John McCabe

Anyone who enjoys, say, Grieg's Holberg Suite or Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances will adore these treasurable, miniature distillations of the English Tudor tradition. Devoted performances... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2005 More…

Bax’s sophisticated scoring needs modern recording to do it justice. Still, Eugene Goossens’s powerful 1950s reading of the Second Symphony impresses, and John McCabe is a fine soloist in Winter... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

— International Piano, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This British composer-pianist was both admired and promoted by John Ogdon, and here we see why: his music was intriguing, intricately-woven and, though, largely atonal, easy on the ear. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Silver Nocturnes blurs the boundary between string quartet and quintet…Williams has the necessary strength and intensity for the music’s bleak dramaticism. The Horn Quintet (2010-11) confirms... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A sense of occasion permeates this recital...Some technical mishaps, but impeccable musicianship. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Pride of place foes to Joubert's 1977 Second Quartet, an impressive piece played with great conviction by the Brodsky Quartet, in the best recording of the set. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…