"Shibe has already secured a formidable reputation in both concert and on record. This latest disc plays very much to his strengths ... Another presence infusing this recording: that of Julian Bream, for whom all the 20th-century works were written, indeed without whom English guitar musik of the last 60 years would be immeasurably poorer. Even listeners who already have Bream's pioneering recordings of these works will find much to enjoy here in these vibrant, modern alternatives"

"Mit einem durchdachten Programm, farbenreichen Klängen und höchster spieltechnischer Präzision beeindruckt das CD-Debüt des jungen schottischen Gitarristen Sean Shibe ... Sämtliche auf dieser CD eingespielten zeitgenössischen Werke wurden ursprünglich für Julian Bream komponiert ... Sean Shibe erweist mit seinen Interpretation jetzt dem Vorbild die Ehre - und empfiehlt sich gleichzeitig sehr überzeugend als dessen möglicher Nachfolger"

"BBC music instrumental choice: Shibe performs with superb artistry some of the now classics that Bream inspired ... Prime in any such catalogue is Britten's 1963 Nocturnal after John Dowland, and Shibe gathers the listener into its unsettling, fantastical soundworld with an intensity that combines gracefulness and threat with rapier skill ... Shibe movingly navigates that peculiarly English fine line between whimsy and melancholic vision"