Spain-Dunk

Hats off to the Tippett Quartet for giving these rare chamber works an airing and for performances of charm, insight and real enthusiasm. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2022 More…

None of these string orchestra works can really be claimed as great discoveries, yet there’s much to savour as Bostock’s German players brush away the music’s dust with elegance and passion. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Cigleris presents them with a rich, consistent tone and splendidly mellifluous phrasing...the BBC NOW and Palmer are attentive and well balanced, and the recorded sound is clear and warm. The... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

What differentiates them in this selection is the music’s quality and the circumstances of composition, with the younger, more combative Ruth Gipps, born in 1921, easily achieving a more personal... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…

It is quite a satisfying range: Karl Jenkins’s Chums!, the sole 21st-century piece, is a lively and inventive romp, while Susan Spain-Dunk’s Rhapsody Quintet of 1920 is mostly marked ‘espressivo’... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Noakes has selected works – many of which are world-premiere recordings – whose tonalities and sonorities build perfectly from one to another, showcasing the flute in conversation with its piano... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…