Candida Thompson

Armenia, in Mansurian's vision, is like the original cradle of sound. The seamless fusion of sacred and folk influences, not displayed as 'local colour' but wholly absorbed into the music's... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Hannigan brings a fined-down intensity to the more hushed Rimbaud settings such as 'Being Beauteous', but elsewhere her tone tends to flutter under pressure...Gilchrist, by contrast, sounds... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Arrangements for string orchestra of works originally written for string quartet are not uncommon, especially in the cases of Beethoven and Schubert… But in the amazing scherzo, with its huge... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Nice performances, stunning recording. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The recorded sound has a wonderful bloom which matches that of these exceptional performances. — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…

The playing has individual distinction and corporate unity of purpose. The choice of tone-colours, the thrust and definance in fast movements and the matching of nuance to the range of quieter... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2013 More…

the Amsterdam Sinfonietta's phrasing is internally supple throughout an interpretation that yields little in intensity to older, weighty recordings...some phenomenally alert responses on the... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2011 More…

…entertaining enough, especially when played with the cheerful abandon it is here. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2010 More…