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Mozart’s Haydn quartets from the 1780s, part of the composer’s golden period, possess invention, with and touches of tragedy which the Engegards mirror with intimate, soulful, subtle playing.... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

So many excellent Strauss Alpine Symphonies have rolled off the recording production line in recent years, all with something individual to say. Vasily Petrenko’s in his latest invaluable Strauss... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Clare Farr does her instrument great service in bringing this programme together. I defy anyone not to find Jan Sandström’s Sång t ill Lotta for trombone and harp incredibly sweet and beautiful.... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

I can fully commend the accomplished playing of Bergen Barokk. Its playing is sympathetic and stylish, and the music is enlivened 0062y thoughtfully-articulated phrases and evident affection... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 3 out of 5 stars 9Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Listening closely, one can hear Groven’s imaginative use of harmonic progressions. What sticks in the mind, though, is simply the lyrical beauty of almost all of these songs, along with the... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

There is much here to admire. Phrasing is unobtrusively persuasive and technically all the artists are well in command of their instruments. In general speeds are close to what Poulenc asks... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…