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The voice – a distinctive instrument offering a hint of Christian Gerhaher’s refined artlessness and some of the pleasingly acidic tang of Wolfgang Holzmair – changes according to the accompaniment:... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2021 More…

The more exciting music is often in the orchestra, but it’s a tribute to Capuçon’s skills that, like both of the other works it is completely under his skin — BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bookended by Bach arrangements, this album of solo piano works explores musical connections through history. The overwhelming echo in the recording creates a shimmering effect, overriding some... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 2 out of 5 stars More…

You need an orchestra that can turn on a sixpence to do these scores justice, but the SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra...manage just that, with a quicksilver response to changes of texture, tempo... — International Record Review, March 2011 More…

it’s one of Rihm’s greatest achievements, an unstoppable, ever-renewing stream of invention that seems to follow its own satisfying logic. It’s also phenomenally difficult to play, though you’d... — The Guardian, 3rd March 2022 More…

This performance is a model of sustained alertness, the recording admirably spacious and sonorous. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2011 More…

The trio admirably presenting itself here is the unusual combination of piano (Nicolas Hodges), sax (Marcus Weiss) and percussion (Christian Dierstein), and the stylistic orientation is European... — Sunday Times, 7th May 2018 More…

This extremely well-recorded performance finely conveys the music's searing struggle to cohere; and while some of the more austere episodes might strain the listener's concentration, they are... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2015 More…