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The Weinberg is wonderfully played by Nicolas Altstaedt, who brings tone both muscular and soft-grained to illuminate the work’s contrasting facets…this is a notably warm performance thanks... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The best of the established guitar duos have consisted of players who are/were either married or blood-related – favourable conditions for in-built empathy. Presti-Lagoya set the pace in the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The pulse is discreetly shunted towards the background, utterly charming the senses with an often delicate mechanism of light pizzicato strings and mallet percussion...This performance deals... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2016 More…

It's a diverting collection and, as you'd expect of players from what is arguably the world's greatest orchestra, it's wonderfully well played, too. — The Guardian, 17th November 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Schwartz’s warm, silky playing matches Fedorova’s rounded piano touch. The top of the bass range lacks the penetrating quality of its smaller relatives, but Schwartz compensates with gravitas... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The Dutch brass are on dazzling form throughout, with some superb cameo appearances from the principals of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Rimsky Korsakov’s concertos for trombone, clarinet... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, September 2018 More…