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Prégardien can always be relied upon to approach art song thoughtfully and adventurously… [He] sounds like he’s in his element, striding assuredly through this hit parade and savouring each... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Sound) More…

Prégardien never allows the novelty of a new incarnation to distract him: his singing here is full of imaginative insights...the tenor's courage and imagination triumph. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Kuijken family, like the Mozarts, often played together, though each was a virtuoso on his or her own instrument – original ones, or copies of them. In this delightful recording, titled... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

No one undertakes a recording of Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues lightly, and Dutch pianist Hannes Minnaar engages an authoritative objectivity in running the ever-surprising gamut of... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This is, quite simply, gorgeous. Nino Gvetazde plays Schumann’s much-loved Arabeske, Kinderszenen and Kreisleriana, as though they flow spontaneously from her. Time is elastic, liberated from... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The artistry and technique evinced in her Schumann are equally evident here: I particularly enjoyed her Handel Variations, whose narrative arc comes across very strongly, with an emphasis on... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2024 More…

Minaaar’s identification with this unique realm of music is complete and his deeply felt interpretations shine with clarity and infinite nuance — Gramophone Magazine, February 2017 More…

The inclusion of a double bass sounds unidiomatic - but some lovely playing. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

They breathe together, agree on relative dynamics and tonal colour and understand the balance of the textures...A consistently musical interpretation. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…