BIS

Brautigam uses a copy of a Pleyel piano of 1831 – just a year before the First Concerto was composed – and he skates over its keys with dazzling ease…he negotiates the cascades of notes with... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Another Sibelius CD of exceptional interest and fascination from Lahti and Osmo Vänskä in the BIS complete survey. Impressive playing throughout an excellent recording. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Their high quality is evident in Veni – Songs of Christmas II, a recital with a pronounced Norwegian flavour, though expressive accounts of works by Bach and Ives signal international credentials.... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Tod und Verklärung] Without question and in any event this is the lushest reading of the tone poem I have ever heard. Shui so richly blends his orchestra that one could at first think the horns... — Fanfare, September/October 2020 More…

Whether or not these vocal works were meant to be sung by male singers is debateable, but Helen Charlston’s rich, deep timbre make such distinctions irrelevant. Supple, controlled and vibrato... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Pettersson’s Symphony No. 15 of 1978, written two years before he died, is a tense, terse half-hour work in one movement. It’s paired here with his dense Viola Concerto that he worked on in... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer (b1972) does a good line in clear musical imagery, responds with immediacy to clear ideas and knows how to work an orchestra. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2022 More…