Debussy - Marche Écossaise

Matthews's transcription of Les soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon...is both extremely beautiful and very fine...The disc’s main raisons d’être, however, are Nocturnes and La damoiselle... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2020 More…

Denève still summons a sensuous bloom in the Prélude, and thanks to his influence, the RSNO proves better than the French at their own game: these are among the most seductive Debussy performances... — Financial Times, 9th June 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Exhaustive, the sum of the crème de la crème of the discography...THE Debussy box set to have…No richer panorama exists for the melodies (the complete EMI recordings alongside never-before-released... — Diapason More…

The textural smoothness works well in the outer Nocturnes (especially in “Sirènes,” where the Philharmonic Chamber Choir of Europe shares the same silkiness), while the central “Fétes” lacks... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

The playing by the two distinguished pianists is faultless, distinctly outlining the notes with a clarity of separation; the recording in the superb acoustic of the Snape Maltings captures the... — MusicWeb International, September 2022 More…

Jun Märkl persuades his orchestra to extremes of vulgarity and tenderness, which is as it should be in the extraordinary Images. They also catch the ambivalence of mood that marks these pieces...there... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…