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Ronald Corp and the BBC Concert Orchestra pitch in with gusto and lovely bright colours - just the job for a composer pointedly cherished by MacDonald for his 'musical optimism' and 'zest for... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2014, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

If this is not quite a resurrection like Anthony Payne's of Elgar's Third Symphony, it was still worth doing, and adds to our knowledge of the struggle against adversity that's enshrined in... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012More…

Rubbra was an excellent pianist, and his output for the instrument spans pretty much his entire career. It's the earliest work here, the Sonatina of 1928-9, that proves by far the most technically... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

The extensive Vivacissimo finale [of the First Violin Concerto]...provides the most breathtaking bravura on the disc, superbly negotiated by Philippe Graffin, whose beauty of tone in the slower,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

…York Bowen… premiered his First Piano Concerto (1903) at the Proms while he was still a student at the Royal Academy of Music. It's an unashamedly virtuoso vehicle… Michael Dussek negotiates... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, 5 out of 5 starsMore…