BIS

Listeners to his Requiem will recognise Duruflé's conservative and intensely personal musical language as heard in his organ music. The influence of Debussy, Dukas, Ravel, Tournemire and Vierne... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Four of the five works show off Kantorow's transcendent virtuosity, but the finest is the 1888 Piano Concerto, well interpreted by Volondat. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Anu Komsi's cosmopolitan experience and technical expertise show in the breadth and quality of her programme. And Sakari Oramo makes much of her accompaniments. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The ecstatic, tonality-bending music of the Norwegian Fartein Valen sits well with ethereal Webern plus better-known Messiaen, a challenge met by this fine choir — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Brautigam's playing in this sadly undervalued concerto is faultless throughout, and the finale - a real contrapuntal tour de force - is dazzling...these are fine performances, but without always... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Schnittke's Choir Concerto is the major work here… As a stunning kind of evocation of all the Russian Orthodox church music one has ever heard, and yet masterfully composed with a powerful... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2004, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Oramo has secured a vibrant, electric orchestral sound that underpins everything, making even the slow introduction seem exuberant underneath its finely judged nobilmente breadth...The orchestra... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…