Nimbus

Feltsman's imaginative and creative ornaments and embellishments consistently delight and surprise...You may not get painstaking dynamic gradations or micro-managed contouring of lines...but... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2013 More…

As usual, Nimbus’s aural perspective puts quite a lot of air around Jones’s piano, which is highly effective in this case where the emphasis is on atmosphere rather than brilliance. Warmly recommended. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2023 More…

Feltsman approaches all the music with huge affection...The readings are mostly unfussy, though he occasionally allows himself endearing, almost exaggerated tempo modifications at turning points.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Sawyers’s thrilling orchestral music truly captivates, aided and abetted by pitch-perfect soloists Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) and Simon Desbruslais (trumpet) and the ESO. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Philip Sawyers’s Third Symphony (2015) is undoubtedly one of the finest British symphonies of recent years…The performance is terrific, and terrifically committed, superbly marshalled by Kenneth... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2017 More…

[Grand Rapids] stands up as a remarkable achievement for a student composer of barely 21. There's some Shostakovich in there too, and, like his models, Sawyer's discourse is well paced and logical,... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2011 More…

Martin Jones is a superb advocate for this rich kaleidoscope. His playing is delightfully exuberant and he is able to reach both the thunderous heights of power demanded by the Tchaikovsky concerto... — BBC Music Magazine More…

The best piece is the simplest and shortest: Remembrance, again from 2020, a memorial for a friend and colleague’s late parents, but eloquent enough to serve us all well in dark times . It ’s... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, 3 out of 5 stars More…