Browse: PHI (label)

In items such as Già pense the performers demonstrate an understanding that not all of these madrigals are morbid (fewer than half mention death), and they deck out the sound with warm chords... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

With ‘Si ch’io vorrei morire’ – ‘Yes, I would die’ – they find a way to suggest the mounting excitement, and climbing melodic line, of a song which is all about physical coupling. And with ‘Ohime,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Byrd's repertory is familiar largely through English recordings. Departing radically from that tradition, Philippe Herreweghe renews the power of Byrd's masterpieces with sensual, intimate, moving,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

an unmitigated delight…the winner among these works is Symphony No. 3…enchanting in every way, with Schubert's devotion to Beethoven's Second Symphony, in the same key, evident but unstressed — BBC Music Magazine, May 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Schubert's Octet is such an infectiously joyous piece that it's impossible not to feel uplifted by it - especially when it's played as well as it is here. This is a performance that conveys an... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Requiem Canticles may be a wonderfully compressed… butThreni is an even greater masterpiece, which deserves a place among his finest achievements. Herreweghe’s superb performance leaves no doubt... — The Guardian, 6th July 2016 More…

These energising accounts of Schumann’s (officially) second and fourth symphonies are beautifully judged: Philippe Herreweghe’s conducing treads a fine line that draws forth most of what’s best... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…