Champs Hill Records
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the Ligeti is a delight, beginning with needle-sharp precision and culminating in Mediterranean warmth. Zarins's Prokofiev is nicely idiomatic, and his performance of Petrushka is one of the... —
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Gripping performances by rising star Tamsin Waley-Cohen, who plays every note with commitment, from the ultra-cool of Gershwin to the magical enchantment of Ravel. —
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Krzystof Chorzelski and Katya Apekisheva seem more concerned with ensuring that the few dramatic sections in the work are projected with the greatest immediacy. As a result, the sudden explosion... —
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[de Pledge] brings to this CD his trademark transparency of touch. The sound is bright and firm as he beings the first promenade, and 'Gnomus' emerges with expansive breadth...And so it goes,... —
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Messiaen: Poémes pour Mi
and other chamber works
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (soprano), Matthew Trusler (violin) & Stephen De Pledge (piano), Stephen De Pledge (piano), Daniel Pailthorpe (flute) & Stephen De Pledge (piano)
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Larchet: Songs and Airs
Niall Kinsella (piano), Gavan Ring (baritone), Raphaela Mangan (mezzo-soprano), Mia Cooper (violin), Verity Simmons (cello)
It’s a light, pleasant set of recordings, pairing choral and chamber works. —
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The Concert ’s vast emotional sweep is conveyed with a natural awareness of the ebb and flow of its intense passions...The Sonata is beautifully played with plenty of character, with delectably... —
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Stanford: Piano Concerto No. 2
& works for solo piano
Benjamin Frith (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Andrew Gourlay
The compulsive fluency of Stanford’s music is part of its charm…Frith’s advocacy is state-of-the-art (does any pianist around draw a lovelier sound from the keyboard, or phrase more naturally?),... —
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The performances are superbly committed and the recording…is superbly balanced, the players in a beautiful natural perspective…I think this might just be the best of the series —
