Simon Callaghan

This is a fresh, consistently stimulating account of Ravel’s sonata, all the more effective for its avoidance of special pleading..[in the finale] Tomita and Callaghan hit a groove facilitating... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Wallfisch and Simon Callaghan are in full sympathy both with one another and with the music, lavishing fullness of tone and subtlety of nuance on both sonatas, while Łukasz Borowicz and the... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2023 More…

Howick and her pianist Simon Callaghan knit [the first movement of the Walton] cogently together, neatly negotiating a myriad of mood switches which could easily seem juddering. Howick’s vibrato... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…Pianists Callaghan and Shanahan perform the music with compelling energy, technical panache, and stylish flair. They deliver a most enjoyable recital. — Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2023 More…

Almost all the remaining 20 items strike me as Husum at its best: pianists whose inquisitiveness has unearthed some gem, the performance of which either leaves you wreathed in smiles or sends... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2019 More…

No lost masterpieces, but a thoughtful, quietly individual voice does emerge with repeated hearings. Inquisitive readers can rest assured that Callaghan and the admirable Raphael Wallfisch strain... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…

Howick and Callaghan...are absolutely attuned and on form for the sultry Ravel, and John Ireland’s vigorous yet passionate First Violin Sonata, a work which emerges here as a great and grievously... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The main connecting thread – one of several – linking the four works in this engaging French recital for alto saxophone is women…Borne’s Carmen Fantasy is pleasant enough and virtuosically delivered.... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2019 More…