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There are already more transcriptions of Bach’s D minor Toccata and Fugue BWV 565 than you can shake the proverbial stick at, but Humphreys’s version astutely curates more of Bach’s original... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

I’d suggest that not since Martin Isepp accompanied Janet Baker on that bargain Saga long-player from many moons ago has a British singer made a more auspicious recital debut on record. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2024 More…

This is a deeply thought-through, bewitchingly rendered succession of interpretations…This is also one of those rare albums truly conceived as a whole listen from start to finish…Whatever Silverstein... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2018 More…

Although most of these pieces have been collated on various anthologies of French piano music, few of them can match this new release in its balanced conception or consistency of execution…Soares... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2019 More…

Armstrong’s performance [of Rhapsody in Blue] is hugely enjoyable...Perhaps most interesting is Nadia Boulanger pupil Julia Perry’s minuscule Prelude, which moves through harmonic centres with... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

the playing is exquisitely judged, shifting between fragility and strength, alienation and familiarity. The recorded sound is intimate, creating compelling sonic affinities. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

An attractive sequence of folk-inflected works by Georgian, Armenian, Greek, Hungarian and British-born composers in imaginative arrangements for solo cello and string orchestra by Alessio Pianelli...strongly... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Lucy Humphris’s debut album is a fascinating showpiece of her not inconsiderable technical abilities...Good, clear sound and a fascinating listen overall. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2023 More…