Erato

these are fine, clear accounts. The Schubert may lack the dream-like quality Britten and Rostropovich find, but its Adagio is presented with long, elegantly spun phrases, due tenderness and... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Played on original instruments by the Insula Orchestra, two centuries of varnish seem to have been dissolved away from Weber’s Romantic masterpiece, with the instrumentation coming up as bright... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Philippe Jaroussky has a wide pitch range and absolute control throughout, with no tenseness at the top of hooting at the bottom, and his floated high notes are ravishing. Jérôme Ducros's accompanying... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[The Pleyel’s] sound melds satisfyingly with a small orchestra playing on gut strings and with period wind instruments. The opening chords of the Fourth Concerto usher in what feels almost like... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This engrossing film illustrates what a richly fulfilling life that of the international concert pianist can be - and also what a tough mental and physical grind it is...The bonus section of... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2015 More…

Capuçon's elegant, singing tone responds especially well to the Andante, with gentle exchanges between the instruments. Prokofiev's Sonata may seem an unusual coupling but it contrasts nicely,... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2008 More…

Opera audiences in 19th-century Paris may never have visited India, but they loved to dream about it. After the successes enjoyed by Lespêcheurs de perles and Le roi de Lahore Delibes knew what... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

You don’t have to be a fan of string quartets or the World Cup to love the Quatuor Ebène’s laidback exploration of popular music written in or inspired by Brazil — The Times, 24th May 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…