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This is altogether a really fine performance…Bavouzet uses the ubiquitous Beethoven cadenzas for K466, while for its C major companion-piece K467 he opts for the examples by Friedrich Gulda,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

There’s no shortage of Orthodox choral discs, but here is one worth adding to anyone’s collection...Perhaps the choir’s USP is the number and quality of its bassi profundi (‘oktavists’). Those... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Doric Quartet emphasises [the works'] unpredictability with their vivid and insightful interpretations that bristle with life and character. Although employing a wide palette of timbres...they... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Even in a work as well known as the Quartettsatz they lend character through elasticity of phrasing, which nicely counterbalances the piece’s inherent energy. But the main event is the G major... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2017 More…

Unless it’s my imagination, there’s a magical and deeply touching, almost nostalgic hue to this one, as if enjoying the company of a beloved old friend before parting — Gramophone Magazine, September 2022 More…

The Doric Quartet, making sparing use of vibrato, play with much sensitivity. Their slow movements, in particular, are beautifully done...But elsewhere a determination to characterise the music... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Possessiveness is a Romantic trait, and so is worrying about authorship, and Haydn is paradigmatically Classical, as Bavouzet shows in these immaculate accounts…Bavouzet’s Yamaha enables him... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Michael Collins thrills and charms in these characterful concertos, which deserve to be as well known as those by Mozart and Weber. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…