It?s not just that the actual playing is superb: serene virtuoso fluency from Podger, gorgeously supported by her colleagues...
It?s also that this is something genuinely, effortlessly and naturally different...
I?ve never heard their every twist and turn served up as quite the succession of changing sound worlds as appears here. ? Gramophone Magazine, May 2018 Part of the freshness stems from the interaction between Podger and her one-to-a-part ensemble. She?s first among equals and the dynamic couldn?t be further removed from the usual notion of the concerto as a vehicle for the all-conquering soloist?