Onyx

The Liszt becomes a meditation on a chord; the second Ives piece twinkles, glows, and glowers; the Chopin pieces are given ravishingly delicate colouring, the Gershwin emerges as a silkily-delivered... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Kuss Quartet artfully exploits its disruptive mischief and innate asymmetry … Wit lights up this account, every joke perfectly timed, every nuance explored … Mojca Erdmann…is in her element... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2017 More…

The main interest of this disc lies in the Czerny pieces. Very few of his thousand plus piano works are played today, and the Rode variations do indeed reflect a felicitous talent, with their... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Japanese violinist Midori offers a conservative performance avoiding anything which would be construed as controversial. Her tempos are moderate, her vibrato well controlled and her intonation... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2016, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Schwanewilms's interpretations are regularly imaginative, her singing musicianly, though not all of her vocalism matches her good intentions. There's sometimes...an edge to her tone that combines... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

This is a searing account of the Rite. Petrenko judges the speeds acutely, always insistent, without simply trying to set landspeed records, and there’s a visceral energy to the RLPO’s playing,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Sane, dedicated, balanced playing such as that of Russian-born, London-based Rustem Hayroudinoff is always welcome, as is the clarity he brings to every texture. His own booklet essay…testifies... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2017 More…

Gomziakov and his pianist, Andrei Korobeinikov, play both works with ardent Romantic expressiveness, well capturing in the First Sonata the second movement’s impetuous and stormy episodes. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Reiss is a properly pert Despina (Cosi) and an affecting Susanna...Her attention to detail in the recitative is scrupulous...Reiss's diamond bright coloratura is a mighty weapon...All told, this... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Walton's Cello Concerto is like a bottle of vintage wine from the composer's home on the Italian island of Ischia… its warmth, finesse and wry serenity are qualities that appeal all the more... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…