Browse: Avie (label)

Darkness and light, poems and stories. Pianist Inon Barnatan is fascinated by these aspects of this exceptionally effective programme...Barnatan's sustaining of the disrupted stillness in Ades's... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

These are, in short, fresh, spontaneous, original readings that shed new light on the keyboard player's Bible. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

James Lee III (b1975) is a master colourist. His orchestration is dazzlingly vivid and teems with detail...he also has a keen ear for harmonic colour, as is readily evident throughout. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2022 More…

Colin Jacobsen’s orchestration of Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata is mostly convincing...had you never heard the original, you might accept this as a viable slice of Beethoven...Shorthand is an... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars More…

Under Pienaar’s fingers this Byrd soars! — BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It’s a meaty collection: overly so as a double-album listen, but mainly effective in showcasing Ruehr’s supply crafted, warmly lyrical style. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Lord's writing is consistently warm and melodically strong, and while the music is more loosely impressionistic and illustrative than symphonic in structure, it easily and touchingly sustains... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…