Pentatone

An enthusiastic podium presence, Payare gets results that are by no means ‘flash’. He takes nearly 47 minutes to negotiate a score which Carlos Kleiber and the composer himself get through in... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2024More…

While the Calders’ Beethoven is historically informed only in the loosest possible sense – tempos are fresh, rhythms are buoyant and vibrato is deployed as expression demands – their performances... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2019More…

The Houston brass impresses in the finale, especially the trombones, scything through the orchestral texture, but the general impression is one of tender loving care over drama — Gramophone Magazine, May 2017More…

Camarena undoubtedly feels an affinity with this repertoire. In the story of Nina in ‘L’ultima canzone’, who is marrying someone else, he artfully blends nonchalance with hints of a broken heart.... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

Mead’s theatrical experience comes through most clearly in his dramatic rendering of some of the songs from the odes…The stage songs are often presented with an affecting fluidity, as in William... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Fascinating to hear what Mozart dreamed up to precede Bach fugues; and to hear the fugues played so cleanly by Matt Haimovitz’s string trio. The divertimento is careful and twilit. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 4 out of 5 starsMore…