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Hughes gives us a very direct performance of [No.1], free of any interpretative exaggeration. The playing of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is first class in all departments...Hughes’s account... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2020 More…

This third and final disc in Owain Arwel Hughes’s survey of all Sibelius’s numbered symphonies with the RPO opens with an impressive account of the Fifth – lacking only perhaps a little in visceral... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The pianist is marvellous and the programme is attractive. But the brittle, drier-than-dry recorded sound really doesn’t help…He combines sensitivity and agility at the highest level, which... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2019 More…

Played here with sensitivity and intent, these elegiac works have a haunting quality. The recorded sound is slightly foggy — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Although most of these pieces have been collated on various anthologies of French piano music, few of them can match this new release in its balanced conception or consistency of execution…Soares... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2019 More…

Right from the start of the Tchaikovsky, your ears are hooked by her strong, confident tone. Her fingers never seem to take a breath as the long burnished phrases roll on and on. You notice... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Certainly these works benefit from Martinova’s energy and splendid ear for tone colour. — Gramophone Magazine More…

Lucy Humphris’s debut album is a fascinating showpiece of her not inconsiderable technical abilities...Good, clear sound and a fascinating listen overall. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2023 More…