Hi Res Download, Sibelius (composer)

Youthful passion occasionally pushes him to stylistic excess...but for most of the time he’s beauty incarnate and in perfect step with his composers’ various voices. He’s also blessed with a... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Ehnes Quartet favour rhythmic buoyancy, athletic grace and crisp, clear lines for Schubert’s Death and the Maiden Quartet. Speeds are lithe, but not especially fast, and while it may be... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Childhood memories are summoned, plus people and places…Indeed, there’s so much playfulness and charm here that the listener might well pant for some extra ballast from meatier things. It comes... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The charming early B flat Quartet and the stirring, masterly Voces Intimae are the chief works in this anthology, vibrantly and idiomatically played by the Tempera Quartet, a first-rate young... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Engegårds' ensemble sound is characterful and lit from within by Carlsen and viola player Juliet Jopling. Their performances - lucidly captured by the BIS engineers - live in the moment:... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2016 More…

Sibelius as proto-minimalist – well, why not?...It’s not just the cool, spacious recorded sound…or even the way Kemp clarifies and layers Sibelius’s string sound. It’s the way he shapes and... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2018 More…