'Shiner has so mastered his instrument that one moment, the clarinet shines brightly, while the next, it lets out a gruff roar. He draws on a vast array of sonic possibilities. [...] The playing is full of detail, rewarding close listening.'

Takt1.com

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'Joseph Shiner’s clarinet sings ecstatically high, its sounds echoing and re-echoing through the assorted acoustic chambers of this unique space'

Michael Church, The Independent

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'It’s a tribute to the artists here that they do these pieces full justice'

David Mellor, Classic FM

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'These are attractive, musicianly performances'

'[They] swing from stormy grandiloquence to twilit poetry'

Richard Bratby, Gramophone

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'Joseph Shiner’s clarinet was both lithe and intimate'

Martin Dreyer, Charles Hutch Press