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These perceptive performances by both singers and their pianist recover even the sense and sensibility of those songs which seem distant from our time…Hearing this brings us closer to understanding... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Both singer and pianist refined the art of simplicity...A more subtle virtue is the Partridges’ sensitivity to Schubert’s art of the unexpected. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2023 More…

I can confirm that Williams is on splendid form, responding with impeccable technique, burnished tone and perceptive observation throughout. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2024 More…

his expressive directness and unfussily supple phrasing is especially effective in Kinderszenen. He eschews self-indulgence - perhaps slightly underegging the beautiful 'Träumerei' - and yet... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Rather than adopt contemporary period instrument rhetoric and fleet-footed tempos, Uys and Schoeman set their interpretative compass around the mid-20th century – I was reminded on more than... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bruce O’Neil (who serves as Head of Music at the Royal Shakespeare Company) masterminds a commendably communicative display and secures spirited results from his seven-piece ensemble drawn from... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2022 More…

The piano writing [in the Bright] is brilliant and subtle, even if the orchestral ideas are sometimes a little too portentous for their own good; but the gem of the work is a haunting slow movement…By... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Copiously detailed presentation and judicious transfers grace a fascinating issue that all experienced Elgarians are sure to appreciate. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2017 More…