Pentatone

The recording provides a fine balance between the instruments and as a whole these performances bring together affection and brilliance in persuasive readings that stand high in a strong field. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The work has an unmistakable cumulative power, and its iridescent orchestration is as beautiful as anyone’s. While the orchestra here is not as lustrous-toned as Zemlinsky would have reckoned... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There are some recorded performances so remarkable that to praise them seems insolent. This recording of Beethoven’s largest, longest piano sonata is among that tiny group….What distinguishes... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Even the first song seems tinged with a premonition of the painful trajectory that will lead to the watery embrace of the brook...What follows isn’t so much an initially wide-eyed voyage of... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Here’s playing that penetrates this music to a degree that surprised even a fully paid-up [Schumann] fan like me. The Emerson are such a fine ensemble, but they’re also four strongly individual... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Rheinberger’s 1878 Mass in E flat is a glorious aff irmation of the composer’s faith, radiating joy. It is sung with passion and elegance here, as are the earlier, shorter works by Mendelssohn. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Giorgini’s affinity with this reflective music is evident from the outset. Formidable technical ability is matched by the architectural sense, harmonic sensibility and coloristic range this... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Avdeeva reveals her finest qualities as an interpreter in Prokofiev’s monumental Eighth Sonata. The opening is flexible yet tense, never too personal, imbued with a subtle undercurrent of apprehension — Gramophone Magazine, July 2023 More…

Moser gives us an exciting, high-tension ride with an impressive sense of structure. He's a musician of alacrity, power and style: virtuosic passages benefit from his fleet effortlessness. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2015 More…