Ireland - Concertino Pastorale

Hickox gives a sensitive account of the DownlandSuite and extracts great expressive intensity from the glorious second movement 'Elegy'. The Concertinopastorale is another fine work, boasting... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

It's hard to imagine more persuasive advocacy for Ireland's Concertino pastorale, The Holy Boy and the Minuet and Elegy from A Downland Suite, with Boult drawing a radiant response from the... — Gramophone Magazine, Janurary 2008 More…