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…Lazic's bland treatment of the famous opening bars… belies the character of the rest of the performance: the build to the first movement's climax is impressively handled… and the second and... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2009 More…

the Dutch bass player Rick Stotijn brings his evident virtuosity at the bottom of the register to bear on three diverse pieces. — The Observer, 16th February 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

A 57-minute sequence of searching pieces for unaccompanied viola sounds like a disc of a certain austerity, and so it is, an exploration of music typically cast in “thick vital layers”, to use... — Sunday Times, 15th February 2015 More…

the Amsterdam Sinfonietta's phrasing is internally supple throughout an interpretation that yields little in intensity to older, weighty recordings...some phenomenally alert responses on the... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2011 More…

The Mass, performed with unusual power as well as the expected gentle lucidity, gives the CD an arresting start, and Figure Humaine is properly the climax, its closing E a calm anticipation... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It’s something of a gamble to build an entire release around a programme showcasing a sequence of intense rather slow late-Romantic works. Yet the danger of emotional overkill is triumphantly... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…