Ireland - Two Symphonic Studies

it is well sung and played and a good deal of the impact of the writing comes through. The music itself is melodic, spacious in phrase and reaily enjoyable at its face value. The performance... — Penguin Guide, 2011 editionMore…

Hickox gives a sensitive account of the DownlandSuite and extracts great expressive intensity from the glorious second movement 'Elegy'. The Concertinopastorale is another fine work, boasting... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…