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Here the outstanding performance [of the Second Quartet] is flanked by accounts of the First and Third marked by equal intensity and responsiveness to mood, and similarly well recorded. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Michael Dussek’s Chopin playing is accomplished...One might conclude that it would have been preferable to make this an all-Dussek disc, but the logic of pairing him with Chopin is compelling.... — Fanfare, March/April 2023 More…

these accounts of Dussek’s Op. 35 set are worth hearing. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

By far the most interesting interplay between voice and string quartet in this new recital is in Sally Beamish’s five Tree Carols, of which this is the first recording...All told, a cleverly... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Vann’s talent for eliciting intelligent responses to text, and his use of dynamic nuances to clarify meaning, are splendidly evident in the Nunc Dimittis. The 20 singers of the Royal Hospital... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Those who know Parry mainly from the robustly self-assured ‘Jerusalem’ and ‘I Was Glad’ may find the more sophisticated nuances of these songs surprising…Pianist Andrew West supports the singers... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Donohoe takes each work at face value, keeping shifts of tempo and impromptu ornamentation to a minimum but still playing with the sensitivity that was palpable in Vol. 1…You can tell he particularly... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2019 More…

Beecham's 1937 Fourth is one of the definitive versions, but this 1951 studio broadcast offers clearer sound, despite infuriating rasps from the acetate master, and very similar intensity.... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…