Chandos

A very rewarding listen, with beautiful touch from Louis Lortie. Neeme Järvi controls a halo of whisper-soft strings in the Chopin. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

..Gianandrea Noseda, masterly at pacing and responsive to orchestral colour… Ildar Abdrazakov, certainly the finest bass voice to emerge from Russia in decades. …the performance exerts a fierce,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It is hard not to be beguiled by the charms of Fauré's First Piano Quintet when played with the kind of understanding displayed by The Schubert Ensemble. They are similarly convincing in the... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The luxuriantly recorded Chandos disc is particularly welcome for featuring premiere recordings of four relatively early choral pieces including the lavishly scored Herbstchor an Pan… Performed... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is a spectacular demonstration not only of Christine Brewer's vocal strength with every note firm from top to bottom, but of her extraordinary versatility in this wide range of repertory.... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2009 More…

Christian Curnyn elegantly captures the unique charms of Eccles's music. …as Venus, Lucy Crowe's melting lyricism, delicately underpinned by plucked and bowed instruments, is irresistible;... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Recorded in 1991, Wallfisch's consummate virtuosity and considerable lyrical gifts illuminate Martinu's solo writing like no other. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2009 More…

Both books of Goyescas (1909-12) , as their subtitle ‘o Los majos enamorados’ suggests, are essentially sensual and/or passionate love poems, something that Xiayin Wang conveys with sensitivity... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2018 More…

Ferios certainly have skill on their side, and every emotional hue you could want-smoky, honeyed, shrieking or sad. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…