Reviews

'John Butt’s stylish ensemble delivers nothing short of perfection. A truly moving and beautiful disc.'

Excepcional: 'García Alarcón gives us an interpretation full of freshness and expressive force, delicate and subtle where it should be, and of great dramatic effect where the music requires it.'

Diapason d'or: 'A feast of colour and vitality.'

'The opening Adagio of the first movement is masterfully sculpted, Järvi and his players tending to each phrase and orchestral color with great care to establish a suitably forlorn and lonely atmosphere.'

'Rota spent several decades working on-and-off on his five-movement Nonetto and, as such, it offers a tribute to the Italian composer’s changing styles. It receives a glorious outing here ... the ensemble playing is of the highest calibre.'

'... the slow movement [is] taken at a beautifully flowing tempo that allows the glorious melodies and the ecstatic climaxes time to unfold.'

'... the Pelléas also add a new work by Benjamin Graves, a sparky, spiky Scherzo written specifically for the trio, and a pair of Gershwin lollipops to close a pleasing, well-programmed album.'

'How elegantly, beautifully sounding and transparently Robin Ticciati and his Berlin musicians shape this symphonic colossus is truly worth hearing.'

Excepcional: 'There is a great rapport between them, and they produce a balanced, refined and brilliant version, with admirable musical conjunction and sense, masters of rhythm and rests. This version truly ranks among the best.'