Zigzag

A fascinating release. The Trio in A minor, oscillating between allusions to Romanian folk music and Lisztian chromaticism, is a major discovery and performed here with strong emotional intensity. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

What makes the disc really special are the interpolated solo numbers by the present-day Breton chansonnier Yann-Fañch Kemener, singing gwerzioù (epic laments) that movingly evoke a continuity... — The Observer, 24th July 2011 More…

If you prefer Bach on the piano served up in heaping Romantic portions, accompanied by dollops of creamy tone, tapered phrases and languishing tenutos, Edna Stern's ravishing pianism will turn... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Gatto is well equipped to play the Beethoven Concerto. His clear, ringing tone, coupled with an ability to play the exposed high passages with pure intonation, are joined to an expressive, unmannered... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2015 More…

the six-part vocal consort is virtuosic enough to adapt smoothly from the chill dissonances of Peccentem me quotidie to the hot, tumbling urgency of Ardita zanzaretta. — The Independent, 27th April 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

many of the songs are given a definite sense of live performance with a few theatrical effects thrown in: sighs, gasps and laughs, for example. It all adds to the fun. — MusicWeb International, 26th June 2014 More…