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I enjoyed everything about this CD: the ever interesting and evocative music, the Delangles’ stellar performances that the composer must surely consider definitive, the well-recorded sonics... — Fanfare, September/October 2021 More…

Manfred Huss’s ear for detail and the crack playing of the Haydn Sinfonietta Wien mean that this entertainment music is treated with utmost respect, resulting in fizzing performances that are... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2016 More…

Sharon Bezaly is a superb soloist, finding a more intimate quality of lyricism…” — BBC Music Magazine More…

What wonderful music this is!...The Haydn Sinfonietta Wien plays with virtuosity and unflagging energy, featuring crisp articulation and beautiful ensemble work from each section. This is music... — MusicWeb International, August 2012 More…

It seems that the enfant terrible Prokofiev, and his ‘Toccata-ness’ (as Russians like to put it) in particular, are still a great fit for
Kempf’s temperament, because he relishes the exuberance... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2020 More…

The sound itself is very natural and the piano is captured with admirable warmth, but the strings, and especially the violin, are just a shade too distant. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The recorded sound is close and precise. I’d recommend Stavy’s sensitive interpretations to any listener who loves Haydn’s piano music, but also to those like me who thinks that sitting through... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

The SCO brings out the bittersweet melodies in the first movement [of the Fantaisie Symphonique] and displays restraint in the expansive Largo...Excerpts [from Der Silbersee] are featured here,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…