Ondine

The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under John Storgårds, captured in stunning SACD sound, delivers a suave and subtly nuanced performance — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Their Haydnesque scale and formal clarity suggest they're all early works. There's a passionately Strum und Drang quality to the bleak opening unisons, but Kraus was clearly a fine melodist;... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Jumppanen…approaches [these works] with refreshing straightforwardness, where they so often wilt under a pianist’s determination to reveal their secrets — BBC Music Magazine, April 2017 More…

Lintu's awareness of internal balance is masterly. The machine-like tutti that follows the first-movement piano cadenza marches relentlessly forwards, strings crooning high above the extreme... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2014 More…

If there's a star on this disc it's Anni Kuusimäki, the harpist in the brief but weirdly touching tone-poem The Bard...Zimmermann is determined to peel off the mould of tradition and open up... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Performed with great flair by the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, this excellent disc offers a welcome introduction to Martinaitytė’s compelling and transporting music. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Kalle Randulu draws solemnity from the piano solos in Liszt’s late work Via Crucis, paired here with four pieces by Pärt; the a capella Solfeggio (1963) and Summa (1977) are highlights. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…

In his booklet notes, the violinist Christian Tetzlaff points out that he has out that he has played these two central pillars of the concerto repertoire literally hundreds of times, and his... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…