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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…

Baar’s debut album for Channel Classics oozes class. Coaxing a silvery, seductively pure sound from his 1729 Bergonzi violin, Baar places his distinctive interpretative stamp on a series of... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

From the very first measures, it is obvious that this is a superb wind ensemble…Balances, usually a problem with bands and wind ensembles, are ideal: Everyone is heard but no one sticks out.... — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…

this recital (part of Channel Classics’ First Chair series with the Amsterdam orchestra) exhibits playing of such exacting brilliance that old warhorses appear reignited, surrounding an attractive... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2022 More…

They set out their stall with Borodin’s Second, which is as euphonious and expressive as you could wish – devoid of mannerism but by no means lacking in communicative intensity… Close but not... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2019 More…