Resonus Classics

Smith is sympathetic, generous, introspective, romantic, adventurous in timbre…and his palette of sounds is enviably characterful…The overall listening experience is well crafted and charts... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019 More…

This programme features repertoire rich in musical portraits...Fantasticus have established themselves as a white-hot addition to the early music scene. Fantasticus by name; fantastic by nature! — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Robert Smith is not the first in the field with his recording, and there will certainly be others to follow, but the expressive warmth which he brings to these attractive pieces, together with... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Pachelbel’s subtle art is very well served by the organist Matthew Owens, so perhaps the only question mark hanging over this enterprise is whether it is also well served by wall-to-wall recordings...the... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The most attractive aspect of this release is the free recreational sense of friends spending a Sunday evening together, getting high on caffeinated concertos. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2023 More…

Every note’s function [is] painstakingly thought through...It’s true that there’s not a lot of recorded competition when it comes to this repertoire, but even if there were I’d wager this would... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…

This completion of his ‘48’ is a highly satisfying account...Some musicians play up the kaleidoscopic aspect of this extraordinary collection of pieces, but Devine gives it a strong underlying... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…