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Scriabin’s corpus of piano sonatas on two CDs affords a richly sonorous journey into the heart of a mystery...They are all performed here with manifest devotion, the first disc climaxing on... — Sunday Times, 2nd August 2020More…

Piano arrangements of the great man’s work by composers in the late-19th century, some of them deliciously over-the-top. Palombi’s approach is suitably grandiloquent. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Much of the score bubbles with infectious vitality… Most satisfying are the two baritone birdcatchers, Elia Colombotto as Cecco and Huigang Liu as Pierotto… reminds us that such works retain... — Opera, May 2026More…

Aronica is a handsome Dick Johnson in every sense of the word; and the American Emily Magee is a Wagnerian-voiced Minnie who somehow bypasses the god-fearing naivety suggested in the libretto.... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Many composers favoured the flute in 18th-century Naples. The sonatas here aren’t masterpieces, but they’re delightful and played with subtlety and grace. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Jessica Pratt’s Elizabeth takes a while to hit form, while as her rival Amelia Carmela Remigio is both physically and vocally expressive, offering liquid tone. As the two-timing Earl of Leicester,... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…