'a wonderful player'

New York Times

“High art…a virtuoso performance. A keen aural imagination, and the technique to reproduce the subtlety of tints and tones he hears, is what makes the playing of Bonell so distinctive.”

The Times

'Supple rhythm and passionately lyrical phrasing. A masterclass in magic'

BBC Music Magazine

'Peerless performance…utmost lucidity and gracefulness…magically atmospheric playing.'

The West Australian

'Carlos Bonell has a huge following in England, and the reception given to his recital was ecstatic. It was a performance of powerful contrasts and glowing colours. Orthodox in the contemporary sense it was not - and how his audience loved it!'

Classical Guitar Magazine

'…unfailingly seductive. Bonell possesses that rare ability to 'smile' through the instrument as in Albeniz's popular Granada, and also makes a thing of wonder out of Barrios' Julia Florida.'

Classic CD Magazine

'…a sensitive and poetic exponent… a varied and subtly employed tonal palette and lightly worn virtuosity.'

Gramophone

'This live lunchtime concert broadcast by the BBC was packed to the gills. An artist intent on drawing on many colours, Bonell likes to create vibrant pictures in sound.'

Classical Guitar Magazine