Champs Hill Records

although Janacek, Ravel and Prokofiev write in such different styles, Gavric draws some intriguing parallels between them, especially their preoccupation with piano timbre and texture....Particularly... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Mogg is comfortable across the enormous range and demonstrates much of the timbral flexibility these songs need. Coleman’s playing is outstanding…There’s much to admire here, even if Loewe’s... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Oculi players’ fastidiousness with dynamics and tonal range held me throughout...Singing tonal nuance and dynamic variety distinguish the two 1940s masterpieces, and it’s amazing how many... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Correctly pronounced though her Italian always is, it lacks any true Italianate flavour...On the upside, she possess impeccable intonation and her pure, true soprano moves around the notes with... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The album title is taken from the opening cycle on World War One poems by Ian McMillan, in which the composer follows a well-trodden English path, but with her own highly persuasive contemporary... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Concert ’s vast emotional sweep is conveyed with a natural awareness of the ebb and flow of its intense passions...The Sonata is beautifully played with plenty of character, with delectably... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

I particularly appreciate Manuel Walser’s warm, flexible sound, which fuses clarity of text with Mendelssohn’s beautiful musical lines. Susana Gaspar’s rich voice brings grandeur to the repertoire.... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

We can only hope that following this outstanding release Dove will not avoid future opportunities to write mezzo-soprano song-cycles. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2017 More…

The compulsive fluency of Stanford’s music is part of its charm…Frith’s advocacy is state-of-the-art (does any pianist around draw a lovelier sound from the keyboard, or phrase more naturally?),... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 4 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 a... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…