Stone Records

This odd grouping of classics from Vienna's First and Second Schools is so well played that one happily accepts its rather strained rationale; Shilyaev is a natural Beethovenian, but his Berg... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Recorded as long ago as 2007 — production delays prompted Stone to set up his own label — the voice heard in this selection of songs and arrangements is youthful, healthy and handsome, utterly... — Sunday Times, 7th June 2020 More…

the Goldberg Variations was originally written for harpsichord. However, hearing this masterful performance by Robert Costin on the Pembroke College organ, it's impossible to imagine that Bach...didn't... — The Independent, 2nd August 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The songs are performed throughout in an excellent style … always in fine vocal form … When a greatly gifted singer lends their artistry to such vocally-rewarding music as this, the result is... — Musical Opinion, Winter 2017 More…

‘A Rose between two thorns’ doesn’t quite work here – most of the thorns as well as an unearthly fragrance at times belong to the big central work, Leonard Rose’s 2019 Piano Trio...It ’s certainly... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Stone's high, slightly grainy baritone and incisive diction deliver Quilter's often long, soaring lines with compelling fervour, and Barlow's fluent accompaniment is the opposite of the dreaded... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

the languages are set idiomatically, and the best of the songs succeed in encapsulating the mood of their poems...This project has clearly been a labour of love for Mark Stone, to judge by his... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…