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As pure sound, this is the best La mer that I have encountered on record. …these are also revelatory performances. Lan Shui and his orchestra… turn in an unequivocally world-class performance... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Vänskä offers a glowing performance of the Pastoral… The approach of the summer storm is splendidly handled…and the finale is as resplendent as could be wished. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This recording bathes the listener in a stream of irresistable song that lingers in the memory weeks later. It also proves how well the composer's lyricism translates across timbre and sonority:... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Arte dei Suonatori play [these pieces] with neatness, clarity and buoyant tone. Their fine ensemble spirit is much in evidence and the music's good-hearted energy draws greater interpretative... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2013 More…

In her informative note, Regina Rapp suggests that Muthel's concertos 'live or die by the subtlety with which they are performed'. Well, they certainly live here. Played on a fine, sonorous... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2015 More…

Beethoven's early E flat Piano Concerto, WoO4, ought to be better known. The piano-writing suggests the alliance of virtuoso execution with an already distinctive musical voice. In later life,... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2009 More…

Whatever the reason Leiviskä has remained a shadowy figure, conductor Dalia Stasevska has now brought to light three of her orchestral works in f ine performances by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…