Gurney

From early Gurney to Ian Venables, the Pastoral is renewed through warmly flowing compositions [JW]

Admirers of Gurney’s music and of English song in general should hasten to acquire this important release [JQ]

A splendid operatic bass in a new and satisfying context [WH]

A fine representative collection; no more rustic accents, please [JW]

Lovers of English song should not hesitate: acquire this disc and gatecrash Uncle Ralph’s musical party [JQ]

(Déjà Review) There’s something for everybody in this excellently played between-the-wars anthology of music [JL]

(Déjà Review) Agnew is an eloquent exponent of these bitter-sweet, nostalgic and elegiac songs [HC]

An enjoyable recital by a newcomer to the field of English Art Song [EJW]

A very measured Elgar Sonata and a world premiere of the Gurney Sonata [JW]