SACD, Messiaen (composer)

Von Otter’s generous personality is reflected in the way she puts over every item, with care for text and a honeyed sweetness of tone…Admirers of the singer will certainly want it; and, if you’re... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These masterly performances under the baton of George Benjamin here provide the focus of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's inventive tribute to the composer, captured live at concerts during... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Lintu's awareness of internal balance is masterly. The machine-like tutti that follows the first-movement piano cadenza marches relentlessly forwards, strings crooning high above the extreme... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2014 More…

Ravel’s complete Miroirs shows his way with keyboard colour and texture, especially in the long melodic tendrils of Oiseaux Tristes and the static beauties of La Vallée des Cloches, while Beethoven’s... — The Guardian, 14th April 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…