Mark Bebbington

[Bebbington] plays with tremendous authority, supported by a vivid recording with a appropriately wide dynamic range…Whatever his passions, private or public, Bax does what all worthwhile composers... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Mark Bebbington is a capable, expressive pianist with nimble fingers, a wide dynamic range, and a good ear for Matthew-Walker’s approach to sonority. — Fanfare, Sep/Oct 2023 More…

Mark Bebbington's 85th-birthday tribute to the late Sir Malcolm Arnold starts with his first substantial piano composition, the Piano Sonata in B minor from 1942. After a concise opening movement,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Ian Venables is a curiosity, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Born in 1955, he composes in a style that for many would appear hopelessly outdated...Yet he carries this off without the results... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The First Concerto was written when Mathias was only 20 and reveals a fascinatingly wiry, acerbic mindset which the composer largely jettisoned in his later style. With a greater sense of direction,... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2011 More…

The main work here is the grim and haunted Sonata (1921-24), Bridge's painful and profound response to the Great War. This is an epic performance, making the most of the work's mingled violence... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, 5 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…

Here is Stanford’s idiom at its most likeable, and least prolix…the Dante’s performances offer verve and precision, with immaculate recorded sound to match — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…