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There is much here to admire. Phrasing is unobtrusively persuasive and technically all the artists are well in command of their instruments. In general speeds are close to what Poulenc asks... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Listening closely, one can hear Groven’s imaginative use of harmonic progressions. What sticks in the mind, though, is simply the lyrical beauty of almost all of these songs, along with the... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 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…

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…

Nervous systems go haywire when confronted with committed performances of Janacek's two quartets. Imagine the impact, then, when both are carefully and selectively arranged for string orchestra...That... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…