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they're deftly written and inventive, and realised here in spirited, thoroughly sympathetic performances — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Dutch pianist Joop Celis displays impeccable technique in Bowen’s demanding scores. He is clearly an excellent musician. Chandos offers clear, vibrant sound. A lot of dedicated work and effort... — American Record Guide More…

The finest piece among this collection is undoubtedly the Ballade No. 2, whose opening, with its impulsive, Delius-like lilt, launches a ten-minute form allowing room for some lovely contrasts... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Why such gratifying music has lain unplayed for so long is a mystery...The cherry on the top throughout is the wonderful playing of Joop Celis, a Dutchman completely in tune with Bowen's idiom,... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 More…

The performers respond to both aspects of [Bowen's] music with muscular virtuosity and affection. Especially in the high tessitura of the slow movement, Tasmin Little’s tonal variety and rhythmic... — BBC Music Magazine More…

The Gould Piano Trio...well recorded, play with fine teamwork and a strong feeling for Bowen's idiom...this is a valuable introduction to a formidably well equipped, if doggedly conversative,... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

a thoroughly sympathetic advocate of Bowen’s work… powerful and poised, nimble and sensitive — International Record Review More…

bathed in Chandos splendour, the Watkins brothers remain by far the best recorded guides to this powerful and enjoyable repertoire. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This most welcome second volume of British overtures serves to accentuate the sheer diversity of works this country produced in the genre between the 1890s and the 1940s and, moreover, where... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016 More…