Ben Gernon

Not many musicians become popular enough to be identifiable by their first name alone. That the Montenegrin guitarist Milo Karadaglic has achieved this is testament to his charismatic brilliance... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The only piano concerto by Josef Rheinberger dates from 1877 and is a vast, rich work, owing as much to Brahms as to Schumann. And if Bernhard Scholz’s concerto (1883) is somewhat looser in... — Sunday Times, 26th August 2018 More…

The quality of performances, as of performers, says much for the respect in which Bedford’s music is held. Aficionados and newcomers alike should investigate this release. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2023 More…

His writing is thematically concentrated, notably evocative and clearly heartfelt. It is close to Szymanowski in sound and in its solutions in pitting a solo violin against a lustrous orchestra.... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2018 More…

Performances are out of the top drawer. David Childs’s contribution throughout strikes me as a marvel of technical security, nimble poise and rewarding musicality. What’s more, he enjoys simply... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…

Ranging from the Shostakovich-like angst of Niobe for violin and orchestra to the more Romantic wanderings of Blewbury Air for cello and piano, this is an excellent introduction to Blackford’s... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Aficionados will not mind hearing, yet again, those trademark Maxwell Davies devices of whooping horn glissandos and hyperactive chattering trumpets, especially when delivered with the Scottish... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…