David Owen Norris

This amiable, accomplished selection from a composer of great acumen hails from northern England — as he did — and comprises seven items...Oboe astringency sorts well with Rawsthorne’s expressive... — Sunday Times, 25th March 2018 More…

More gaps in the Lambert discography are enterprisingly plugged by these sensitive and shapely performances, which display most agreeable dash and commitment. The Piano Concerto recorded here... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Purely for sound quality, this disc is a winner. It is a sumptuous, full-blooded recording with a richly resonant bass matched by the soloist's powerful Fazioli. Both concertos are real finds.... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

David Owen Norris combines archaeology and accuracy to intriguing and entertaining effect — Gramophone Magazine More…

Above all, I love the Jazz Piano Concerto (1966). Composed originally for harpsichord and for George Malcolm, it strikingly combines aspects of Malcolm's two specialisations - Baroque and jazz.... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2007 More…

A great deal of it is very enjoyable, and perhaps most encouraging of all is the sense that something genuinely new and fresh – rather than just superficially novel – could emerge from this... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Special kudos are due to pianist David Owen Norris, who plays brilliantly throughout, with the kind of technical precision, sensitivity, and pristine legato so prized by Mozart. His embellishments... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…