Champs Hill Records

This is a quite remarkable gathering together of songs that evoke so many emotions. Clare McCaldin shows how she is able to shape and control her voice to draw so much from each song, following... — The Classical Reviewer, June 2016 More…

Emma Wernig and Albert Cano Smit have chosen neglected repertoire that surely deserves much wider exposure. Hans Gál’s three movement Viola Sonata is a real discovery. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

There is a feeling of disarming innocence about these pieces as well as gentle humour and a delicate beauty. I was captivated throughout this well filled disc...Zarins’ skilful playing brings... — MusicWeb International, 6th June 2013 More…

[Pailthorpe] plays with an exceptionally sweet and pure tone...As well as Pailthorpe's fine playing, it is good to have the ECO in splendid form under Benjamin Wallfisch, recorded with fine... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2012 More…

besides programming an intriguing mixture of English and French 20th-century songs that all sit remarkably well together, the recital gains extra distinction from an immediately lovable new... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2021 More…

[Dancer on a Tightrope is] performed with suitable punch and fire by Bartosz Woroch and Mei Yi Foo…Woroch brings a suitable depth and stillness of tone [to Cage’s Six Melodies for Violin and... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These prove to be captivating discoveries, full of fresh and memorable thematic invention, performed here by the Lendvai String Trio with great energy and musical commitment. Each work, composed... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The performances are superbly committed and the recording…is superbly balanced, the players in a beautiful natural perspective…I think this might just be the best of the series — Gramophone Magazine, February 2017 More…

[Ridout] offers a gorgeous tone, a thoughtful approach to phrasing, and an infectious sense of impetuosity…there is plenty to enjoy here in terms of poetic flow — Gramophone Magazine, June 2017 More…