Lord, J

Lord's writing is consistently warm and melodically strong, and while the music is more loosely impressionistic and illustrative than symphonic in structure, it easily and touchingly sustains... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

most pieces here speak powerfully enough to justify the back cover's claim that the project 'transforms love into something you can hear'. Some stretch far beyond their shortish span...You won't... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Jon Lord has concentrated on composition since leaving Deep Purple. Lord's music is compellingly sonorous, his programmatic narratives are crystal-clear, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2008 More…

Lord has probably made a rod for his own back with this extraordinary Durham Concerto (the Avie recording is an essential purchase), but this near-concerto for piano, coupled with an equally... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

With a smorgasbord of aesthetic approaches...some tracks inevitably appeal more than others. Finnissy's seditious upending of a classical minuet, with dance-steps forced to trip over themselves,... — Classic FM Magazine, May 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…