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these accounts of Dussek’s Op. 35 set are worth hearing. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Donohoe takes each work at face value, keeping shifts of tempo and impromptu ornamentation to a minimum but still playing with the sensitivity that was palpable in Vol. 1…You can tell he particularly... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2019More…

K576 stands at the centre of this enormously satisfying third volume of Donohoe’s Mozart cycle….Donohoe invests this music with a real sense of pathos and world-weariness, extracting a wealth... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

Smyth produced many songs that could hold their own in any Lieder recital…The crowning glory of this collection, nevertheless, is the opening work, the Four Songs for voice and chamber orchestra... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

The principals are all first-rate, especially Julien Van Mellaerts as the companion and Kate Valentine as the conflicted princess. As the wizard (and first ruffian from the opening scene) Ian... — Fanfare, March/April 2020More…

The women, too, wrote music of exceptional skill and beauty…Their works inhabit distinctive, highly Romantic soundworlds full of invention and drama, the interweaving of violin, cello and piano... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Dickinson, a fine musician with a wealth of experience, plays with a swinginspired half-smile and knowingly contrived insouciance. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2022More…