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Starting with an ever-circling plainchant-like idea, all the voices of the excellent NDR Chor soon pool into a sonorous cloud out of which solo voices spin, punctuated with baleful comments... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

To my ears, he broadens the distinctive orchestral style forged by Magnus Lindberg but, aided by that close harmonic grind, humanises it at the same time…His is often highly calorific and thrilling... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2018 More…

Not surprisingly, this is unrelentingly austere stuff. If, however, choral gloom is your bag, it is also an imaginatively programmed recital, immaculately sung and recorded in superb sound. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Emperor Quartet has the measure of these works. The players are particularly impressive in the Fifth Quartet - a very complete interpretation. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2004, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Rich, sonorous playing from Oramo's orchestra under all three conductors, and singing full of purity, accuracy and fresh air above it; both soloists are agile, strong and able to tell a story.... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016 More…

Throughout the SACD Lindberg proves (as if he needed to!) that he is a sympathetic and perceptive interpreter of the lute music of the Renaissance. This is an outstanding, treasure of an album.... — MusicWeb International, October 2018 More…