Gramophone Awards, Dvořák (composer)

Throughout the slow movement, the playing of the solo lines is captivating…The Haas Quartet with Boris Giltburg provide both relaxation and a strong sense of purposeful energy…Excellently recorded,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Andsnes’s championship of this music means that many more ears will be opened to it. He plays with poetic warmth, summoning up a storytelling spirit right from the start of the opening piece,... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Throughout, their understanding of the musical argument is exemplary...at every stage the performers respond with both passion and a clear feeling for musical line...In truth, there are so many... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

No cellist alive can match the eloquent intent of Steven Isserlis’s line. Every phrase he threads through the warm embrace of Connie Shih’s pianism is articulated and ‘breathed’ with the ardour... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Make no mistake, Romaniw is a great talent. The plush richness of her soprano is astonishing...Romaniw taps into the melancholy of the Russian songs especially well…The selection from Janáček’s... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2020 More…

It is not hard to imagine what music portraying such a story meant to the oppressed people at that concert in 1939 and after having already burst into wild applause at the end of each poem the... — Chris O'Reilly, Presto Music, 19th December 2011 More…

Above all, she reveals the profound relationship between the solo part and Dvořák’s radiantly detailed orchestration in one of the f inest ensemble performances of the last 30 years. With Bělohlávek... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022 More…

John Storgards and the Helsinki Philharmonic provide attentive and flexible accompaniment, and Tetzlaff’s tone throughout is unfailingly beautiful…this well recorded account will appeal to those... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Renée Fleming's tender and heartwarming account of Rusalka's Invocation to the Moon reflects the fact that the role of the lovelorn water nymph, taken by her in a highly successful production... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Barton seems now to be the equal of any dramatic mezzo before the public. The great element which has enabled her rise to stardom is, of course, her voice-large, rich, fully controlled...These... — American Record Guide More…