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The recital gets off to an impressive start with expressive accounts of the early Elegie Op. 3 and the ubiquitous Prelude in C sharp minor. In both works, Filsell creates a rich and tonally... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

this performance sizzlingly draws attention to the preternatural gifts of invention and lithe craftsmanship that Mendelssohn possessed...There is nothing conventional...about the way in which... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2014 More…

He's at his best when the music is most abstract. In the Bach-Busoni Chaconne he grips the polyphony with a probing intensity, a manner revisted in miniature in the grave, brittle dance of the... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Walton's sound in this excellent recording is open and luminous. Daniel Grimwood is more than a match for his extravagant part [in the Saint-Saens]...There's plenty of Mendelssohnian magic here... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It's a fiercely taxing selection...In technical terms, and particularly in his outstandingly idiomatic Italian enunciation, Ovenden proves complete master of his chosen repertory...For some... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Most sterling of British pianists, he leaves high-flying virtuosity to others and his impeccable technique and musicianship make a superb case for a choice of works that, significantly, stresses... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2007 More…

with this programme of combined charm and exuberance, the London Chamber Orchestra deliver a crowd pleaser. Pascal Rogé has become something of Poulenc expert, and his sympathetic yet witty... — Classic FM Magazine, November 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Nolan not only draws real sparkle from the instrument, using its unprepossessing resources to amazing effect, but turns out a magisterial account of the Sonata's first movement. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 More…