Chandos

This third disc in Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's ongoing exploration of Haydn's Keyboard Sonatas is the best yet. In this first two instalments, the lucidity of touch, and depth of insight were outstanding.... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

this is among the finest accounts [of the Variations] on disc: searchingly nuanced from moment to moment yet never losing its grip on the work's tragic progress. Bavouzet's readings of the three... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Gardner is extremely good at the ‘big moments’…But Bartok seeks extreme, unspoken reaches of the soul and the Bergen Philharmonic does not always seem to seek them with him…The two singers are... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The first prerequisite of great Chopin playing is arguably beauty of tone, as well as refinement and variety...Lortie is a model Chopinist: eloquent but never sentimental, elegant without ever... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Gardner is swift but never careless [in Pelleas]...Erwartung holds exceptional appeal for Sara Jakubiak’s intense restraint, her conversational familiarity with the text and the luminous rapture... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2020 More…

Tomlinson, a favourite in the title-role at Bayreuth, now a veteran, is masterful as the Dutchman, exploiting his wide tonal and expressive range, with few signs of wear on the voice...[Stemme... — Penguin Guide, 2010, 4 out of 4 stars More…