Challenge Classics

What emerged [from the Gorecki] was music moulded not from notes but from noise and an artillery of extended playing techniques: no picnic, then, for either players of listeners, but original... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2016 More…

With bass-baritone Dietrich Henschel inhabiting the part with total, sometimes terrifying conviction, and electrifying conducting from Marc Albrecht, this live recording from the premiere run... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

an original, excellently planned programme tracing the links from Romanticism to modernism. Thoughtful playing. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There’s more than a touch of hysteria about these live recordings of works by Willem Jeths, a composer who describes his music as being ‘about extremes’. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Moment by moment, there are pleasures to savour. The cast sings with authority, if not always clarity; and Laura Aikin, De Raaff's vocal inspiration, displays skill and stamina as the frazzled... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Vloeimans' Evensong is another album poised on the increasingly blurred cusp of classical and jazz. Capitalising on his breathy timbre – almost more woodwind than brass – the four-part title-track... — The Independent, 24th May 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

MacMillan's is a strikingly expansive view of his own piece, textures lightened, with a feeling of chamber music-making in many places...It's an absorbing spiritual rendition, and I prefer it... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…