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On paper this should be cheesy, but Gaillard’s whistlestop tour of some of opera’s greatest moments – arranged for cello and orchestra – is undertaken with wholehearted joy and great passion... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Rousset and his performers are lithe and imaginative. A well-chosen cast make much of Lully's expressive recitative. — Financial Times, 26th October 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This collection offers the listener a handsome conspectus of Tůma’s talents, performed with plenty of enthusiasm and stylistic understanding. The brief motet for the opening St John the Baptist... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The Novus players show in the Beethoven that they are a formidable unit, forthright and coherent, if perhaps just a little too relentless at times...their most engaging playing comes in the... — The Guardian, 11th August 2016, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Junker’s voice seems perfect for this repertory. She has the range and tone that fits the lines, though her various melismas can sound a bit sloppy at times, and the ornaments are not always... — Fanfare, May/June 2021 More…

Thomas Hampson shoulders the lion’s share of the songs, and if vocally the result is a little uneven, there’s no gainsaying his clarion command, exemplary diction and perceptive narration. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, 3 out of 5 stars / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

both works have very appealing casts, singing with a brightness and a style – unaffected, clear, light on vibrato and ornamentation – that’s wholly suited to the idiom and the material. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2023 More…