Onyx

This debut reveals a sympathetic tone and an independent spirit which particularly suit the Schumann. Tempos are well-judged, with room for Pacini to explore the work's lyrical meditations.... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Goetzel calibrates dynamic terracing particularly deftly [in the Hindemith scherzo]...[He] also excels in Florent Schmitt's festeringly erotic Tragedy of Salome...drawing playing of hot commitment... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The undoubted jewel on the disc is the performance of the Dutilleux concerto, which is in every way outstanding…Elschenbroich demonstrates virtuosity and musicianship of a high order — BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Schwanewilms holds Schoenberg's melody, in his early Op. 2 songs, like the finest silken thread. Her faultless legato realises to perfection the echoes of inner rhyme and assonance within the... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2015 More…

[In No. 2] Trpčeski begins like a racehorse out of the starting gate...Still, overall he sounds less impetuous and more poised than Denis Matsuev in his recent recording...Petrenko is always... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

[Wosner] responds to every twist and turn with a sense of great immediacy as well as an airy, high-stepped poise and unerring pointing-up of Ligeti’s deliciously unpredictable rhythms. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016 More…

Everything is crisply articulated and thoroughly thought through…The Grosse Fuge maintains momentum, winding tighter and tighter; then its final section begins so softly it’s almost playful,... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Apekisheva certainly takes nothing for granted and brings several individual touches to Pictures...As a whole, though, Apekisheva's interpretation comes across as over-calculating and deliberate...Generally... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Rogé makes this collection all the more memorable with his effortless interpretation of Debussy's style through his own sensitive tone and expression. Performing Debussy's preludes since the... — Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 6th June 2005 More…