SACD, Franck, C (composer)

Isserlis and regular partner Connie Shih are perfect hosts, ensuring it all flows with deceptive ease, setting the scene with the wistful nobility of Hahn’s Variations chantantes sur un air... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording More…

this celebration of song is infused with heartfelt joy. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Swedish-based Israeli has phenomenal strength and versatility, combined with crystalline clarity of sound. Her 24-carat gold, custom-built Muramatsu flute is reminiscent of James Galway,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Sakari lays out the thematic material of Franck’s ‘Fantaisie’ with a sense of both the music’s pensive quality and its sweep. He manages to make this first of the composer’s Trois Pièces, written... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

These first-rate chamber musicians play these three late works with a rare sensitivity of understanding and delicacy of nuance. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

When it comes to organ colour you won't get anything more dazzling than this. Frédéric Desenclos has chosen a glorious collection of pieces...[The Widor] sounds, like everything else here,... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2011 More…

This is a wonderfully wholesome meal of somewhat neglected organ music composed by five of the most important French mâitres. The recording quality is absolutely first-rate and the playing... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2007 More…

…Schwarzburg is evidently in harmony with Argerich, with each seemingly daring the other to greater extremes of tempo. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…