SACD, Linn (label)

The scale of Bruckner’s symphonic vision and the weight of his musical ideas are certainly preserved, and the performance is indeed persuasive...There are too many sublime moments to pick out... — MusicWeb International, 15th May 2014 More…

Kato has an impeccable sense of rhythm and a capacity for concentration — MusicWeb International, 22nd September 2013 More…

by skilfully modulating their tone between the smooth and the raucous, the two clarinettists here contrive to minimise the absence of oboe timbre in what proves a lively and nicely nuanced reading...these... — BBC Music Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Cargill's beautifully integrated, smoky mezzo reveals the full stature of [Alma's] songs, just as Simon Lepper relishes their fearless piano writing...The Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen welcome... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Gareth Brynmor John tunes in to Schoenberg's pungent and resinous arrangement, sweet with avian flute and violin, bittersweet in the dark, mesmeric breathing of the harmonium…[Berceuse elegaique]... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2015 More…

one rather sits up at the opening Praeludium of Grieg's Holberg Suite, flutter-tonguing and all...Throughout, the trumpet-playing of Freeman-Attwood is first class. But what makes this collection... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2011 More…

Morton keeps the Tchaikovsky rhythmically lithe and buoyant...emphasising the composer's neo-classical sensibility in emulation of his beloved Mozart. The feather-light waltz dances exuberantly,... — BBC Music Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Trevor Pinnock knows a thing or two about Mozart and imparts to his youthful charges from the Royal Academy of Music all his enthusiasm for the Salzburger’s greatest serenade. There’s no other... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2016 More…