Orchid Classics

All handsomely sung: there’s not a single dud track on this album — The Arts Desk, December 2019 More…

These two rarely performed suites are a treat – the first, delicate and lyrical, dating from early in Rachmaninov’s career; and the second, robust and forthright, from eight years later. Established... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There’s a thrilling freneticism to Jalbert’s music and it’s a vein which runs through most of these premiere recordings for stringonly ensembles. There are moments of intense introspection,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Ravel's tantalising stylistic confluence of ancient and modern comes bubbling to the surface in the Tesla Quartet's captivating account of his only String Quartet. An outstanding recording debut. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Fullana includes the E major Partita, employing gut strings, Baroque bow and authentic ornamentation. In so doing, he finds a compelling middle-way between Romantic and period-instrument rhetoric,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

By turns terse and explosive, Fullana’s compelling performance counters any criticisms that his playing sometimes lacks weight and muscularity. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2018 More…

…worthy to stand with the best. Gilchrist's light tenor, with its springing rhythmic life, makes us feel that the young lad is living very much in a wide-eyed emotional present, as elusive... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Putting my head above a parapet, I have to say that these performances of Prokofiev's three 'War' Sonatas...eclipse all others on record - even those tirelessly and justifiably celebrated performances... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012 More…

The passages of melancholy introspection bathe in a gentle air, and the climaxes...never disappoint, though Giltburg's is not an obvious bravura...There's no denying the fullness and resonant... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…