Browse: CD, Krenek (composer)

The tone of voice, so perfectly captured by Floraian Boesch’s securely focused yet nonchalant baritone, is very much that of the so-called ‘new objectivity’ of the 1920s…the piano accompaniments,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, More…

the sheer range of Petersen's soprano and her interests enables her to compel and convince as much in 1821 Schubert as in German composer Manfred Trojahn's settings from 2008...Most fascinating... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, More…

A thoroughly persuasive and well-rounded disc. — MusicWeb International, January 2019 More…

The score’s big moments are well in hand under Pinchas Steinberg, though voices and orchestra maintain an aural distance…this recording is a mixed blessing, but without it we might never know... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2017 More…

It is a measure of her gifts that Chen Reiss takes all these composers in her stride. That vocal stride is impressive: sustained lyric tone that is only rarely forced...Charles Spencer is as... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, More…

There are some real rarities here...while the stylistic range is formidably wide...It's sometimes bitty and inconsequential, but always engaging – and a fine memorial to an intrepid musician. — The Guardian, 19th June 2014, More…

Though the biographical detail about the artist included in the box is scant at best (one square of paper), the breadth of her repertoire says a lot. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019 More…

All the soloists on this beautifully recorded disc deliver totally committed performances. Special praise, however, is due to the English Symphony Orchestra under Kenneth Woods who negotiate... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, More…

These well-sprung performances benefit from the sharply focused acoustic of the Wyastone Concert Hall. Conductor Kenneth Woods might occasionally have lightened textures and adopted brisker tempi... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2016 More…