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The Van Kuijk marry high technical polish (tuning and ensemble virtually flawless), close attention to Mendelssohn’s detailed markings and a spirit of youthful, spontaneous ardour. — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022 More…

Can you capture the ineffable? Sarah Aristidou’s remarkable debut disc Æther explores things within and beyond. She is duly shrouded in mist for the booklet pictures, but there is nothing the... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

I love the parallels between these two Finnish concertos which Feldman and Kantarow draw out, from the especially ethereal treatment of the opening of the Sibelius (which anticipates the disembodied... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, May 2018 More…

Niquet’s recording is an honest piece of work, but interesting too for its divergences from Gardiner’s, Most noticeable, Niquet tips the balance between choir and orchestra in favour of the... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Throughout this recital Le Sage is especially good at conveying the music's impulsiveness, but he also responds well to the more poetic side of Schumann. These are altogether exceptionally... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Carnaval] draws from Le Sage a performance which triumphs unobtrusively over extreme familiarity to create an aura of spontaneity and freshness which beguiles the ear and the imagination alike.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Eric Le Sage is an extremely cultivated disciple of the great French tradition of Schumann piano. — Financial Times More…

…scintillating performances. Eric Le Sage's playing… is admirably unaffected… a rewarding collection. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…