Harmonia Mundi

This superb recording achieves a rare balance between Melnikov's miraculous transparency and Queyras's airy, limpid elegance, and non-vibratoed purity of sound. Their approach is ideal in the... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2014, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Staier, playing a pure-toned Erard piano of 1837, conveys its otherworldly aura very well. He makes a strong case, too, for the unduly neglected Fantasiestücke Op. 111...In these, Staier is... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2014, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Perianes approaches Beethoven with a freshness and individuality that is immediately engaging. The opening movement of Sonata No. 12, Op. 26 demonstrates some exceptional qualities, most obviously... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Willaert’s piece, in particular, is achingly beautiful: for this alone, it is worth buying this very fine disc. — Stephen Pettitt, Sunday Times, 13 January 2002, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Exquisite 16th- and 17th-century settings of Jeremian texts for Holy Week by various Rome-based composers, beautifully sung by soprano Maria Cristina Kiehr. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Bates wisely judges that the pace of the opening chorus [of the Handel] should be dictated by the singers' natural declamation of the line...I particularly appreciated Crowe's gorgeous soft... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2013More…

Nakamatsu clarifies Schumann's mid-range saturated textures to a remarkable degree, revelling in its fantastic imagingings with rapier-like precision and effortless command. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

The Clare College performance of Josquin’s Missa Pange lingua which opens this recital has the kind of subtlety that can only be achieved by exceptionally responsive singers, immersed in the... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 4 out of 5 starsMore…