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Smyth produced many songs that could hold their own in any Lieder recital…The crowning glory of this collection, nevertheless, is the opening work, the Four Songs for voice and chamber orchestra... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The Tippett Quartet play this music with more than the requisite enthusiasm and insight, and the power and intimacy of their music-making is well caught by the recording team. I certainly haven’t... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

All told, this scintillatingly varied recital combines sensuous virtuosity, compelling charm and musical probity. Highly recommended. — Gramophone Magazine, February 2024 More…

Gershwin songs brought to vivid life by piano, clarinet and sax. What’s not to love? It’s a winning combination and the arrangements are top notch too. This is a recording that is guranteed... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Carty and Russell] are ideal exponents of these ballads, singing with a touching warmth and charm that is mirrored in the sensitive accompaniment of Finghin Collins. It all sounds fresh and... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

wonderful moments in [the Schubert]…accelerating excitement…monumental effect as
a performance overall… — CD Review, April 2011 More…

All are superbly crisp and clean, and David Atherton has his Hong Kong orchestra on its toes. Both the Concerto and the Capriccio demonstrate extra energy just when interest might be in danger... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2018 More…

Dyson usually packs in plenty of substance, with tricky rhythms, surprising harmonies that belie his conservative image and considerable authentic charm...Callaghan, a devoted specialist in... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

It was high time someone blew the interpretive cobwebs off this still under-appreciated repertoire, and Donohue is clearly the person to do it. He appears to take early Beethoven as his interpretive... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019 More…

Here the outstanding performance [of the Second Quartet] is flanked by accounts of the First and Third marked by equal intensity and responsiveness to mood, and similarly well recorded. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…