“Two Premiere recordings and two unfamiliar works, eloquently performed by Mark Bebbington and the CBSO, combine to make this an essential disc for anyone with a taste for mid- twentieth century UK repertoire, now creeping back into fashion. An unexpected and fascinating disc.”
Observer, August 2009
”Mark Bebbington continues to enhance his already glowing reputation with an intriguing disc of four concertante works. Bebbington is adept at getting to the lyrical heart of each work….”
BBC Music Magazine 5*****, October 2009
”Mark Bebbington and conductor David Curtis are wholehearted in their advocacy of this fascinating piece (Bax Piano Concertino). Bebbington is also impressive in Ireland’s attractive concerto with its brilliany jazzy episodes and its lyrical intensity.”
Sunday Telegraph, 11th October 2009, 4**** Michael Kennedy
”Bebbington brings inventive impulsiveness combined with an interpretation that ranges from utmost delicacy to passionate intensity – in sum, it is masterful.”
International Piano Magazine, September/October 2009
”All told, a most successful disc of music (John Ireland) that deserves to be better known.”
Gramophone, November 2009, Edward Greenfield
”Bebbington has almost single-handedly demonstrated that 20th- century British piano scores have an exciting role to play in the concert hall and recording studio.”