Browse: Penguin Rosettes, Romantic (era)

If Saint-Saëns's idiom once answered – and maybe still does – to qualities fundamental to the French musical character, it must be said straight away that Hough sounds the complete insider. He... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Hickox and the London Symphony Orchestra have come up with a recording that you can cheerfully measure against most others in the catalogue, before you consider its unique extra charms! — John Armstrong, bbc.co.uk, 20th November 2002 More…

There have been a number of outstanding recordings of the Dvorák Concerto since this DG record was made, but none to match it for the warmth of lyrical feeling, the sheer strength of personality... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Songs of the Sea - which includes the long-popular 'Drake's Drum' and 'The Old Superb' - and the later, texturally richer and more thoughtful Songs of the Fleet are superb baritone vehicles for... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Gramophone Good CD Guide awarded this its highest accolade, denoting "an unrivalled version, a cornerstone of the catalogue", adding that "this is surely the greatest, certainly the richest... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2007 More…

Andsnes penetrates the psyche of this music, and his playing of consummate artistry and insight. Not only does he have keen poetic feeling but magisterial pianistic finesse. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007 More…

faster, fiercer, yet more freely expressive than his 1990 version. — Classic FM Magazine, February 2012 More…

Sumptuous of tone, supremely sensitive, Crespin was born to illuminate the art of French song. Whether floating the seductive allure of Ravel or revelling in the wit of Poulenc these recordings... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…