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This particularly fine example of Stradivari's work is given generous centre stage by Almond's longtime duo partner William Wolfram. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2013 More…

Marimba, clarinet, bandoneon and bass looks odd on paper, but it works, helped by lively and eloquent playing. Ravel’s Pavane arranged for clarinet and marimba is an unexpected joy. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Stegall has a sweet-toned, attractive sound, with moments of great tenderness and beauty. But his interpretative voices are occasionally bewildering…Zivin, on an 1841 Viennese Rausch fortepiano,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Stravinsky's music requires very exact balance, something scrupulously caught in these performances and the efficient recordings. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2013 More…

[the Rhenish] is well-paced with a particularly effective Scherzo and some very stylish string playing. It's adventuring through the Gál, though, that brings the best from Woods and his musicians.... — Classic FM Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Ensemble is full-toned and super-precise at every point...The sound that this young Swiss draws from his Guadagnini violin is full, handsome, in no way turbocharged and vividly alert to the... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The programme in John Matthew Myers’s relatively demure debut is full of soulful earnestness and enterprising musical intelligence in a symmetrical cross section of American music. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2022 More…

The Cypress Quartet play with taut rhythms and great tonal refinement, both as individuals and in a beautifully rounded ensemble sound. A reflective approach to the more lyrical moments of the... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Sulayman is always engaging, with an appealing honesty to his approach and a vividness to his storytelling...His light, silvery tenor is in many ways suited to much of the programme’s theme,... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2020 More…