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Harp recitals are almost bound to be appealing, such is the instrument’s seductiveness, but this one has substance, too. — Sunday Times, 20th September 2015 More…

There’s an impressive level of excellence throughout, though Swensen is adaptable to moods between and within concertos…I love his natural way with slow movements, especially Mendelssohn’s and... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Bryan certainly has complete mastery of the [Rouse's] technical and expressive demands, as she does in Ibert's Concerto of 1933...Her playing of Debussy's Syrinx, the ne plus ultra of the solo... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2013 More…

Boasting strikingly truthful sound and balance, this is an enjoyable release, and I look forward to hearing more from this talented young ensemble. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2023 More…

The Pelléas Ensemble give a most persuasive account [of Richard Rodney Bennett's Sonata after Syrinx]. It’s a work I’d very much like to see programmed in recitals...a pleasing, well-programmed... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2021 More…

[Nostalghia] forms the memorable conclusion to this impressive new disc from the Scottish Ensemble. The more poignant for its restraint, this miniature concerto for violin and strings requires... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2016 More…

Mikdad, already a seasoned competition entrant, gives fine accounts of all three works here...this calling card will do very well and Aidan Mikdad’s name will be filed under ‘One to Watch’. — Gramophone Magazine, February 2023 More…

…at its best his playing evinces an ease and naturalness that makes his overemphasis elsewhere regrettable. He excels in the Sonatine's virtuoso finale, where, as instructed, he is brilliantly... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2009 More…