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This showcase of modern Norwegian music for string trio features music that is consistently well written, varied in emotional signature and very accessible. The Ssens Trio plays with powerful... — Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2023 More…

Clare Farr does her instrument great service in bringing this programme together. I defy anyone not to find Jan Sandström’s Sång t ill Lotta for trombone and harp incredibly sweet and beautiful.... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Furious crossrhythms and accented repeated notes relent to hymnal lyricism in Olli Mustonen’s First String Quartet...Mustonen is the composer-pianist in the 2014 Piano Quintet, which opens with... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

What’s in no doubt is the quality of Helseth’s playing, both technically and in the breadth of her phrasing and tonal resource. She’s well partnered by the conductorless Ensemble Allegria, and... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Draagen] demonstrates the instrument in a programme highlighting various unique features, to which he draws attention in his own booklet-notes. The recording does him proud...in Eben's 'Moto... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2015 More…

Rokkones is a superb musician, equally at home in the worlds of classical and jazz...all three concertos were written for him, and he plays them with the utmost distinction. The Arktisk Filharmoni…plays... — Fanfare, Mar/Apr 2024 More…