11 July 2024
Stereophile, Stephen Francis Vasta
Reinecke & Sauer: Piano Concertos‘Callaghan's sparkling, articulate runs in Sauer's scherzo repeatedly catch the breath. His playing throughout is masterful. The St. Gallen orchestra plays stylishly’ (Stereophile)
PERFORMANCE RECORDING6 July 2024
BBC Record Review, Andrew McGregor
Queen of Hearts‘Mille regretz—a thousand regrets to leave you and to be far from your loving face—attributed to Josquin des Prez in the mid-sixteenth century, flourishing in print. So heartachingly lovely and timeless … it's one of The Gesualdo Six's favourites, they tell us, and, sung with this kind of heart-stopping beauty, mine too’ (BBC Record Review)
6 July 2024
BBC Record Review, Andrew McGregor
Reformation‘Pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen is on a pilgrimage to restore a fuller picture of English Renaissance music after the 'cultural vandalism' of the English Reformation. Well-rounded musical portraits, rich pieces, beauty, charm, wit—and some delightful ornamentation’ (BBC Record Review)
6 July 2024
Rondo, Germany, Guido Fischer
Reformation„Allein schon für ihre Auswahl gebührt Mishka Rushdie Momen ein britischer Orden. Doch auch Momens „sprechendes“ Spiel erweist sich als treffsicher und ideal für die besonderen Wesenzüge dieser durchweg kunstvoll „gebauten“, aber dank ihrer Noblesse, Anmut und Innigkeit stets das Herz ansprechenden Stücke“ (Rondo, Germany)
» More5 July 2024
Presto Classical, Matthew Ash
Reformation‘I begin with a confession, that had I not been working at Presto I may have overlooked Mishka Rushdie Momen’s Hyperion debut, with so much music vying for my attention and a continuing stream of new recordings. It would have been my loss to miss this album of captivating music, musicianship and pianism … there is much to explore and enjoy here, in an album which rewards repeated listening and which leaves me in anticipation of what we hear next from this exciting new addition to Hyperion’s armoury of superb pianists’ (Presto Classical)
» More4 July 2024
Winnipeg Free Press, Canada, Holly Harris
Reformation‘Gibbons’s
Alman in G, The King’s Jewel is infused with requisite nobility while the artist’s well-paced interpretation of Byrd’s
The Bells bursts into rapid-fire figuration pealing with joy in this early summer pleaser a welcome addition to the baroque keyboard music discography’ (Winnipeg Free Press, Canada)
» More2 July 2024
The Spectator, Damian Thompson
Reformation‘Mishka Rushdie Momen [is] one of this country's most gifted and intellectually curious young concert pianists … [Reformation] is performed with thrilling exuberance and subtlety’ (The Spectator)