Reviews

'Harry Bicket and The English Concert continue on their path of lively Handel appreciation with beautiful result.'

'Alessandro Crudele makes it clear that these scores are not just orgies of sound through his detailed and subtly nuanced reading. '

'Frank Bridge began his Cello Sonata in 1913, the final full year of peace before the First World War. Truls Mørk squeezes every drop of heart-on-sleeve expression from its opening movement... '

'His articulation and intonation are excellent. The famous variation series La Folia in conclusion, sizzles and sounds irresistible.'

'It is music to dwell in, the more the better it sounds, the more you are inside of the music and its colors, its dazzle and its meditative sureness of purpose, its expressive depth and heights, the more it comes clear in the hands of Kuniko. It is in every way a triumph. Bravo.'

CD of the Month: 'Simon Trpčeski masters all the demands of these cycles with aplomb. Mozart's individual variations glitter like diamonds in a precious tiara, he penetrates Beethoven's C minor variations with rigorous solemnity and carefully illuminates the sensitive inner world in the work of the young Brahms.'

'Esaias Reusner was a revelation ... the sarabands are all remarkable, the one in E flat has all the lyricism of a Handel aria ...'

'A henceforth benchmark Linn recording of the Legends by the WDR Symphony Orchestra under Cristian Măcelaru. This is a fabulous disc ... one for the Awards shortlists.'

'This varied programme is played throughout with conviction, commitment and impeccable ensemble.'