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They’re completely on fire, chiselling hot rhythms out of the percussion, melting their lips on ritzy brass cascades. They also obviously relish the tenderness of those rare moments when Bernstein... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It’s a joyful display, full of warmth, character and the singing tone that Bartlett has come to be known for... The emphasis is on spontaneity rather than virtuosity for its own sake, with an... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

What [Gerstein] serves up here is living, breathing Gershwin that doesn’t shy from improvisation and yet retains all the crystal clarity and architectural cohesion of his interpretations of... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2018 More…

One happy consequence of the Bolívar Orchestra's ascendancy is that Latin American repertoire previously known to connoisseurs has gained circulation… the one widely acknowledged masterpiece,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Revisiting the improvisatory practice of jazz icons with highly idiosyncratic techniques can fall flat, but Balsom and the Britten Sinfonia make it work. They are entirely idiomatic and wonderfully... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

I don’t believe there is any such thing as a bad Gershwin song, but the very best of them feature in this luxury assortment…and this being a John Wilson album with his eponymous orchestra, they... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016 More…

The orchestral performances here display all of the virtues that have come to be associated with Wilson and his band: plenty of ‘front’ on the brass-playing, liberal vibrato from the strings... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, 6th October 2014 More…