First Hand

Lucas’s three dozen singers are on impressive form, combining tonal beauty with sheer stamina...This splendid new release will take some supplanting. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2023 More…

Butten offers us an appropriate variety of sounds. His playing of that masterpiece, Lachrimae Pavan, is as sweetly mournful as can be, yet
one notices his delicate use of dynamics, the slight... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

Lark’s playing here is exemplary...but I quickly found myself concentrating on the piano part. Accompanists are seldom given their due, but Ms. Yang is an artist who will most likely excel as... — Fanfare, September/October 2020 More…

Rohan de Saram’s mastery has for decades now been a fixture in the classical music world, and his artistry through this mixed menu of a recital never flags for an instant; a few moments of marginally... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Encompassing the expressive richness of the variations is a tall order for any player. From the outset, Alexandra Papastefanou takes a nuanced view, both poised and elegant. While the first... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Her artistry in this Helsinki concert is consummate and her memory almost faultless. With a warmly lyrical opening, and a touch responding to the variegated requirements of the score, she makes... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The main event is the first-ever recording of the complete, original set of Six Partitas by Johann Joseph Vilsmaÿr…[these] are challenging polyphonic works, full of double- and triple-stops,... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016 More…

His sound is bright, muscular and clean, and he brings out all the wit and delicacy of Haydn’s invention; his articulation is immaculate no matter how fast he goes; and he responds imaginatively... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…