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eminently satisfying…the Kungsbacka players clearly feel no need to apologise or make excuses for Schumann’s last excursion into piano trio territory. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2023 More…

The Eschers’ new album, beautifully recorded in SACD, contains much fine playing by that young group. They are particularly a well-attuned to the Tchaikovsky, not only delivering a gently melancholic... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

London Baroque display their accustomed polish and élan, the violin-playing wonderfully declamatory (especially in the Rebel), the continuo-playing highly cultivated. — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005 More…

their success at dramatising the storieswithout-words of both quartets is much aided by exceptionally vivid studio engineering, achieved by Thore Brinkmann at Potton Hall. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2023 More…

The Swedish-based Israeli has phenomenal strength and versatility, combined with crystalline clarity of sound. Her 24-carat gold, custom-built Muramatsu flute is reminiscent of James Galway,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[the Minnesota's] sound is huge and polished with rich strings, flaring brass and mellow winds, clearly recorded in first-rate SACD surround sound...[the Fifth] is fairly speedy, but well-paced... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Despite music that is almost unvaryingly slow, Freeman draws the listener into his world through the urgent intensity of his vision. His harmonic language is largely though not exclusively tonal,... — Fanfare, September/October 2021 More…