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some of the classiest pianism I’ve heard in the concertos recently...Ullman’s control is simply magnificent, whether in the clarity of his touch, the way he phrases the delicately rhetorical... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Humphreys mines the repetitive melodies for subtelties of colour, rather than drama. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019 More…

Bach plays with eloquent precision and, quite apart from her immaculate technique, there are many things to enjoy here: the clean, jewel-like tone, alert articulation and stylish ornamentation…If... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Hurtaud gives really potent performances, his deep connection to both works undeniable. Farr’s remarkable Chemin des Dames, honours the role of women during the First World War. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

In every track, Birringer solidifies her rising stardom as one of Europe’s most recognized and accomplished violinists. [...] That Birringer excels in both pieces, in both a capacity for high... — Fanfare, November/December 2022 More…

Fauré’s Après une rêve, Bruch’s Kol Nidrei and Brahm’s Vier ernste Gesänge performed on the trombone? Really? Well emphatically yes, when played with such intuitive phrasal sensitivity, intonational... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Armstrong’s performance [of Rhapsody in Blue] is hugely enjoyable...Perhaps most interesting is Nadia Boulanger pupil Julia Perry’s minuscule Prelude, which moves through harmonic centres with... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) 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…