Sterling

Indeed, right from the impressively cohesive first movement, the work is full of buoyant, life-affirming energy (Huber said he was constantly thinking "spring thoughts" while composing it) that... — Classics Today More…

Dente’s themes possess strong character, and he drives the movement forward with tight construction and a good feel for drama. If there’s a model or evident influence here, I’d say it was Schumann.... — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…

Jan Kobow is highly likeable as the happy-go-lucky protagonist, his clear tenor well up to the part’s requirements in the way of cadenzas and passagework. Britta Stallmeister copes undauntedly... — Opera, August 2021 More…

The Three Dalecarlian Paintings have about them a guileless rural courtliness...This is all unassuming music buoyant with gentle charm and a redolence of Smetana's Ma Vlast...Relaxed and relaxing... — MusicWeb International More…

Just take this for what it is: as an unfamiliar symphony for orchestral with violin solo. The mature solo violin part is Brahmsian (somehow emphasised by woodland birdcalls) and recorded with... — MusicWeb International More…

The bright, Christmassy harmonies and novel orchestration create a festive mood. Karl-Magnus Fredriksson's singing is beautifully convincing throughout the piece, which travels through darkness... — Classics Today More…

Boldemann’s style is akin to that of Stravinsky and Hindemith – spiky, metallic and dramatically pointed until moments of gorgeous breakaway lyricism. The Princess’s ode to love is particularly... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2017 More…