Chandos

Op. 44/3 is the longest of the quartets, and the outer movements can sometimes come across as prolix. The Doric’s performance steers clear of this trap – again through the controlled variety... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

there’s perfect dialogue throughout this most concertante of works, every cue and change of colour picked up with perfect focus. It helps that the sound brings the woodwind as much up front... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Once again, these three engaging performers have ranged across the beginning, middle and climax of Haydn’s career to compile a programme that can be enjoyed in its own right, performed with... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2023 More…

The soundworld of both works is tonal, with Rachmaninov-style moodiness evoked in the opening bars of the Piano Concerto...While the textures of the piano concerto create a rich tapestry, those... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This attractive disc would make an ideal introduction to the charms of Pierné's music...The revelatory heart, though, is the music from Ramuntcho...Inspired by the Basque setting, there is plenty... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Tortelier is...supple and caressing, emphasising the score's Gallic progeniture. Going from the lurid sex and violence of Salome to Schmitt's setting of Psalm 47 should be a major wrench stylistically,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Under Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s supple fingers, [Sonata No. 11] proves a delight. By subtle shading of dynamics, minutely varying the rhythmic pacing and adding spritely touches of decoration to... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is a superb disc. There have been distinguished collections of Smetana's symphonic poems but none quite to compare with this in excitement, richness of detail and, in the case of Wallenstein's... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The riot of proliferating counterpoint that is Tippett's Symphony No 1 presents enough problems of orchestral balance to give recording teams nightmares. Chandos has managed creditable degrees... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…