Champs Hill Records

[Sidorova] plays magnificently here — Gramophone Magazine, September 2013 More…

Brabbins nurtures the orchestra’s proliferating counter-melodies, and the recording renders them all clearly, though without ever making the BBC SO sound like the ‘small orchestra’ Strauss specified — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The total effect can be a tad floaty and saccharine, but there is beautiful playing. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

In the Quintet the Schubert Ensemble's sculpting of the music pays dividends, fully embracing Franck's darker side. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Both trios of pre-war miniatures by Bridge and Britten are superbly done. The Piatti demonstrate their acute sensitivity to mood and texture right from the first of Bridge’s Idylls…A most enterprising... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2018 More…

there is enormous depth in Martin's interpretation...there is a strong sense on this disc that Martin is working with care and precision to live within the means and intentions of the music. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2014 More…

The vast plains of Schubert’s opening movement unfold at an unhurried pace, which is not a problem if the reading is sufficiently gripping. But there were times when In hankered after more forward... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2018 More…

A thrilling exploration of the world of Alma Mahler; works, both old and new, are infused with the emotional toxicity of her affair with Oskar Kokoschka. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Robert Plane is always inquiring as to repertoire and his new disc surveys almost six decades of Hungarian music…Plane’s musicianship is abetted throughout by that of his colleagues…Collecting... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2017 More…