Rubicon

some of the classiest pianism I’ve heard in the concertos recently...Ullman’s control is simply magnificent, whether in the clarity of his touch, the way he phrases the delicately rhetorical... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Hughes gives us a very direct performance of [No.1], free of any interpretative exaggeration. The playing of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is first class in all departments...Hughes’s account... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2020 More…

She is in her late 30s, but sounds more like an artist of the 1950s/’60s, following in the footsteps of an Arrau or Nikolayeva: someone with an entirely natural feel for what the piano is all... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Lea Birringer’s tonal radiance and sparkling articulation captivate the senses throughout an ingenious programme celebrating the seemingly inescapable creative impact of Bach’s solo violin music. — The Strad, December 2021 More…

Armstrong’s performance [of Rhapsody in Blue] is hugely enjoyable...Perhaps most interesting is Nadia Boulanger pupil Julia Perry’s minuscule Prelude, which moves through harmonic centres with... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Brocal is a musician of distinction whose imaginative, intelligent and cultivated piano-playing is at once seductive and authoritative. In fact, the perfection and maturity of his Ravel is little... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2018 More…

Humphreys mines the repetitive melodies for subtelties of colour, rather than drama. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019 More…

Rosa’s tone is unfailingly lovely, and she and Buckle have a lovely rapport...this Rubicon album is everything a recital recording should be. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2021 More…