SACD, Bach, J S (composer)

Watkins’s cycle shares Britten’s ability to meld text and musical gesture with an acuity seemingly effortless, almost plucked ready-formed out of the air...An exquisite release touched with... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Symphony Orchestra relish the considerable technical challenges posed by these transcriptions… those who enjoy their Bach as a full meat-and-two-veg course will... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2004, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Brett Dean’s Voices of Angels is a very substantial work, making his customary detailed sonic investigations into the ensemble’s possible combinations of instruments, and doing so with a tremendous... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2020 More…

If such a sound word can tire the ears relatively quickly, both players alight sensitively on a deft balance and a simple, galant elegance which characterise almost all these works...Tarkovi's... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2014 More…

Obviously a must for clarinettists; but other performers, and listeners too, will enjoy this demonstration of what can be achieved with impeccable technique, a fertile imagination and a light... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…