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Kelly exhibits a highly developed and polished technical command of his instrument. He has sound musical instincts and a secure intellectual grasp of a refreshingly wide repertory. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2026, Editor's Choice
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Kacperek's fluid playing makes even the most challenging pieces sound effortless. She captures the varied characters of the earlier composers with sparkle...This is a must-listen for anyone... —
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Special offer. Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Sonata
Alexander Ullman (piano), Susan Monks, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
some of the classiest pianism I’ve heard in the concertos recently...Ullman’s control is simply magnificent, whether in the clarity of his touch, the way he phrases the delicately rhetorical... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 23rd July 2022, Record of the Week
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Even in a very crowded field there are new things to say. Even more to the point is the fact that this young French pianist says them with complete naturalness, for there is nothing contrived... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, Instrumental Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Jury Award - Newcomer
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Fauré’s Après une rêve, Bruch’s Kol Nidrei and Brahm’s Vier ernste Gesänge performed on the trombone? Really? Well emphatically yes, when played with such intuitive phrasal sensitivity, intonational... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2018, Recording of the Month
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There are already more transcriptions of Bach’s D minor Toccata and Fugue BWV 565 than you can shake the proverbial stick at, but Humphreys’s version astutely curates more of Bach’s original... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, Instrumental Choice
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite
and music by Stravinsky and Prokofiev
Alexander Ullman (piano)
The pianist is marvellous and the programme is attractive. But the brittle, drier-than-dry recorded sound really doesn’t help…He combines sensitivity and agility at the highest level, which... —
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Record Review, 6th April 2019, Disc of the Week
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Special offer. Mendelssohn & Sinding: Violin Concertos
Lea Birringer (violin), Hofer Symphoniker, Hermann Bäumer
In every track, Birringer solidifies her rising stardom as one of Europe’s most recognized and accomplished violinists. [...] That Birringer excels in both pieces, in both a capacity for high... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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