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Lovers of noisy reeds-plus mixtures stop combinations will find much to savour here. As the young Widor did not do 'subtle'...perhaps this is fitting treatment. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Cigleris presents them with a rich, consistent tone and splendidly mellifluous phrasing...the BBC NOW and Palmer are attentive and well balanced, and the recorded sound is clear and warm. The... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Volume 7 of Chapelle du Roi's complete series of Tallis recordings, is a further witness to the composer's consummate command of his art, in whatever religious or political situation he found... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

this is a no-nonsense, hard-driven account of the Rite, sure to raise the pulse rate. Both the 'Dance of the earth' and 'Sacrificial Dance' combine searing energy and precision. At times it... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

there's a passionate restraint about Salonen's readings that is far more telling than many more overtly histrionic versions...clearly prioritising musical imperatives over mere pictorialism,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There’s an energy and freedom which takes the work away from its sometimes strait-jacketed perfromances. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016 More…

Todd clearly loves and understands jazz… he does not use jazz forms and accents merely as exotic colourings but embraces their spirit and vibrancy. Todd is well served by the brass, reed and... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards 2006 More…