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The grandeur Holmboe elicits from his small ensemble and basic thematic material is a lesson in compositional craft, the creation of a whole (considerably) greater than the sum of its parts...Excellent... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012 More…

[Bjarnason's] Violin Concerto opens the album with a spectacular performance by soloist Pekka Kuusisto. Intensely virtuosic, the violin is nonetheless always part of a greater whole: from folky,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This second instalment of Holmboe (190996) quartets by fellow Danes the Nightingale Quartet is a joy – lush, romantic playing, but equally clean and spacious. The works themselves owe a debt... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

That this is one the finest viola concertos ever penned I have not the slightest doubt, and it is thrown off with dazzling virtuosity by Tomter and the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra — Gramophone Magazine, July 2013 More…

All of this difficult music is extraordinarily well played by the Nightingale String Quartet. Their fresh and vibrant approach surpasses the Kontra Quartet and the recorded sound for the Nightingale’s... — Fanfare, September/October 2021 More…

Here is a different side to the composer, not the public orator but the craftsman of exquisitely designed ensemble pieces as much a delight to play as to hear. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2013 More…

There’s a wistful melancholy about this collection of works, but it is by no means lacking in beauty. Sveinbjarnadóttir curates all, performs all and composes some; hers is a reassuring hand... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…