Joseph Holbrooke: Sonata in F Major for Violin and Piano (“The Grasshopper”) (1917 Version)

Granville Bantock: Sonata in F Major for Viola and Piano “COLLEEN”

(World Premiére recording - Performed on Gustav Holst’s viola)

Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin and Viola); Matthew Rickard (Piano)

EM RECORDS (EMR CD003)

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“Heroically impressive piano playing”

MuiscWeb International

“Matthew Rickard’s piano-playing is also impressive”

Gramophone

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Minor

Gustav Holst: Five pieces for Violin and Piano (World Premiére recording)

Henry Walford Davies: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat (World Premiére recording)

Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin); Matthew Rickard (Piano)

EM RECORDS (EMR CD006)

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Piano Trio; Insomnia for Violin and Piano

Chaconne for Solo Viola; Valedictions for Cello and Piano

Sonata for Violin and Piano; Snowbound for Bass Clarinet, Cello and Piano

Matthew Rickard (Piano); Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin/Viola);

Sophie Harris (Cello); Ian Mitchell (Bass Clarinet)

TOCCATA CLASSICS (TOCC 0150)

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«««« BBC Music Magazine

“This fine disc is a complete success and can be very warmly recommended to anyone with a serious interest in British music”

International Record Review

Chosen as one of MusicWeb International’s “RECORDINGS OF THE YEAR 2011”

“Rickard negiotiates these demanding scores with aplomb”

The Strad

“The performances are committed and watertight of ensemble, and the notes are first class”

“Rickard has a fine sense of keyboard colour”

MusicWeb International

“Marshall-Luck and Rickard capture the Walford-Davies’ quintissential Englishness beautifully”

Gramophone

«««« BBC Music Magazine

“Pickard’s music has a substance and durability which makes this disc required listening”

International Record Review

“A Remarkable disc”

Fanfare Magazine

Sir Arthur Bliss: Sonata for Piano and Violin (World Premiére recording)

Sir Henry Walford Davies: Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano (World Premiére recording)

York Bowen: Sonata in E Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 112

Rupert Luck (Violin); Matthew Rickard (Piano)

EM RECORDS (EMR CD001)

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Ivor Gurney: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat Major (World Premiére recording)

Lionel Sainsbury: Soliloquy for Solo Violin, Op.21

Sir Edward Elgar: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E Minor, Op.82

Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin); Matthew Rickard (Piano)

EM RECORDS (EMR CD011)

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“Marshall-Luck and Rickard display passion and poise in a deeply-felt reading”

MusicWeb International

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