Hänssler

Warmth of expression and passionately projected performance can be heard throughout this recording, and something like 'Oh my soul, why are you not afraid?' has it all...Schnittke’s Twelve Penitential... — MusicWeb International, June 2012More…

…a brilliantly imaginative and clearly recorded programme, presenting the angst-ridden Shostakovich within the context of other works that betray a similar influence from Jewish folk music.... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

there is nothing seriously wrong with the performance unless you insist on the weight and, at length, sheer terror Kondrashin provides...With such distinguished German radio orchestras under... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2012More…

Beautifully blended sound works well in the reflective lyricism of the Rosamunde Quartet.The outer movements of the Death and the Maiden could be more demonic. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Florian Uhlig fairly bristles with musicianship, capturing to a remarkable degree Schumann's fascinating emotional and psychological complexity...Phrasing and articulation are so acutely detailed... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2010, 3 out of 5 starsMore…