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A programme of works chosen for their meditative qualities, all offering something slightly different. Safe performances, though with Saint-Saëns’s Danse macabre it becomes more lively. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…

There is life injected into every corner of t h i s record i ng of largely early Mozart, from the incisive playing of period instrument ensemble Les Paladins, under conductor Jérôme Correas,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Steeped in the Baroque, Kossenko and his responsive forces seem to take naturally to Mendelssohn...the smallish forces, tilting the balance towards woodwind and brass, allow for an ideal transparency... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2023 More…

Roberto Forés Veses coaxes some admirably precise playing out of the strings of the Orchestre national d’Auvergne. Webern’s slow movement of 1905…sounds even more lushly romantic when performed... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These players are truly inside the music, though, even if the forces deployed are a touch meagre...Karthäuser is the suitably dramatic soprano in arias by Sacchini, Gluck, Lemoyne, Vogel and... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2020 More…

There are plenty of deft touches here, but the music does not always flow — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Ophélie Gaillard is an eloquent and elegant soloist possessing pleasing tone in the Cello Concerto No 2 in B flat major, lively and reflective in nature as required. — Classical Ear, 16th June 2016 More…

This is an inspired performance, full of humor and nonchalance. The players make it all sound effortless, but in reality they navigate thorny technical passages and other challenges with sprezzatura.... — Fanfare, May/June 2022 More…