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Gheorghiu's ability to discern and convey the appropriate vocal style and to encapsulate the essence of a song is matched by her appealing timbre and sense of drama to strike home winningly. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2013 More…

This young Korean ensemble turn Schubert to face us head-on, stern and unyielding of visage, mortality snapping at his heels. Pure tone lends an unearthly pallor to the slow movement, and subsequent... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2019 More…

A nicely programmed trio of Czech works for strings, from affable Dvořák to jagged Martinů, is played with lightness and grace. One or two ragged edges don’t mar the whole. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Copland’s original chamber scoring of Appalachian Spring is the highlight here – rarely has the enchanting penultimate section, a set of variations on the Shaker melody ‘Simple Gifts’, sounded... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…