"This stellar debut album by American tenor Nicholas Phan is a total pleasure on all fronts"
Read More... — Anastasia Tsioulcas,
NPR
"Harry Bicket and the players of the English Concert are hand-in-glove partners to the vocal wizardry."
Read More... — Michael Dervan,
The Irish Times
"a total pleasure on all fronts
... one of the best recitals I've heard this year ...
and it marks Phan's entry as an artist who must be heard."
Read More... — Anastasia Tsioulcas,
NPR
"this magnificent recent disc ... unfailingly beautiful ... ingenious programming"
Read More... — Joshua Kosman,
San Francisco Chronicle
— Hugh Canning,
The Sunday Times
"highly personal and brilliantly played performances"
Read More... — Hugh Canning,
The Sunday Times
"a stimulating calling card for Nicholas Phan, a stylish young tenor for whom great things lie ahead"
Read More... — Steve Smith,
Time Out New York
— Charles T. Downey,
Ionarts
"This was the best recital I've heard this season."
Read More... — Robert Battey,
The Washington Post
"a selection of exceptional classical releases from 2011"
Read More... — Alex Ross,
The New Yorker
For Hadelich, these are all works that recall Paris, "you can hear how they influence each other. You can hear a little bit of Debussy in Stravinsky and Poulenc"
Read More... — Laurie Niles,
Violinist.com
"Bicket's English Concert supplies luxury, stylish accompaniments"
Read More... — Hugh Canning,
The Sunday Times
"The celebrated John Wilson brings his interpretive magic to bear on these pieces ... the RLPO gently draws out every subtlety"
Read More... — Anna Britten,
Classic FM Magazine
"clearly the work of a Bach genius ... an emotive, beautiful performance"
Read More... — Charlotte Gardner,
Classic FM Magazine
"superb ... excellent all-round performance"
* * * * *
Read More... — Adrian Horsewood,
Early Music Today
Editor's Choice: "elegant panache by The English Concert"
* * * * *
Read More... — Graham Lock,
Early Music Today
— David Vickers,
Gramophone
— Gary Lemco,
Audiophile Audition
"a potent brew ... the pianist does them superbly"
Read More... — Michael Church,
The Independent
"the gifted Korean pianist ... A brave and challenging debut."
Read More... — Andy Gill,
The Independent
"These bleakly beautiful, sometimes satirical and stunning settings of eight Thomas Hardy poems prove ideal for Nicholas Phan, the sweet-voiced young tenor"
Read More... — Anthony Tommasini,
The New York Times
"the excellent Cleveland group Apollo's Fire ... a new kind of sound"
Read More... — Russell Platt,
The New Yorker
" one cannot overlook the musical accomplishment of the choir. They perform with refinement and distinction throughout"
Read More... — John J. Puccio,
Classical Candor
— Anna Picard,
Independent on Sunday
"the 25-year-old pianist is heading in only one direction..."
Read More... — Sarah Kirkup,
Gramophone
— Alex Ross,
therestisnoise.com
"graceful, mellifluous ... sharp intelligence, poetic insight and a confident individuality ... exquisitely artful."
Read More... — Stephen Pettitt,
The Sunday Times
— George Hall,
The Guardian
"Throughout the night one joy was constant: the ensemble spirit and iridescent colours of the English Concert, directed by Harry Bicket."
Read More... — Geoff Brown,
The Times
"The tenor Nicholas Phan says that he's as American as dim sum and souvlaki."
Read More... — Brian Wise,
WQXR
MusicCo on Facebook
MusicCo on Twitter
MusicCo on MySpace
MusicCo on Facebook
MusicCo on Twitter
MusicCo on MySpace