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There are several live versions of Toscanini conducting Elgar’s Enigma Variations, but in Elgar from America his 1949 performance has the benefit of Lani Spahr’s expert sound restoration, making... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…

[Job] There is without question an energy and dramatic presence here that is not as evident in the studio recordings. Part of the attraction is the quality of the playing: The BSO strings have... — Fanfare, Mar/Ap 2023 More…

The six musicians featured on this disc are all principal players of the London Handel Orchestra. Their consummate musicianship is consistently delightful: sparkling violin-playing (often with... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2006 More…

Iruzun’s sensitive interpretations take Mompou’s stark introspection at face value…she unravels the two little gems based on ‘Au claire de la lune’, the exquisite Trios Variations and the elusive... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2016 More…

Donohoe is particularly attentive to this [operatic] side of Mozart’s expression, prioritising a cantabile tone, vivid articulation and songful phrasing. Although, realistically enough, he eschews... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Sacheverell-Coke's] 24 Preludes' style and manner is soaked in the Romantic piano tradition (Rachmaninov uppermost), yet harmonic twists and an obsessive repetitions of melody and rhythmic... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2015 More…

Pride of place foes to Joubert's 1977 Second Quartet, an impressive piece played with great conviction by the Brodsky Quartet, in the best recording of the set. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…