CD, Dvořák (composer)

Throughout the slow movement, the playing of the solo lines is captivating…The Haas Quartet with Boris Giltburg provide both relaxation and a strong sense of purposeful energy…Excellently recorded,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Honeck has that rare ability to make even the most well-worn works sound engagingly fresh...Simon's riotously colourful Four Black American Dances (2023) makes an apt coupling. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2026More…

Throughout, their understanding of the musical argument is exemplary...at every stage the performers respond with both passion and a clear feeling for musical line...In truth, there are so many... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

The Takács are impressive on this album: every microphrase, every note is considered. Their sound draws you in from the first moment...To simultaneously hear the separate parts and the collective... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2023More…

It is rare to be able to say that a performance forces one to listen to a work anew, but this is exactly what Alsop's reading achieves. Excellently recorded and with an elegant and witty performance... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

It is the Ginastera Concerto that is the real star item here...Hahn hurls herself into the fray with scintillating abandon, matched by stunningly articulate and rhythmically beguiling playing... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Their performance of Dvořák’s magical Second Piano Quintet is magnificent. The verve and sheer beauty of the string playing is immediately apparent in the glorious cello solo at the opening,... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

There are some real gems in this wide-ranging and carefully chosen selection of Czech songs. Dvořák’s Evening Songs are delightful with an unaffected simplicity that Kožená captures without... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

this performance is remarkably fine and the interaction between soloist and orchestra generates one of the most exciting ensemble performances of recent years. Steven Isserlis is inside the... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Hough joins forces with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons for a robust, grand reading that nonetheless leaves room for lyricism and introspection…[but it's in the... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2016, 4 out of 5 starsMore…