Accentus Music

Howarth’s brilliant arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures is much less famous than Ravel’s, but in a sense it’s more faithful to the piano original, being scored not for full orchestra, but for... — Sunday Times, 20th October 2013More…

Robust and lyrical performances of the Poulenc and Ravel violin and piano masterpieces, while Pierre-Octave Ferroud’s Sonata is a real find. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2018, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

The touchstone of the concert is the First Ballade. From its opening notes, a dramatic context is evoked. Chen’s approach to its form is so complete that it is like an expanding universe, its... — Fanfare, January/February 2020More…

His Schumann programme is a model of preternatural clarity, though he can be relentless in some of the composer’s more obsessive rhythmic patterns. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2019More…