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Stirring, nimble performances of two chamber masterpieces. The quartet’s playing is as cool and luminous as the moody cover suggests, achieving a fine blend with the pianist. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 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…

If beauty is what music is all about, Signe Lund passes muster; her lovely melodies rescue the listener from a sense of déjà vu. — Fanfare, September/October 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 for. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 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 lovely... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

Furious crossrhythms and accented repeated notes relent to hymnal lyricism in Olli Mustonen’s First String Quartet...Mustonen is the composer-pianist in the 2014 Piano Quintet, which opens with... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…