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This is a gleaming and brilliant album that doesn’t fail to awaken the senses to the exhilarating world of un-adulterated acoustic sound. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

In his flowing, pellucid interpretations Garcia himself seems to be inspired by Bach’s name, and throughout much of the programme there’s a compelling tension between the rippling enunciation... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2018 More…

the work that really shows the composer at his most potent is the 1945 Fantasia...even when the Amazon jungle seems at its most choking in this latest addition to Naxos’s series ‘The Music of... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Freire's kind of artistry raises [the repertoire] to an entirely different level. There's plenty of flair and soul, yet the playing is always crystalline and precise, perfectly pedalled, the... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Baldini produces an alluring tone that taps into the natural resonances of his instrument, and phrases with a natural instinct for cantabile espressivo. His sensitive and responsive partner,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) 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 many... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2015 More…

The quality is first-rate, a tribute to the musical and expressive gains Minczuk can achieve when an orchestra is with him...The real find of the disc for me was Edino Krieger's Passacalha para... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2012 More…