BIS

…Sharon Bezaly plays - stunningly well… — BBC Music Magazine, March 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Monica Groop and Roger Vignoles sound every bit as committed to these ditties as to anything Grieg wrote. They're disarmingly sung, and compellingly accompanied throughout. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

He is suitably bubbly in the Champagne waltz even when unable to erase so much relentless charm. But he does too little with music that is often heavily derivative (the ghosts of Chopin and... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2014 More…

The Norfolk-born bass-baritone's voice, on this showing, is close to ideal - chocolate-dark and rich in tone, with a deceptive effortlessness and secutiry that shows up many more famous exponent.... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Both [The Art of Poetry and the Sinfonietta] are scored for [Lokshin's] favourite combination of voice and chamber ensemble, and both manage to be simultaneously laconic and passionate. Impressive... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2010 More…

...voracious playing and demonstrative continuo from Charles Medlam and Steven Devine...Devine provides a fabulous harpsichord realisation in the Musette...London Baroque do sterling service... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2010 More…

one hears that what Nézet-Séguin offers (aided by a superlatively airy, open, yet richly resonant recording) is the orchestral equivalent of a Peter Hall staging - with a focus entirely on the... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

A hefty bass-baritone in every sense, he's inevitably compared with Bryn Terfel, but his voice seems darker and somewhat smoother, less given to pianissimi but still expressive...Songs of Travel... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…