Gramophone Awards, 2011

[Andsnes] manages to make the first movement sound more sinister and wayward than most of his rivals, yet he's in his element in etching the filigree and fioriture of the highly-decorated solo... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The fount of creative energy that has sustained Poul Ruders since the late 1960s shows no sign of running dry. Or so, at least, this trio of works from the past decade affirms...Imagine [Gubaidulina's]... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2011 More…

this is one of the most lucid, as well as passionate, readings of the [Reger] I have heard. Hamelin never makes the deep left-hand bass writing in the first movement sound heavy, and he plays... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

in the G major Concerto Aimard and Boulez favour dry rather than sparkling wit...The invaluable coupling is an enthralling account of Miroirs. Aimard crackles with energy in 'Alborada del gracioso',... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

She makes us hear this hoariest of Romantic war-horses afresh, as if with cleaned ears: the work emerges as almost classical, Mozartian even, in its poise and architecture. There isn't an iota... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

you'd be hard-pressed to find a more unanimous pair of soloists [in the Bach] than the Oistrakhs. The camerawork allows us to see them in action with little distraction, and phrasing, dynamics... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…