Pentatone

Kalmar ideally encapsulates and characterises each symphony, locating the enigma at the heart of Tempora mutantur, with its wonky, scatter-brained themes, as well as the majesty of L’Impériale... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2017More…

[the finale] has balletic energy and is refreshingly free from vulgarity, In Romeo and Juliet the orchestra is superbly responsive, shaping the love melody with nobility and warmth...The recording... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Death and the Maiden [is] a work that tends to overpower everything in its immediate vicinity. That it doesn’t is due in part to the Signum’s ensemble sound: passionate, often brilliant, but... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2021More…

Martin Helmchen is clearly a staunch advocate for Dvorák's neglected Concerto. There are many things to enjoy in this beautifully recorded interpretation, but the orchestra is not nearly as... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2010, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

At almost 75 minutes it’s probably the longest account on disc – an indication of Pletnev’s inquisitive nature and his tendency, indeed desire, to lose himself in the otherworldliness of this... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2018More…

The Haffner, a wedding serenade for the marriage of Elizabeth Haffner in July 1776, was an outdoor summer piece, which was not good for the band, whose members were expected to move around.... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…