Harmonia Mundi

gut strings and an Erard piano from around 1885 help to create the welcome impression that we are in a Parisian salon, listening up close. The Erard has a rich, woody depth of tone; play no... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Les Nuits d’été rapidly came to be seen as a vehicle for female voice. Stephane Dégout’s superb account makes clear this need not be so…Roth’s period-instrument ensemble Les Siècles provides... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The playing of these two fine artists offers high-class musical riches at every point, Tamestit finding a ceaseless range of tone-colours that always sounds natural rather than contrived. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Paul Lewis conveys the music’s intimate nature admirably, and he’s also well attuned to the obverse side of Brahms - the intense passion of such pieces as the first of the Opp. 116 and 118 series…these... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Faust is the Wise Child of the violin world, combining the innocent exuberance of a prodigy with a commanding intellectual depth that carries all before it…If the Reformation is harder to love... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

What is especially striking in this charismatic and illuminating interpretation is Alexander Melnikov's capacity to muster such a wide dynamic range and varied palette of timbres from his 1837... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2015 More…

There’s hardly an abrupt, harsh moment throughout. But Heinrich Heine’s suffering-infused words need more risk, edge and ugliness…In other words – not revelatory or devastating, but beautifully... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…