Chandos

[Mercier] has a chameleon-like ability to blend, spar or float in and out of focus as the need arises…[their choice of instruments] allow one to hear the inner workings of these busy scores... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2015More…

The mighty instrument on which Yates plays is the perfect medium for the forcefulness of her ideas...Overall this is a fine set of recordings of works we don’t hear enough, and it offers many... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

This collection opens splendidly with a spankingly good performance of the Overture to Leroi d'Ys, with its melodrama, brassy splashes and a rather memorable swooning cello solo. It has all... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

Williams knows that he must map the whole emotional journey of the cycle, from the relentless tread of ‘Gute Nacht’ at the start to the nagging sound of the hurdy gurdy at the end; but equally... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

I have no quarrel with the overall grasp here, even if I don’t find anything new in Andrew Davis’s approach – though we may well ask what novelty remains to be found after all these years that... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…