Novello

At the heart of the album is the cycle Huit Chansons de Fleurs, by Ricky Ian Gordon. He’s no slouch when it comes to picturing words in his music – so we have drunken bees teetering along the... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This beautifully programmed recital will make you want to rush out and buy as many volumes of British songs as you can…the real showstoppers are the lovingly rendered wartime lollipops, steeped... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This set gives an invaluable historical cross-section of Antipodean singers in both commercial and rare archive recordings. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

If IKEA were to make a cello, this would be it…Sow how does it sound? In Steven Isserlis’s hands, remarkably fine – though he only uses it for a handful of evocative miniatures…On Isserlis’s... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

An imaginative programme that links Canada, the US and the UK. Though one or two of the arrangements verge on the twee, the singing is generally very polished. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…