Frederick Chopin Institute

The sheer musical brilliance of Alena Baeva’s collaboration with the Orchestra of the 18th Century under the baton of José Maria Florêncio makes their performance of the [Wieniawski] Violin... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[A] polished, spontaneous and characterful account, yet avoiding those moments of over self-conscious point making to be found in the Lugano version…in the ninth Symphony, Rabinovitch-Barakovsky... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

with both the RPO under their Polish associate conductor Grzegorz Nowak and the soloist Alena Baeva on bold form from the start, this is a compelling interpretation...Rebirth requires a conductor... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The period-instrument colours sound wonderful, not least the oboe solos in the Menuetto of B f lat Symphony, played with poise and freedom. Though Lipiński’s more mature violin concertos give... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Two Polish composers of different eras are brought together here. Dobrzynski’s Second Symphony is an enjoyable nod to Beethoven, but it is Nowowiejski’s cinematic ballet overture which is the... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

this is an exciting and musically insightful account. As with Brüggen's other recordings, the first movement is spacious and surprisingly close to Wilhelm Furtwängler in interpretative approach.... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Lonquich has a natural sense of rubato, and delves beneath the instrument's dusky patina to produce a deep, melancholy sound. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Over an hour long, this 1909 symphony is big-boned, dramatic stuff – Wagnerian in feel, scale and sheer orchestral oomph. The playing and the recorded sound are every bit as sumptuous. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…