Harmonia Mundi

Gura and pianist Christoph Berner and alert to every nuance of text and music in this evocative account using a historic piano which brings a fragile, sepia-tinted quality. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

The sincerity of the composer’s response to Shepard’s life and the performers’ commitment is never in doubt. The choral singing (soloists are drawn from their rank) is excellent, committed and... — Choir & Organ, January 2017, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Whether at prayer, or tying the knot, six Bachs are celebrated in a rich family portrait. Intimate and supple performances illuminate a compelling timeline spanning nearly 150 years. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Nineteen singers, including seven soloists – voices of character in vibrant ensemble – plus continuo collaborate with grace, solemnity, elegant expression, sublime refinement, and exquisitely... — Choir & Organ, March 2019, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

The Dmitri Ensemble…[show] evident discipline and commitment…[they] succeed in making Barshai’s scored version sound alert rather than listless. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

In Rachmaninov's Op 33 Etudes-tableaux everything is boldly and vitally characterised… Both here and in the Second Sonata… Kobrin achieves a hypnotic sense of the music's dark necromancy.... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2006More…

Such has been the admiration (if not always affection) for René Jacobs's Mozart operas, and so striking have been the contributions of the period orchestras involved, that it seems only natural... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…