Ondine

Brought vividly to life by the 41-piece Tapiola Sinfonietta under fellow Estonian, conductor Olari Elts all three works share a kinship in dynamic, flowing structures generated from often small... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Scriabin’s Mazurkas have tended to be side-lined by his Preludes, Études and Sonatas, but they are little jewels, especially in Peter Jablonski’s hands. He’s helped by the warm, full tone of... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It’s high time she received wider international recognition. The four pieces here, dating from 2013-19, reveal a fascination with timbre and texture central to Martinaitytė’s creative purpose…Pianist... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Provocative, big-hearted and occasionally just plain bonkers, Segerstam is at his flexible best in Nos 1 and 7, where raw emotion, recreative spark and edge-of-seat drama combine to often revelatory... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2006 More…

It is Sculpture however that seems most sure of itself stylistically. Its outrageously Romantic conclusion - huge, organ-enhanced orchestra singing out in unabashed heroic tones - is convincing... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Jouni Kaipainen's first two symphonies were in one and two movements respectively but Kaipainen suggests no conclusions should be drawn from the fact that the Third (2004) is in three.
The latest... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

For epic grandeur and excitement Rasilainen remains first choice. But Segerstam's more poetic, even reflective reading is a compelling alternative. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Hvorostovsky sings [the Tchaikovsky songs] with passionate expression...Hvorostovsky's elegant approach makes a good case for hearing more [Taneyev]...against the original piano accompaniment... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…