Challenge Classics

[From Ayrshire] is played here with burnished lyricism by the German violinist Linus Roth, who scorches the brief, 'fast-reel', second movement with virtuosity...MacMillan elicits a magnificent... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The three concertos featured here and written between 1778 and 1779 exhibit a great deal of melodic charm, character and good humour, if not perhaps the greatest originality...Krigovský dazzles... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

No one undertakes a recording of Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues lightly, and Dutch pianist Hannes Minnaar engages an authoritative objectivity in running the ever-surprising gamut of moods... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

L'Orfeo Barockorchester play with an attractive thrust and graininess, with solos well taken and horns ringing out gloriously...a vivid and dramatic snapshot of this stage in the wunderkind's... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2013 More…

The Pavans are played on virginals, the rest on harpsichord. The right decision, but Demeyere hits a bad snag in a closely miked recording that masks the differences in timbre between the instruments.... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2014 More…

There’s inventiveness and a sense of adventure in these burnished performances – utterly refined, yet warm and tender too. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…