Ireland - Amberley Wild Brooks

Eric Parkin's… is completely inside Ireland's idiom, well understanding the darker emotional complexities and yearnings that may underlie a seemingly casual phrase or carefree melodic line. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The core of this recital… are sets of lyric pieces both early and late, of which the three Channel Island landscapes of Sarnia… remain one of Ireland's finest imaginative achievements. Bebbington's... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Comparative listening to the meaty Sonata that Ireland wrote between 1918 and 1920 (the one work common to all three releases) finds both Rowlands and Bebbington allowing themselves rather greater... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Captured in perfectly acceptable mono sound, Rowland's memorably intimate performances betoken a very special empathy for this repertoire. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 More…