Reviews

Editor's Choice: 'a joyfully inventive programme of arias and duets ... the two singers are magnificent.'

Best Engineering: 'The solo instrument is captured with brilliance and freshness.'

'The perfectly placed breath lines, the sophisticated phrasing, the finely nuanced dynamics offered by Peter Whelan, together with the impeccable, no less sophisticated orchestral playing in the B flat major concerto K. 191, result in almost perfect interpretations.'

Editor's Choice: 'Kathleen Tagg’s song cycle This Be Her Verse brings the album to a satisfying close ... A highly recommended listen.'

'Listening to this album is like lapping up Antheil's special little slice of the musical 20th century: expressive, futuristic, maximalist, wild and deadly ... Kopatchinskaya and Ahonen are a match made in heaven.'

'Magnificent readings of some very beautiful works with Les Muffatti's distinctive hallmark.'

'A Dies Irae is an apt place for Prohaska to begin her musically wide-ranging exploration of 'life in death' and the gloom is leavened by lightness elsewhere.'

Editor's Choice: 'Three masters of variation form – Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart – are explored, and very clearly enjoyed, by pianist Simon Trpčeski on this delightful album.'

Choc de Classica: 'Asmik Grigorian and Lukas Geniušas record nineteen of Rachmaninov's melodies in perfect aesthetic and expressive harmony. This kaleidoscope of emotions invites us to discover one of the lesser known parts of the composer's work.'