Delphian

The result is an enjoyable recital featuring concert and salon pieces one is not afraid to describe as utterly delightful. Key is Whittingham’s unsentimental yet beautifully expressive playing. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2021 More…

Dillon, who has latterly worked at IRCAM, doesn’t over-egg the electronics, knowing that a light touch is more effective than pell-mell indulgence. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2023 More…

This exquisite late-Renaissance Portuguese polyphonic repertoire is as richly expressive as it is politically poised…This beautiful new album from The Marian Consort is surely one of the best... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2018 More…

Frith and Hill balance the virtuosity with explosive melodies…both have the necessary dexterity to chase notes and fingers – the overlapping twists and turns of ‘Slava’ demand a balletic performance…The... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This album, intelligently curated by Julian Perkins, is a happy celebration of that gift [Mark Ransom's bequest to the museum] and of the enlarged museum’s reopening in 2023. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2024 More…

The range of works, from Vaughan Williams to Jonathan Harvey, Augusta Read and Bright Sheng, creates an album of arresting variety. The most substantial works are Arnold Bax’s Sonata, a showcase... — The Guardian, 11th May 2024 More…

[‘Why do they shut me out of heaven?’] is a good example of Fontanals-Simmons’s tendency to prioritise solidity of vocal production and excellent diction over flashy point-making and expressive... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

There isn’t a dull or uninteresting track anywhere on this CD ... Tabea Debus is the kind of virtuoso who makes you forget how superb she is technically, by the completeness with which she puts... — MusicWeb International More…

How wonderful it is to hear this music given a real performance rather than the usual dutiful playthrough...None of this music quite reveals the genius we now mourn, yet Willshire gives compelling... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…