Reviews

Recording of the Week: 'I defy anyone not to be swept along by the sheer joie de vivre of the entire project ...'

'... perfect for giving solace and a hint of sunshine to our dark and troubled world.'

Exceptional: 'A profound and exciting recording that will live long in the memory.'

'Sarah Aristidou mixes styles and genres on her debut album. She proves to be an eminently modern soprano who pursues her immaculately impressive art with exemplary commitment.'

'This is now a "must" in baroque opera. This sparkling score, which relentlessly links the most contrasting moods, with its often daring harmonies and always delightful orchestration.'

'Antonini’s characteristically lively performances - part of his ongoing complete Haydn symphonies series - afford much pleasure throughout. '

'Phantasm have realised each separate emotional world impeccably, whether from fantasy to fantasy or when a new affect rolls in mid-piece ...'

'The chief pleasure is the intertwining of the musicianly lines in the Ravel, its outer movements fleet and glistening, the bitonalities scintillating ... And what effortless dazzle there is in Kapustin’s work.'

'Two song cycles attract attention. Sandrine Piau takes on the first one, Lovescapes, deploying her instrument with an eloquence and a care for the unbroken line.'