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The New College Choir (16 boys and 14 adults) is quite large but its engagingly fulsome sound is kept nicely in focus by the acoustics of the moderately sized church in which it was recorded.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Very little about this release disappoints...Emelyanychev, directing his modern-instrument ensemble, guides the music as if from within, prioritising the natural flow of Schubert’s notes without... — The Times, 30th October 2024, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Trevor Pinnock knows a thing or two about Mozart and imparts to his youthful charges from the Royal Academy of Music all his enthusiasm for the Salzburger’s greatest serenade. There’s no other... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2016More…

…it is unusual to encounter a performance of the Dvořák Concerto in which the soloist takes on the extra responsibility of directing the orchestra. Fiery and intense in the opening movement,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Wallisch is in many ways a highly attractive Mozartian, commanding a beautiful (if rather opaque) tone, a discerning sense of proportion and a keen but discreet articulation, all complemented... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

His mastery of the idiom is such that we only notice the music’s salon-like gentleness and intimacy, not the dextrous technique required to make it so. — Financial Times, 25th June 2011, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

one rather sits up at the opening Praeludium of Grieg's Holberg Suite, flutter-tonguing and all...Throughout, the trumpet-playing of Freeman-Attwood is first class. But what makes this collection... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2011More…

It's curious, but however well you think you know these sonatas, the freshness and incisiveness of Pizarro's playing somehow takes you unawares. From the almost unfeasibly grave Grave introduction... — Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 12th February 2003More…