Browse: Bax - Clarinet Sonata in B flat (1934)

Collins and McHale make a convincing case for these attractive scores. One senses that Collins is a sensitive musician. He certainly has impressive breath control and produces an attractive timbre.... — MusicWeb International, June 2012 More…

The performances are excellent: Lucy Gould leads the Trios in fine style, Alice Neary is richly expressive in the Folk-Tale, Benjamin Frith works wonders with Bax's alarmingly note-laden piano... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

His tone is not just beautiful but finely graded over the widest dynamic and expressive range. Not only that, but his response to lyrical writing, ever sensitive, is matched by his natural feeling... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011 More…

John Bradbury, accompanied by James Cryer, shows clearly why these eloquent miniatures have become so popular among clarinettists. — David Smith, Presto Music, October 2014 More…

A truly first-rate modern recording of Bax's Nonet. What a bewitching creation it is, overflowing with invention and breathtakingly imaginative in its instrumental resource (the sounds created... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…