Tom Poster

It’s an eclectic mix that combines nostalgia with a modern, shuffle-play sense of adventure. As Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Bloom finds luminosity in the changing seasons, Huw Watkins’s Arietta suspends... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It was the second of the sonatas which Elena Urioste and Tom Poster really made me fall in love with, its enigmatic dolorous introduction soon banished by typical Norwegian, grace-noted delight…Grieg... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

In this thoughtfully programmed album, 'Light and Shadows', we get 'radiant' Beethoven, 'dark' Chopin and Schumann's Waldszenen, a work that lives in the flickering half-lights of the forest.... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2015 More…

They make a lovely sound together…I enjoyed the sweetness of Balsom’s muted tone in the central Sarabande of the Françaix and the way that even while articulating brilliantly through Goedicke’s... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2016 More…

The SACD sound is first-class and the booklet notes by both artists attractive, not least in drawing attention to the great artists of the past whose performances and arrangements are saluted... — MusicWeb International, November 2018 More…

This lovingly chosen recital...celebrates dance and song...Less robust or outgoing than many others, Tom Poster makes a haunting virtue of inwardness and refinement. His sound is warm and beguiling...His... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2014 More…