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The piano writing [in the Bright] is brilliant and subtle, even if the orchestral ideas are sometimes a little too portentous for their own good; but the gem of the work is a haunting slow movement…By... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Gershwin songs brought to vivid life by piano, clarinet and sax. What’s not to love? It’s a winning combination and the arrangements are top notch too. This is a recording that is guranteed... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It’s difficult to imagine finer performances than those delivered by the Tippett Quartet; the group’s fairly recent personnel changes have had no detracting effect at all on the group’s immaculate... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Throughout, Donohoe’s approach has a robust honesty and an appealing straightforward feel, with an instinct for the emotional rises and falls. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

wonderful moments in [the Schubert]…accelerating excitement…monumental effect as
a performance overall… — CD Review, April 2011 More…

All are superbly crisp and clean, and David Atherton has his Hong Kong orchestra on its toes. Both the Concerto and the Capriccio demonstrate extra energy just when interest might be in danger... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2018 More…

Dyson usually packs in plenty of substance, with tricky rhythms, surprising harmonies that belie his conservative image and considerable authentic charm...Callaghan, a devoted specialist in... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Here the outstanding performance [of the Second Quartet] is flanked by accounts of the First and Third marked by equal intensity and responsiveness to mood, and similarly well recorded. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These perceptive performances by both singers and their pianist recover even the sense and sensibility of those songs which seem distant from our time…Hearing this brings us closer to understanding... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…