Wigmore Hall Live

The Ysaÿe's take on Debussy is forthright and dramatic, pointing up the edginess of the opening particularly well. This is a warm, generous reading… The Stravinsky pieces are a very different... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2006 More…

…the whole Sibelius group, anything but an easy opener for the programme, sets exacting challenges to which Isokoski rises, culminating in the mini-opera "The maiden's tryst". In the Strauss... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2006 More…

The relevation on this disc is the Britten Cello Sonata...This live performance shows us Perényi at the height of his powers, burning with that intense, inimitable Hungarian high seriousness,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The fusion of dark and light, melancholy and joy, makes her Mahler particularly special. Here, the force of sadness is miraculously integrated with the high beauty of the voice… Geoffrey Parsons…answers... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It's Maltman's superb breath control which gives shape and sensuous beauty to Debussy and Dupare. And, thanks to Drake's restraining pace, Warlock's Captain Stratton's Fancy' has real swagger.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Toby Spence's singing in Dies Natalis is… rather special. On the one hand his musical phrasing is beautiful: the lines hover and soar just as they should. Yet at the same time he brings freshness... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…