Browse: Alliance (series)

The performances are as persuasive as expected given the involvement of such as Pierre Boulez and Oliver Knussen...One can only await Vol. 2 of this series with impatience. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2014 More…

Feltsman's imaginative and creative ornaments and embellishments consistently delight and surprise...You may not get painstaking dynamic gradations or micro-managed contouring of lines...but... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2013 More…

performed here with thrilling conviction and formidable assurance...Sawyers's excitingly integrated music marries a genuine lyrical impulse to a genuine thematic substance and marvellously invigorating... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2014 More…

[Grand Rapids] stands up as a remarkable achievement for a student composer of barely 21. There's some Shostakovich in there too, and, like his models, Sawyer's discourse is well paced and logical,... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2011 More…

Feltsman seems to me to be a pianist without mannerisms: his touch is buoyant and his articulation clean but he does not play mechanically: he is unafraid to make tiny rallentandos without wallowing.... — MusicWeb International, March 2012 More…

this disc provides an excellent example of ensemble playing as well as showcasing Udagawa’s flair for Khachaturian. — MusicWeb International, 6th June 2014 More…

Lots to savour, including occasional nightingales and mighty ravalements. Who says the Brits can’t stump up brilliant performers of this repertoire? — Choir & Organ, 5 out of 5 stars More…