Browse: ICSM Records (label)

it is the clarity of Lee’s playing that first strikes the listener. Despite the impressionistic intent of Debussy’s piano pieces, their shifting harmonies and open pedal passages need clear direction... — The Guardian, 8th May 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Varbanov’s lucid expressivity nearly steals the scene. In the finale, Lupták’s intonation sometimes goes astray, but the air of warm geniality generated by both players is delightful. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2017 More…

Varbanov plays [the Brahms] with the firmest and most definitive touch, and not a trace of ingratiation. The rest of this interestingly-conceived CD coheres impressively, with a warm glow cast... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Varbanov lets the beauties of Brahms's First Sonata unfold gradually, but the young Brahms emerges with exuberant swagger in his account of the third movement...this CD radiates the right sort... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The singers, accompanied by period instruments, bring a dramatic, pulsating and reverential approach to their performance. It’s a unique concept. — Choir & Organ, May/June 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…