Nimbus

Martin Jones's performances are a delectable mix of sensitivity, concentrated with and energy (try him in Espagnolade), making it difficult to imagine such an exotic programme played with greater... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2012 More…

Performances underline the virtuosity and skill with which Thomas writes for musicians...with the sound and annotations fully comparable to previous discs in this valuable series. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2015 More…

Roger-Ducasse's is more for lovers of angst than of optimism and there is little in the nature of display…in the major works Jones, an intrepid explorer of so many of music's unjustifiably neglected... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2015 More…

The deeper the music, the finer the vividly-recorded performance from these distinguished players...[they have a firm but never under-emotional grip oon Shostakovich's Second Piano Trio. The... — BBC Music Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The two Franz Schmidt quartet quartets have been recorded before by the Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet for Preiser though the performances, dating from the 1960s, fell short of distinction. The Franz... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Arguably the finest Italian bass of his time and acclaimed as the leading exponent of Don Giovanni, Cesare Siepi is heard here in roles central to his repertoire and lighter songs in which his... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The performances throughout are wonderfully responsive and the Nimbus recording first-rate. This is one of those rare collection discs that one can play through complete very rewardingly, as... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2012 More…

Throughout this programme, the performances (mostly by the dedicatees or those who gave the premiere) are unfailingly responsive to Thomas's finely wrought and bracingly immediate language, while... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2014 More…