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Whereas Brahms gives you a clear route map and sends you down the street singing, Urspruch meanders and, to be frank, stops well short of genius. The Scherzo is the best movement, while the... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2018More…

Kuhnau, Bach’s predecessor at Leipzig’s Thomaskirche, wrote utterly sublime cantatas and masses – the musicians here do them justice, and with a warm recorded sound. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

A splendid disc which every lover of choral music will enjoy. — MusicWeb International, June 2019More…

Fans of the Mendelssohn and Schumann sensibility will find much to enjoy here. — MusicWeb International, January 2019More…

The Voglers tail Op. 106 with five lyrical Cypresses, beautifully played, but their Beethovenian approach really comes into its own in Op. 105...the Vogler Quartet are impressive in their gritty,... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2015More…

[everything here is] beautifully and delicately played. Eminently listenable-to music, even at its most introspective, caught in impressive sound. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2015More…

[Zebeljan] is justly celebrated for her music's intense originality and fiery emotional expression…the complex folk music traditions of [Romania, Serbia and Hungary] richly infuse Zebeljan's... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

The performances are clean and even a bit spare in places, an approach that heightens the effect of poignant, emotional passages on the listener. The singers are confident and responsive, and... — Fanfare, May/June 2021More…

Ghosts of composers he most admired haunt the score, with Bruckner, Beethoven and Wagner looming large...The performers do as much as they can with the symphony, and the recording is warm and... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 4 out of 5 starsMore…