Browse: Stone Records (label)

Webb's fruity soprano is lithe and adventurous, tackling this little-heard repertoire with thoughtful poise and relish. Wickham is precise and sympathetic. This is an important series, noteworthy... — Limelight Magazine, September 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The songs are performed throughout in an excellent style … always in fine vocal form … When a greatly gifted singer lends their artistry to such vocally-rewarding music as this, the result is... — Musical Opinion, Winter 2017 More…

here is a situation where the quality of the music really does make its obscurity hard to understand...the composer's searching imagination, technical precision and sure self-knowledge all denote... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

All of the performances on A Summer’s Day are exemplary; immaculately played, with a keen attention to style and instrumental timbres, and reproduced in gorgeous recorded sound. In addition to... — Fanfare, July/August 2022 More…

the Goldberg Variations was originally written for harpsichord. However, hearing this masterful performance by Robert Costin on the Pembroke College organ, it's impossible to imagine that Bach...didn't... — The Independent, 2nd August 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The variety of portraits is matched by the palette of voices chosen by deviser and accompanist Sholto Kynoch. The baritone, David Stout, is the very incarnation of the stalwart...Best of all,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Stone's high, slightly grainy baritone and incisive diction deliver Quilter's often long, soaring lines with compelling fervour, and Barlow's fluent accompaniment is the opposite of the dreaded... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…