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This is an intriguingly programmed recital from a young South Korean pianist with strong hands and big ideas...Her playing offers impressive moments: jet-propelled fingerwork in Currier's energetic... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

…Ann Murray… eagerly explores the varied moods of A Charm of Lullabies, paying due attention to the composer's masterly settings of an eclectic choice of verse. In Frauenliebe und -leben Murray... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2006 More…

The Orchestra of the Swan’s playing is strong on commitment and the recordings come across as a labour of love. — Financial Times, 1st February 015 More…

His tempi… are unsensational and highly effective, and he inspires readings of great expressive intensity. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2009 More…

Louis XV's court is brought to ravishing life with this set of Rococo sonatas and trio symphonies by the virtuoso violinist-composer Louis-Gabriel Guillemain. Gilt-edged performances. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This debut disc from Sounds Baroque draws up a ringside seat and delves into the lovelorn world of the secular dramatic cantata with compelling specimens by Caldara and Alessandro Scarlatti...With... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Apollo's Fire proves a lithe, spirited band. An ultra-abstemious approach to vibrato and an intermittent tendency to swell on longer notes reveal the group's Baroque orientation...Amanda Forsythe... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2010 More…

The soloists and instrumentalists are first-class, and Sorrell’s arrangements are full of zip and colour — BBC Music Magazine, July 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…