Chandos

The finest piece among this collection is undoubtedly the Ballade No. 2, whose opening, with its impulsive, Delius-like lilt, launches a ten-minute form allowing room for some lovely contrasts... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2009, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

[it is] as if Järvi wants to stress beyond all doubt that the symphony represents a new direction for Mahler: more experimental, more abstracted...[He] plainly revels in the spookhouse effects... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2010More…

Devine gives the impression of always having the room he needs to allow the music, its ornamentation and its sometimes devilish figuration to breath comfortably...Devine has the technique, the... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2011More…

These performances by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Rumon Gamba, who have many a cinematic credit to their name, carry the conviction of an original soundtrack recording in state-of-the-art... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2014More…

Trio Gaspard has a chameleon-like ability to adapt to the widely varying styles of each composer: Mendelssohn’s stately poise, Juon’s passionate mysticism, and Skalkottas’s spikiness. If future... — Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2024More…

Whether fizzing along in, say, Boccherini’s Guitar Quintet or beguiling in the dreamy, folky El noy de la mare, guitarist Krzysztof Meisinger and his string quintet plus percussionist Patrycja... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

These are performances that take you inside the music, so that it’s almost possible to hear them with a performer’s ear and experience the delight as the notes leap off the page and into life... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 4 out of 5 starsMore…