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A beautiful disc, this, its message one of gentle longing and nostalgia, though the playing is anything but sentimental. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2005 More…

This is altogether very impressive playing, capturing all the intimacy of the pieces which Brahms labelled as Intermezzos, as well as the drama and urgency of the more outward-going Capriccios…What... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

James Lee III (b1975) is a master colourist. His orchestration is dazzlingly vivid and teems with detail...he also has a keen ear for harmonic colour, as is readily evident throughout. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2022 More…

This is a disc to treasure. Should the Concert champêtre be performed on the piano? Poulenc said no, but did it often. Bollani's lightly pedalled sound is, for me, utterly convincing and the... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Colin Jacobsen’s orchestration of Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata is mostly convincing...had you never heard the original, you might accept this as a viable slice of Beethoven...Shorthand is an... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars More…

There is a surprisingly striking contrast between its crystalline voicing, clear articulation and warm tone that makes the listener feel that it is concerned with the plain and simple beauty... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016 More…

Darkness and light, poems and stories. Pianist Inon Barnatan is fascinated by these aspects of this exceptionally effective programme...Barnatan's sustaining of the disrupted stillness in Ades's... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…