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Prepare yourself to embrace the bizarre and bonkers virtuosity of Restoration mad songs and works by Biber and Telemann in these arrangements by Terje Tønnesen and Mihkel Kerem…these are stylish... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Ronald Brautigam's warm-toned piano… serves him particularly well in the lyrical concluding rondo of the Sonata Op. 7, with the figuration of its stormy central episode returning in a mollified... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Sudbin gets my vote right at the start here by opening his Chopin recital with the Fantasy in F minor, one of the pinnacles of the composer's art...Sudbin captures its improvisatory qualities... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

…Suzuki's measured declamation linear clarity, together with tasteful responses to ornament, are among his greatest strengths. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

From his very first entry, Vadim Gluzman commands attention with beguilingly natural phrasing and tonal purity. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Shostakovich] Hemsing is as fine in the third movement as the first in progressively ratcheting up the tension before easing down into the cadenza, which in turn grows steadily to a searing... — The Strad, May 2018 More…

this is a colourful and enjoyable account [of Petrushka], well-characterised and full of dynamic contrast...fans of Kempf need have no qualms about acquiring this release. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Gubaidulina's second violin concerto, In Tempus Praesens (2007) is one of her most eloquent utterances...All in all a poetic reading, sufficiently different from Mutter to be worth acquiring...Gubaidulina... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Its moods ranging from otherworldly to feisty, Pierre Jalbert’s Violin Concerto has its memorable moments. The real pleasure, though, lies in the Bach, Pärt and Vasks that follow. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…