Download, Britten (composer)

Faust’s cadenza has real emotional involvement, and builds urgently towards the final Passacaglia, where conductor Jakub Hrůša leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra to a full-toned climax,... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Three elements stand out: firstly, the dramatic intensity of purpose he finds in all pieces; secondly, the sizzling soloistic detail he draws from the BBC Philharmonic and, thirdly, the depth... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Shelley and Edward Gardner create something more mercurial [than Britten's own reading], Gardner conjuring that lithe, high-tension drama he has so successfully achieved with Britten's stage... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Steven Osborne and Ilan Volkov launch into the Piano Concerto's opening 'Toccata' at a headlong pace… For all the remarkable velocity, the playing has weight and incisiveness too, and Osborne's... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Kerson Leong commands a strong technique...and he draws an absolutely gorgeous tone from his unnamed violin. But he also possesses the personal security to avoid vain virtuosity and empty showmanship... — Fanfare, Sep/Oct 2023 More…

[Daniel] tends to let the tempo slacken when the harmonic pulse slows down [on the Vaughan Williams]...it's hard to complain when that leaves more space for his consistently golden tone...MacMillan... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Frang has a beautiful tone and superb intonation, and in both concertos applies a satisfying range of colour - there's much to enjoy, technically speaking. The spiky, lonely atmosphere of the... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, 3 out of 5 stars More…