More…

Not just a collection of clarinet works, but a well-devised retrospective of British music over three decades. Bennett's virtuoso, theatrical Scena III and Wood's engrossing, symphonic Paraphrase,... — Gramophone Magazine More…

First class. I take it that this series will eventually couple all of Tippett’s piano sonatas with other, mostly more recent British piano music. On the basis of these two volumes it does a... — Gramophone Magazine More…

METIER is devoted not only to independent-minded British composers but performers too. Here the impressive soprano Alison Smart, of the BBC Singers, makes her recorded debut as a recitalist,... — Sunday Times More…

This recital brings together a sequence of 10 brief works by three British composers, in music above all designed to please rather than challenge...Many of [Robin Milford's] works were designed... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2011 More…