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[The Gambler Suite is] typical Prokofiev cut-and-paste, but there’s great lyric warmth in the way Dima Slobodeniouk and his Lahti players handle the opening these and the pathos of Babulenka,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra articulate the music's 'soaring melodies and grippingly searing polyphony' [convincingly] and Lindberg shapes the structure compellingly…[Lindberg seems to... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2016 More…

[On the original 4-CD release] Life-enhancing music…. [and] performances to match from a group with brilliance of execution and beautiful even tone as a starting-point for the classical athletic... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Everything is humanised, so that the conflict of the Finale is a whirlwind battle rather than a grinding mechanism, and even the circus ditties before the final storm have charm as well as nuance.... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

There is nothing extravagant, idiosyncratic or exceptional about this recording except its infallible good taste….The results, even-tempered and sensible, are a recording that can serve as a... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2024 More…

Halász plays a 1930s guitar by Hermann Hauser from which he draws kaleidoscopic colours and timbres, conjuring up the sounds of a lute or theorbo, a clavichord, a harpsichord, even a bagpipe.... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Everything that is included is substantial...the hugely impressive Symphonic Prologue to a Tragedy is dark, brooding and intricately wrought. It's invaluable to have these works available in... — The Guardian, 27th March 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Emperors bring energy, commitment, real understanding of the idiom and finesse to all these works... if you want everything Britten wrote for the medium – and it is all worth hearing – then... — MusicWeb International, December 2022 More…