BR Klassik

Not everything shows her at her best. The least successful piece here is the Alcina aria…, in which the tone occasionally sours of else dips beneath pitch; but such faults are rare, and throughout... — Opera, November 2018More…

Ravel’s achingly sensuous Rapsodie espagnole receives the finest performance here, infused with infectious warmth that is sensually beguiling. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Varèse’s massive Amériques isn’t a work that would be generally associated with him. Yet this meticulously assembled performance, with every detail superbly played and recorded, is as vivid... — The Guardian, 2nd March 2023More…

Word-lively, supple and instinctive of inflection, Gerhaher is the perfect voice for a song such as Haydn’s ‘Flow gently, sweet Afton’…and his command of both English and Lallans Scots is formidable…[the... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2016, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

this is a performance that accumlates power and authority as it proceeds, and the blazing conviction they bring to the work's third and fourth movements - powerfully shaped by Peter Dijkstra... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Pärt’s Stabat Mater is heard here alongside works for string orchestra, with the composer’s trademark fluid, meditative style captured perfectly by the Munich Radio Orchestra, who deliver a... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

There is much stunning choral singing on this disc, beautifully blended tonally, precisely calibrated dynamically, and shaped with the measured skilfulness of a bespoke tailor. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, 4 out of 5 starsMore…