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A hushed voice; music teetering on the cliff face between sorrow and excitement [RB]

A great and extremely effective recording drenched in splendour [RB]

Virtuosic brilliance which like all enjoyable things leaves you regretting we could not have had more [RB]

Engagingly unfamiliar works from the last two centuries each presented with conviction [RB]

Early accounts of two introspective quartets and of two often upbeat orchestral works [RB]

Raiskin makes this work sing [RB]

Often eloquently introspective but rising to anger and vigour [RB]

An affectionate tribute and mostly a pleasure that these recordings been set free [RB]

Chamber music pastures tilled by a little-known British melodist [RB]

Admiringly appraised … a contemporary ‘take’ on romantic and lush impressionism [RB]

by Rob Barnett

Offers more than a servant’s entrance to this disregarded composer’s heritage [RB]

Two attractive recent American concertos in excellent performances [RB]

Water-coloured emotions; attractively gentle, outwardly modest music [RB]

An all-sorts mixture including some very moving recordings from six decades ago [RB]

Variegated moods: lyricism and awkward edges [RB]

Stocked with sighs, shimmers and sadness … more Radagast than Mithrandir [RB]

A satisfying recital that is strong on earnest and shining integrity [RB]

Does extremely well in introducing the reader to the man and his music [RB]

Tartly balanced on the edge of the void [RB]

Norwegian variety from a less regarded composer [RB]

Savage … touchingly melodic, melting and romantically inclined [RB]

Speaks directly and pleasurably to the composer’s creative impulse [RB]

Music that fascinates but has no place for ingratiation or meeting the general listener half-way [RB]