ECM

…there is often an expressive intensity about his approach which leaves us in no doubt about the depth of his feelings. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Cuckson and her stage-fellow Blair McMillen sound almost as though they had this music in their blood…they manage to sound assertive but not unkempt, ponderous but not lugubrious, bringing plenty... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2016More…

From the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and others, we now recognise the sound as a professional one: blend that hardly distinguishes between male and female voices; an ease with extremes... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2016More…

relaxed, vaguely ethnic, New Age background music in which one piece segues imperceptibly into the next and rough edges are smoothed away...listeners in search of a mood of limpid repose could... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2014More…

Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste and ECM’s producer Manfred Eicher are Pärt ’s long-term collaborators, and they make an utterly assured contribution to this concentrated retrospective of the composer’s... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

…the pièce de résistance on this CS is Betty Olivero's powerful and densely-worked Neharót Neharót ('rivers, rivers', denoting, says the composer, women's tears). Scored for two string ensembles... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

At the very least everything here is beautifully played and recorded, and anyone interested in the music of the post-Soviet diaspora will find much to ponder. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2013More…