Challenge Classics

Known principally as an early music specialist, [de Vriend's] emphasis on clarity of articulation, hepled by excellent sound, allows the unusual aspects of the instrumentation to register more... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 More…

[this] has many fine qualities even if the poised, somewhat cautious music-making eschews Soviet-era rawness…Gaffigan prefers soft-focus glowering, emphasising instead the music’s contemplative,... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2016 More…

The opening movement of the Ravel starts out tentatively and continues in a state of apprehension, but the approach makes perfect sense once you hear their Shostakovich: restraint is rewarded... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

With a formidable blend of Slavic steel and sensuality in her rich soprano, she provides the gleaming core to a deeply satisfying Libera me...Griffey's heavy vibrato makes for unevenness and... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Gnattali’s music deserves wider notice…Braam’s playing is sweet yet unaffected. Her tone can take on an edge high above the stave but is generally pleasing. Pianist Luís Rabello is a sensitive... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2019 More…

Anna Lucia Richter's beguiling, light soprano floats limpidly through the air, a thing of evanescent beauty. Gees accompanies her with hypersensitivity, rhythms and harmonies blending in an... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2016 More…