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I'm happy to be able to report that Kees Bakels presides over atheletic, shapely and involving performances of both works...there's not a hint of routine about the Dutchman's painstakingly prepared,... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2012 More…

Emma Kirkby… sings four solo cantatas… These showpieces make immense technical demands… But splendid though such displays are, it is her sense of characterisation which sets her apart. She... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…the complex and concentrated single-movement sonatas of the war years and after… seem to form one of the summits of Russian piano composition… Nikolaos Samaltanos and Christophe Sirodeau... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2004, 5 out of 5 stars More…

One advantage of a period instrument is the cleanness of its bass register - a particular boon in the Tempest Sonata… Brautigam's performances are well up to the standard of his previous releases,... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Given the two instruments involved, the overall mood here is largely one of serenity. There is, though, plenty of sparkle, joyfully explored by the excellent Nagasawa and Bernardini. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These performances are crisp, rhythmically propelled, full of movement and invested with bold energy. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2008 More…