Harmonia Mundi

Thanks to some canny work by the sound engineers, the potentially lopsided combination of trumpet and string quintet works surprigingly well. Leleu himself brings a charming lilt to these familiar... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

D’Oustrac is, for many music lovers, THE Carmen of the present day and in the dramatic Élégie en prose she shows why. But the pieces by Devienne, Dalayrac et al don’t really suite her voice…The... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The orchestra is small, just over 30 players, and for much of the time remarkably quiet. But with the outburst of the fourth movement they make a tremendous noise, with ear-splitting brass.... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The pulsing, fidgety rhythms of Adrian Peacock’s ‘Venite, Gaudete!’ mark the ORA Singers out as a chamber choir of high accomplishment. The technical accuracy is exceptional and the sound smoothly... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These are stimulating performances, brought off with real aplomb — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The debut recording from this young French soprano is full of colourful, often humorous songs. Despite occasional stumbles from slight over-enunciation, this is a fun, theatrical listen. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…