Le Cercle de l’Harmonie

These are, in the main, finely-judged performances, and there are certain moments, such as the snarling crescendo on all four horns that catapults the recapitulation in the opening movement... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The smaller instrumental forces create a much more transparent, fleet-of-foot orchestral texture than is possible with a modern symphony orchestra. All these aspects of the performance are compelling... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This classy performance [of the Reber] makes an engaging case for an unremarkable work...Chamayou's way with Liszt's First Concerto, too, is worth the wait. His choice of period piano, besides... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Chamayou plays a magnificent-sounding 1837 Erard piano, in what is apparently the first period-instrument recording of the work. His performance has dash and devilment, the orchestral playing... — The Guardian, 26th July 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Rhorer's textures are skull-crackingly hard coated and rhythmically assertive: the tempo change in the first movement, Adagio to Allegro, jolts the music out of its comfort zone, while the second... — Classic FM Magazine, November 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…