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Despite some shakiness at the opening of Copland’s Symphony No. 3…the first movement develops a powerful momentum towards a crashing climax…The most searching, expressive playing comes in the... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

It's curious, but however well you think you know these sonatas, the freshness and incisiveness of Pizarro's playing somehow takes you unawares. From the almost unfeasibly grave Grave introduction... — Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 12th February 2003 More…

Her close-to-flawless technical security remains a constant throughout, and her voice now offers a wide range of colours and options besides the lovely bell-like purity with which she made her... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

If freshness and vitality appeal more than sheer richness, try listening to this — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…it is unusual to encounter a performance of the Dvořák Concerto in which the soloist takes on the extra responsibility of directing the orchestra. Fiery and intense in the opening movement,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya are superb advocates blending virtuosity and understated elegance in performances that truly inhabit the music. For some ears the 1848 Pleyel on which... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Phantasm is simply the best viol consort around...the all-male choir...has some good individual singers, at their best in the ingenious Down Caitiff Wretch and the exuberant This is a Joyful,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Cargill's beautifully integrated, smoky mezzo reveals the full stature of [Alma's] songs, just as Simon Lepper relishes their fearless piano writing...The Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen welcome... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…