Harmonia Mundi

Scholl clearly relishes the young Handel's unbridled exuberance: he coaxes, seduces, laments and rages: here negotiating Handel's virtuosic writing with brazen panache, elsewhere singing with... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Recorded in warm, full sound, pianist Frank Braley leads an often fiery and impulsive account of Dvorák's masterly Piano Quintet (1887), using a vintage Steinway of 1874. The clarity of his... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

In spite of the many excellent recorded versions of this song-cycle, there is always room for a new one as revelatory as this from Werner Gura. He has the most beautiful voice among German tenors... — The TelegraphMore…

Gesualdo's unnerving music produces some tuning problems and Christie's insertion of instruments is odd. But his telling interpretations make this a welcome, compelling reissue. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2009, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

…Egarr is… brilliant in the G major Suite, introspective in its broody, lowering G minor sibling, and not beyond an utterly charming registrational surprise for the last track. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Cédric Tiberghien throws himself into the first book of Hungarian Dances with apparent abandon: his rhythmic verve and skill at characterising each piece, indeed every theme, are hugely enjoyable…... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2009, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Fink's 'Vergnügte Ruh' is glorious: she floats the opening aria's long lines with the soaring nobility of a Janet Baker, potently complemented by the supple instrumental gravitas of the Freiburgers. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2009, 4 out of 5 starsMore…