Ireland - The Darkened Valley

Eric Parkin's… is completely inside Ireland's idiom, well understanding the darker emotional complexities and yearnings that may underlie a seemingly casual phrase or carefree melodic line. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Captured in perfectly acceptable mono sound, Rowland's memorably intimate performances betoken a very special empathy for this repertoire. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 More…

The core of this recital… are sets of lyric pieces both early and late, of which the three Channel Island landscapes of Sarnia… remain one of Ireland's finest imaginative achievements. Bebbington's... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Here is most of the music that lies at the heart of John Ireland's achievement. Unmistakably English yet aware of the wider world, his work is rooted in tradition but conscious of change.... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…