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a significant talent whose varied tonal palette especially suits Szymanowski's music...Philippens connects wellwith Szymanowski's sensual muse. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2015 More…

a player of jaw-dropping agility and effortlessly suave tone...Núñez's performance [of the Gubaidulina], and that of the Concertgebouw cellos and basses, is impressively vivid. — The Guardian, 23rd May 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

…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…

Technically faultless, with a gleaming, heroic tone, the Concertgebouw's principal horn player Jasper de Waal barely breaks a sweat in this decorous selection of aristocratic background music... — The Independent, 25th April 2010 More…

The cross-fertilisation certainly produces a pungent programme, played with terrific spirit...These two musicians work instinctively together, knowing just when to assert their pre-eminence... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2013 More…

The playing has individual distinction and corporate unity of purpose. The choice of tone-colours, the thrust and definance in fast movements and the matching of nuance to the range of quieter... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2013 More…