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Here at last is a St Nicolas that offers a real alternative to Matthew Best’s superb Hyperion recording. Tenor Mark Le Brocq is a fine sounding Nicolas: at his commanding best in the saint’s... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Swiss-born guitarist assembles an anthology of well-loved Dowland 'pops'. His attentive colouring and expressive interventions seduce but sometimes distract. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Salonen surely does nearly everything that most of us require from a cutting-edge interpreter with plenty to say. His Boulezian ear for balance keeps all the textures phantasmagorically clear...[His]... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

it is very definitely an elaborate kind of music and requies a very high standard of performance. Tenebrae are the choir for the job: the sound, while perfectly blended, is also, paradoxically,... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2013 More…

Kah-Ming Ng has added wind, a move both arguable and effective, to these 12 string concertos. ..although these 40 movements are brief, only two over two minutes, they are refreshingly varied... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Aficionados of Widor's Toccata will be interested to know that Joseph Nolan adopts the slow and stately approach, rather than the brisk and brash one...Nolan's carefully prepared and immaculately... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2012 More…

Others might have chosen more impressive repertoire for their debut, and maybe things were in the pipeline that had to be shelved during the pandemic, but this shows his command of the orchestra... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Recorded live for the LCO’s centenary, these works for string orchestra are packed full of drama. The Vaughan Williams has the kind of nervous energy that only a live performance can bring. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Montgomery slips into their varying moods through affecting phrasing, resilient changes in tempo, accentuation and dynamics, partnered by the OAE at its best. Well worth owning. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2014 More…