Capriccio

the extended arias by Marta and Katja in Scene 6 are beautifully sung here by Nadja Stefanoff and Tetyana Miyus...Capriccio’s engineers have done a fine job in securing a good balance between... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Though the plot is featherlight, Rota’s score, influenced by Poulenc and (much further back) Rossini, is delightful, a box of clever musical ideas...Light tenor Piotr Buszewski leads as the... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The playing of Isabelle van Keulen is what one has come to expect of her. It is musicianship of the highest order, filled with great sensitivity and a firm control of her technique. While the... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

[Blumina] She plays them, along with her superb colleagues of the Vogler Quartet, with lustrous tone and deep conviction. If the music of 20th-century Russia is in your wheelhouse, this release... — Fanfare, September/October 2021 More…

Thanks to his penchant for writing short and succinct movements. Winterberg’s tough, gritty and uncompromising music never outstays its welcome. It certainly receives persuasive advocacy from... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The immediate and endearing [impression] is the consistent Hungarian inflections: a characteristic just as audible in his many film scores , whether the subject’s the amorous life of Sherlock... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 3 out of 5 stars More…

From the big-boned War and Peace suite to the refinement of the lyrical Harp Concerto, this makes an excellent introduction to Rota’s various talents as a composer. His 1967 Concerto for Strings,... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…