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Some of these world versions of classic London songs bear repeated listening and all are good fun — Financial Times, 4th August 2012 More…

Jean-Jacques Kantorow, one of today's most individual players, has the measure of Lalo's Sarasate-inspired violin-writing - he's able to toss off the virtuoso passagework in a seemingly effortless... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009 More…

The New Hellenic is reputedly the finest quartet in Greece, and their accounts of these two Respighi rarities are certainly accomplished...The recording is up to the high standards of the house. — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

these lively performances make a useful collection — Gramophone Magazine, January 2016 More…

Rysanov eschews both puritan authenticity and inappropriate Romantic emoting. His phrasing pays due acknowledgement to the suites' dance roots. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

I can't imagine more beautifully long-breathed phrasing than oboist Masamitsu San-nomiya's. But eclipsing all else is the aria that follows, its tenor weaving Bach's logical counterpoint into... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Both pieces are classics examples of Aho's more recent manner, and a truly engaging manner it is, especially in the hands of such committed performers as these — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010 More…

The SACD sound is first-class and the booklet notes by both artists attractive, not least in drawing attention to the great artists of the past whose performances and arrangements are saluted... — MusicWeb International, November 2018 More…

The Emperor Quartet gives a stupendous rendition of the Second Quartet, nuancing it with a fabulously imagined range of colour; it comes across as not only powerful but visionary...There are... — Classic FM Magazine, November 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This attractive disc of string quintets from the Gringolts Quartet and (real luxury-casting, this) cellist Christian Poltéra finds Taneyev at his most melodically engaging and Glazunov at his... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2016 More…