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Lester plays on the dark but kindly 1983 William Drake organ at St John’s, Totnes. He maintains a serious manner throughout, perhaps at a cost in brightness and attack, and the four chanting... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2023 More…

Howick and her pianist Simon Callaghan knit [the first movement of the Walton] cogently together, neatly negotiating a myriad of mood switches which could easily seem juddering. Howick’s vibrato... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Morris and Limonov have a very supple way of shaping phrases and at the same time supplying energy and rhythmic incisiveness when they are called for. Limonov’s fleet-fingered, articulate pianism... — Fanfare, September/October 2021 More…

Michael Dussek’s Chopin playing is accomplished...One might conclude that it would have been preferable to make this an all-Dussek disc, but the logic of pairing him with Chopin is compelling.... — Fanfare, March/April 2023 More…

Vukotic’s excellent sense of togetherness with Firsova shines in many of the responses in Stravinsky’s Pulcinella-derived Suite Italienne and the neat end of Schnittke’s Musica nostalgica. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Stripped of full orchestral accompaniment, the pieces naturally take on a lighter, less forbidding character; fresh air seems to blow through them, freeing them to be both more carefree but... — The Observer, 14th December 2008 More…

Sparkling performances of all Bach's organ music that can be linked with Christmas. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 More…