Champs Hill Records

there is enormous depth in Martin's interpretation...there is a strong sense on this disc that Martin is working with care and precision to live within the means and intentions of the music. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2014 More…

There's much superb playing to enjoy: she is particularly good at creating atmosphere through her sound, which is cushioned, refined and beautifully balanced...the richness of Chopin's fleeting... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Krzystof Chorzelski and Katya Apekisheva seem more concerned with ensuring that the few dramatic sections in the work are projected with the greatest immediacy. As a result, the sudden explosion... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

this excellent group...offers a generously wide range of 19th- and 20th-century music, much of it unfamiliar, all of it diverting...it is Astor Piazzolla who is chosen to provide the unpredictable... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011 More…

Anybody disinclined to take the accordion seriously as a classical instrument should listen to the opening track here...[the Nordheim and Berio] are advertisements for the accordion's expressive... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Production and recording values are invariably high from this source and the present issue continues this trend. I note that a previous Frances-Hoad chamber music issue The Glory Tree on Champs... — MusicWeb International, August 2017 More…

Whately's choice is eclectic…[and] she sings them with attractive brightness and fervour. Her tone is not yet as distinctive as Janet Baker or Sarah Connolly, say, but there's a plangent shading... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…