BBC Music Magazine CD of the month

Just received the very exciting and encouraging news that the latest Grieg/Rachmaninov sonatas CD is to receive a double 5***** review in January's BBC Music Magazine which is then automatically nominated for an award. Fingers crossed . . .

I shall be completing the Anglo-Russian trilogy just before Christmas with the Philharmonia/Alexander Briger in the Walton concerto and Shostakovich 1st concerto. Then next year I can focus on recording the Dvorak and Schumann concertos . . ..watch this space!

After the success of the first North York Moors Chamber Music Festival I'm pleased to confirm the dates for next year - the festival will run from 16th to 28th August and details will be forthcoming on the festival page very soon.

I shall also be following up on the Grieg/Rachmaninov sonatas CD with my pianist Daniel Grimwood, on a disc to include the Poulenc, Debussy and Saint-Saens (2nd) sonatas sometime next year.

Having just returned from a tour of America (New York, Boston, San Francisco and Palo Alto) I'm trying to shift the jet lag especially at this busy time.

I'm pleased to announce a debut at London's King's Place on May 9th 2010 in a programme to include sonatas by Beethoven, Britten, Brahms and Prokofiev - as well as a performance of Chopin's sonata at Wigmore Hall on March 19th 2010 as part of the Jacqueline du Pre memorial concert.

Thanks for listening!