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High marks not just for the CD, but for the Exon Singers’ splendid 50 year story, which this recording celebrates … The singing is bright and committed — Choir & Organ, July 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The result is musically satisfying and rather touching, and Johnston lends her warm, communicative mezzo to a range of idioms…The most intriguing parts of the disc are the new works; no fewer... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2019 More…

It is anything but a play-safe piece of programming. Arthur Benjamin’s Sonata for viola and piano is the opener, and both Ringstad and his excellent accompanist David Meier catch vividly its... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The Dvořák is decently done under Christoph König, with some shapely woodwind solos from the Solistes Européens Luxembourg, but falls short of the spaciousness and epic glamour of the best recordings. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Svarfar and pianist Henrik Måwe deliver a performance that is notable for its impeccable unanimity of ensemble, and the duo project the more overtly emotional Two Sentimental Romances with noble... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

These Goldbergs are full of energy and spontaneity. Swiatkiewicz’s frequent use of the 16-foot stop lends many of the variations a magnificent Thuringian heft. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Gavrić plays all [the solo works] with clarity, supple grace and a finely shaded colour palette. But it’s the pair of concertos that bookend the programme that are its true heart...The evocative... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2020 More…

All [is] delivered by Guzo with a sonic winsomeness that beguiles the ear. The brilliance of his playing is involving rather than hectoring, and he sounds untroubled throughout the cycle by its... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…