Accentus Music

It is hard to find any weak link in the Bamberger Symphony Orchestra’s line-up, either in the more turbulent tuttis or in the chamber music-like episodes that so touchingly punctuate the outer... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019More…

The Ninth was Bruckner’s farewell to the world, and Abbado’s. This performance from 2013 effortlessly achieves the sublime…The engineers have done their work perfectly. Both composer and conductor... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Sublimely controlled, Barenboim throws down the expressive gauntlet with playing as subtle as it is high-voltage and apparently – paradoxically – on the edge of reason. Underpinning the whole... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2018, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Kremer’s approach differs significantly from all other recorded interpreters in adopting far more expansive tempos throughout the concerto..Kremer and Latvian violinist Madara Pētersone deliver... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Right from the first note, you realise Chochieva has not just drifted into the studio on a whim or simply to fulfil a contract. This is music-making of real purpose and conviction. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2021More…

Though not on the face of it an obvious Verdian, Christian Gerhaher gives a winning performance as the eponymous Doge, bringing all the nuance to the text that we would expect from a master... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Picture and Sound)More…