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It defies belief that until this recording led by violinist and cellist Simon and Thomas Hewitt Jones appeared much of this fine music, combining haunting Englishness with a distinctly French... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

I have always found his music highly rewarding, even if it is demanding. If you are not familiar with it, this is a good introduction. ...an introduction to one of our finest contemporary composers — American Record Guide More…

A lucid, eloquently poised account of the Pavane pour une infante defunte: the music's instrumental colours...are attractively muted but at the same time sensitively defined and melded...Zehetmair... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2014 More…

Zehetmair is the intellectual's violinist, with a hair-trigger precision of sound and rhythm, and an eager interest in the allusive and tough-minded parts of contemporary music. His wife, the... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Gerstein gives the [Komitas] dances a piano virtuoso’s clarity of articulation and Armenian soprano Ruzan Mantashyan is a natural for the songs. It is Debussy, though, who takes the lion’s share... — Financial Times, 3rd April 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Somm label has unearthed some more buried Beecham treasure – and it’s pure gold...the recordings do have their limitations. Tubby-sounding timpani are a frequent feature and the strings sound... — MusicWeb International, June 2012 More…