Thomas Adès

This set cuts pristine interpretations of Beethoven’s early symphonies with Gerald Barry’s 21st-century zesty homage…Stone’s Beethoven swaps between falsetto and lower-range passages with impressive... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The Britten Sinfonia rises brilliantly to the challenges of the cruelly exposed wind and brass writing of Barry’s work. And Jennifer France gives a spectacular account of the relentlessly high-flying... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A year separates these live recordings from their predecessors, and while there’s no loss of vigour or sinew, the significant increase in warmth and flexibility makes a world of difference...As... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2021 More…

That sweet-toned, sensitive violinist Anthony Marwood reveals an unexpected heroic streak, throwing off Adès's tremendous vertiginous runs with immense authority...three Couperin pieces [are]... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This CD includes the Chamber Symphony, the work that first aroused interest in Adès's work when he was 18, set alongside Asyla, a recent un-chamber symphony and his first work for full orchestra.... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

This two-disc summary of Adès's career avoids some of the more obvious works – nothing from The Tempest, for instance – but manages to include both his youngest work and some recent, hitherto... — The Independent, 30th September 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Cage's Dances are scintillatingly played...Harmonielehre is magisterial — BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…