Browse: Ondine (label)

The main attraction of the programme is the Drei Hymnen, which do not come round in recordings very often...As each of her three Straussian heroines, she embodies a very touching, human vulnerability. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2013 More…

The choral singing is ideally balanced, full of nuance. None of the climaxes sound forced or overbearing...listening to the piece in toto in one sitting provides an immensely satisfying experience. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2022 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…

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…

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…

[Frontispiece] is two minutes of Ravel at his quirkiest. Pierre Boulez, commissioned to orchestrate it in celebration of the composer’s centenary in 1975, chose to expand it in texture... The... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) 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…