Champs Hill Records

Shapira's rich tonal variety is amply displayed ina ll three works, everything well recorded. Even though the pace in Barber's slow movement is set by his favourite instrument, the oboe, Shapira... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2013More…

[McCaldin sings] with real commitment and imagination, in lively partnership with the pianist Andrew West... Here are brilliantly backlit cameos of sand and tide, shore and slimy estuary...The... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

This is a sometimes dizzying tour of the English oboe repertoire, hopping in turn from rural lyricism to hard-edged modernity, but there is no disputing the technical facility of James Turnbull... — The Observer, 10th March 2013More…

Shapira should strengthen his reputation as a composer with this CD, a vibrant mixture of post-modern eclecticism with folk-song and neo-Romanticism. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

These are mostly excellent performances matching sweet string tone with a muscular approach to musical argument. The first movement of the B flat trio coudl have been more expansive, but the... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

She displayed a puzzling sobriety when I first heard her, but here all reservations are swept aside. How memorably she responds to Medtner, to an elusive fragrance and intricacy that can leave... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2013More…

there is enormous depth in Martin's interpretation...there is a strong sense on this disc that Martin is working with care and precision to live within the means and intentions of the music. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2014More…