Harmonia Mundi

Thanks to some canny work by the sound engineers, the potentially lopsided combination of trumpet and string quintet works surprigingly well. Leleu himself brings a charming lilt to these familiar... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

A riposte to the Three Tenors, this album from Pascal Bertin, Andreas Scholl and Dominique Visse provides a camp giggle or two as they essay unlikely and even inappropriate material. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, 2 out of 5 stars More…

The first track, the Overture to Of Thee I Sing, immediately sets the tone — not the overture as we usually hear it, but the 1934 radio version, trimmed in length and with lean orchestration.... — Financial Times, 26th August 2016 More…

Manasse and Nakamatsu find an expressiveness in the music that is rather haunting...[Manasse's] tone is consistently ravishing, and he always plays with an exciting sense of musical direction... — International Record Review, December 2010 More…

Throughout, Mr. Villegas’s virtuosic playing is characterized by its vividly shaded colors and his irresistible exuberance, contrasted with the intimacy he conveys in the more introverted sections. — New York Times, 25th November 2015 More…

A richly enjoyable programme of cello-ensemble favourites, highlighted by Julius Engel’s sublime, Richard Strauss-in-overdrive- Hymnus, expertly played by the Cello-Ensemble Peter Buck, meticulously... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Mayorga's] playing is assured, with an appealing flexibility. And the contribution of Steven Richman's Harmonie Ensemble New York is a delight: beautifully recorded (you can actually hear the... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…