Orchestral, Incidental Music, Saint-Saëns (composer)

There are...treasures, all led by this charismatic musician with great verve and style in a hugely enjoyable and imaginative programme delivered with all of Hope’s customary panache. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2024 More…

The composer responds with his usual verve, vivacity and gift for atmosphere, and the performances sparkle. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It is a measure of her gifts that Chen Reiss takes all these composers in her stride. That vocal stride is impressive: sustained lyric tone that is only rarely forced...Charles Spencer is as... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

a musical personality of a beguiling charm, a quality rarely encountered in today's more severe musical climate...You are reminded, too, of a naturalness and insouciance far removed from so... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2015 More…

Ascanio is barely known today, but its ballet music contains the most delicious Renaissance pastiches, This, alongside a miscellany of other orchestral bits and bobs, makes for a delightful... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Boasting immaculate production values from the Biddulph team and exemplary annotations from Tully Potter, Felix Salmond’s Complete Columbia Recordings, recorded 1926-30, sound as pristine here... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

If forced to choose a first investment, I suppose I’d go for the all-stereo Vol. 2, principally because Paray’s Rolls-Royce orchestra (which is what it sounds like) was at its very best in French... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022 More…