Challenge Classics

Letzbor and Ars Antiqua Austria have certainly brought a distinctive new take on the concertos here, beginning with considerably slower tempos that we’re used to from period bands, and particularly... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2017 More…

The Kuijken family, like the Mozarts, often played together, though each was a virtuoso on his or her own instrument – original ones, or copies of them. In this delightful recording, titled... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Lamsma is a terrific player, with a beautiful, resilient sound, but at times that beauty is her handicap: she doesn’t do ugly or grim. — The Guardian, 11th May 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Hekkema’s playing is, without any reservations or criticism, superb. He knows how to make his instruments speak the language of Bach, modernizing it with the special timbre of the saxophone... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2023 More…

This is lovely music from a popular part of the baroque repertoire, and it receives sympathetically intimate playing from a group who achieve involving results by keeping their vocal and amorous... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2017 More…

This is, quite simply, gorgeous. Nino Gvetazde plays Schumann’s much-loved Arabeske, Kinderszenen and Kreisleriana, as though they flow spontaneously from her. Time is elastic, liberated from... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…