Naxos

Many of the songs were originally written for other instruments, but they have been arranged, with the approval of the composer’s daughter, by Marco Socías. The new accompaniments work very... — MusicWeb International, October 2016 More…

Fibich was one of the great innovators of Czech Romanticism. His fine orchestration and melodic gifts are on show in these elegantly performed symphonic poems. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Time may yet confirm Martin?'s symphonic series as one of the most original reflections of their age... Naxos and Fagen put a wide listenership in their debt by making the full story available... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Thomas Reiner and Interpreti Veneziani play the music with vivacity and stylistic aplomb. A trumpet’s character is distinct from that of an oboe, yet Reiner’s transcriptions are convincing and... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

everything is superbly developed and orchestrated, and there's no mistaking the cumulative power of a major statement...Ashley Wass brings impressive clarity and firepower to all three works;... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There are many musical depictions of the Northern Lights, but few if any on quite so lush and expansive a scale as Tveitt's Fourth Piano Concerto (1947). A paean to this extraordinary natural... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Piccinini’s performance of Air will take your breath away. I was also left breathless at the brilliance and precision of the Peabody Orchestra. — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…

This is a significant disc – and not just because it completes the Brian symphony discography. The music is convincingly played by the New Russia State Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Walker... — MusicWeb International, June 2019 More…