Challenge Classics

There's an exciting, on-the-edge quality to the Schumann's first movement under the fingers of Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma…sonorous of timbre, with her bow really biting the strings on those... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2016 More…

Orth brings out the volatile nature that was always inherent in Scriabin's music…[showing] that the colour of the harmony, the shape of the motifs and the weaving of textures have a distinct,... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016 More…

Gallardo can exert power and muscle when necessary but the mellow timbre of these performances is never compromised. Roth and Gallardo always remember they are playing chamber music...These... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2011 More…

[van Zweden] has trained his orchestra to perform them brilliantly.This is a leading recommendation. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

what makes this release so outstanding is the quality of Tsujii's interpretative response to two very demanding, and very different composers. His powerful, yet unhurried manner and full, rather... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…