Challenge Classics

What we have is a fine, detailed performance – and it includes the disputed cymbal clash at the climax of the great slow movement, music to celebrate and mourn Richard Wagner – and an account... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Not surprisingly, [the performances] are much in the same vein as in Vol. 1, which is to say bright and buoyant, with no tricks or surprises but plenty of energy and brilliance. Bonizzoni’s... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2019 More…

The true premise of this recital may be to display Vermeulen’s versatility; she is a rare specialist in both the 18th and 21st centuries, and she sings everything in between with understanding... — Fanfare, September/October 2020 More…

Like all cycles, it has had ups and downs, but overall it has been as fine as anyone conducting Bruckner at present would be. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

No rival version is better and few are as good...for a fresh, immediate statement that compels one's attention from start to finish, I cannot imagine anyone being disappointed by this new release — Gramophone Magazine, May 2013 More…

Isabelle van Keulen and Ronald Brautigam are artists of keen insight, immaculate musicianship and culture… Moreover they are accorded first-rate sound… — BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Everything is scrupulously prepared, finely considered and well dispatched, with no recourse to eccentricities of interpretation or tempo to make transient points. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2024 More…