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"Both David Cowley and Bryan Evans excel themselves throughout
this delightful and enterprising CD" (French Music for Oboe
and Piano) Musician June 2004
"David Cowley is a deft soloist in the elegant and approachable
1989 (Mathias) Concerto for oboe and strings" Gramophone
June 2004
"In Elliot Carter's Oboe Concerto ... the virtuosic writing
realised in an unassuming but highly expressive style by oboist
David Cowley." Guardian Sept 15th 2004
"Elliot Carter's Oboe Concerto opened up a very different but
often beautiful soundscape. Played with heroic control by David
Cowley, the oboe launches the argument right at the beginning tracing
a lonely line from which everything else flows." The Times
10th Sept 2004
"Llewellyn, Cowley, the orchestra, engineers achieving that
kind of resplendent and crystalline transparency of ambience that
is so perfectly suited to the magically enraptured world Mathias,
the sonic conjuror, brings into being... Not to be missed by
anybody!!!" Fanfare (USA)
"a very persuasive soloist" Guardian 2nd May 2006
"The sheer musical unity...is breathtaking" Double
Reed News
"Beautifully and tenderly phrased" CD Review
"Fine playing" Classic CD
"Highly gifted" Musical Opinion
"Very persuasive soloist" Gramophone
"Lovely oboe playing" Gramophone
"Elegant rendition..phenomenal breath control" Manchester
Evening News
"..versatility, dexterity and tonal finesse." Daily
Telegraph
"..a fine oboist, David Cowley, who proved himself a thorough
musician. Bryan Evans was impeccable; I do not use the word lightly"
Financial Times
"..blossomed and sang with Cowley's sonorous rhapsodic approach.
Bryan Evans accompanied expertly" The Times
"..moments of great beauty in the adagio..the oboist's technical
powers brilliantly displayed" Daily Telegraph
"David Cowley played with warmly distinctive tone and seductively
supple phrasing" The Guardian
"David Cowley displayed masterly powers" Classical
Music
"Rhythmic alertness and gentle well-varied tone..arched phrases
and attractive sound" The Times
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