Champs Hill Records

Allen, who turned 74 in September, remains an irresistibly attractive, superb communicator…[He] is deftly accompanied by Stephen Higgins, who savours the music’s sweetness without over-egging... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Dariescu communicates [the Boulanger’s] brooding atmosphere, imaginative register deployment and shattering climactic descending passages in octaves…Fauré’s Op. 103 Preludes further demonstrate... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2019 More…

The whimsical performance of Charles Ives’s ‘The Children’s Hour’ which opens the recital sets high standards of interpretation, John’s mellifluous singing offset by Vann’s tenderly undulating... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

there’s a lot more to this recital than elegiac gloom. A fine showcase of double bass virtuosity, in fact. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There’s a heartfelt quality to Jamal Aliyev’s playing that comes across strongly on this debut disc. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Variety rules on this disc: this established all-male vocal group Cantabile slip easily from Vaughan Williams, Quilter and Elgar to Tom Bahler and Randy Newman...Some of the solo work just missed... — The Observer, 13th April 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

the Ligeti is a delight, beginning with needle-sharp precision and culminating in Mediterranean warmth. Zarins's Prokofiev is nicely idiomatic, and his performance of Petrushka is one of the... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Of all the British clarinet works on this enterprising album that need reawakening, the easy winner is Iain Hamilton’s compelling concerto…Plane has the work’s full measure, benefiting from... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…