Elgar - Sospiri, Op. 70

Overall, what leaps out is the sheer quality, consistency and stylishness of Janine Jansen’s playing. She conjures up the mood of each piece with seemingly effortless and flawless technique...Pappano... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Mordkovitch here transformed the elusive Elgar Violin Sonata. In rapt and concentrated playing she gives it new mystery, with the subtlest pointing and shading down to whispered pianissimos. — Penguin Guide, 2011 editionMore…

as a conductor, he evidently has the ability to make a difference to collective performance-level (the English Chamber Orchestra plays characteristically and vividly at every point) while not... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Thoughtful is how I’d describe Jurowski’s conducting...Perhaps the most moving aspect of this performance – also testimony to Benedetti’s knack of getting under the skin the piece – is the finale’s... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2020More…

Gražinytė-Tyla brings a fresheared approach to four English masters of orchestral writing…The Fantasia, rapt and mysterious, receives the most successful performance. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

Here's a supremely enjoyable Elgar survey centred around a clutch of works composed during the Great War...Throughout, the BBC Concerto Orchestra respond with bright-eyed conviction and commendable... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2013More…

This is almost certainly the very finest recording of English string music...Moreover it might also be considered one of Barbirolli's very finest records — Penguin Guide, 2011 editionMore…