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So many inspired melodies, ravishingly harmonised, on a single disc...The inwardness of the ‘Elegie’ and the crescendos from pp to ff are superbly done..Azkoul’s penchant for rare transcriptions... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Various of these recordings were previously available as part of Philips’s long-defunct The Early Years series but the current collection is superior in all respects, a masterpiece of careful... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2020 More…

Bychkov always seems to know where to place the emphasis in emotional climaxes…[Gerstein] shares Bychkov’s balance of big guns and mercurial delicacy…The sound is a beauty, relishing that bloom... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The 19-strong string ensemble makes a big-boned sound, closely miked...It launches into the Souvenir de Florence with bold confidence...In the shorter numbers, Schmidt leads a wistful Valse sentimentale,... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2017 More…

[Simovic] encourages a soaring cantabile reminiscent of Herbert von Karajan's early 1980s take [on the Serenade] with the Berlin Phil, but without the German's sheer heft...If the Tchaikovsky... — BBC Music Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Morton keeps the Tchaikovsky rhythmically lithe and buoyant...emphasising the composer's neo-classical sensibility in emulation of his beloved Mozart. The feather-light waltz dances exuberantly,... — BBC Music Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…