Ireland - The Towing Path

Eric Parkin's… is completely inside Ireland's idiom, well understanding the darker emotional complexities and yearnings that may underlie a seemingly casual phrase or carefree melodic line. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The pleasures here are many. John Lenehan is a very accomplished performer: not only is his technical address impeccable, but he also has a strikingly wide dynamic range and sophisticated variety... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

As in previous volumes, his impeccable phrasing, sensitivity to chord-colouring, and expressive identification with the music make this new disc probably the version of these pieces to go for...Bebbington... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Here is most of the music that lies at the heart of John Ireland's achievement. Unmistakably English yet aware of the wider world, his work is rooted in tradition but conscious of change.... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Roderick Williams declaims his own orcehstration of Annabel Lee rather well, and enjoys two robust sea songs — BBC Music Magazine, July 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Captured in perfectly acceptable mono sound, Rowland's memorably intimate performances betoken a very special empathy for this repertoire. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 More…