First Hand

Here is a well-thought-out programme…The clearly defined and lively articulation of the Brook Street Band inform the music with irresistible allure. I hope these musicians will make further... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Vestiva explores how the art of embellishment revolutionised instrumental music in the 16th and 17th centuries, allowing performers to openly flaunt both their virtuosic and improvisatory skills... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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…

there’s no sense of anything mechanical in the results: with one exception, all the tracks on this album breathe a lovely sense of spontaneity. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The three members of The Telling beguilingly entwine their Siren-like voices with the delicate plucked strings of the medieval harp…The vocal colours of the two principal singers complement... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

All first stereo CD releases of 1950s Abbey Road recordings, the performances make this more than just worthy sonic archaeology. Beecham brings his customary elegance to Haydn’s 97th Symphony,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Shostakovich's Violin Sonata] receives a very effective performance from Sasha Rozhdestvensky and Jeremy Menuhin who are particularly adept at building up a real sense of tension through the... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, 3 out of 5 stars More…

This is a most enjoyable programme, with excellent notes by Mahan Esfahani and Peter Bromley. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2019 More…