Browse: Zigzag (label)

…the playing is lively, full of character and colour, with an admirable range of touch… I find Arodaky often creates a greater sense of poetry in the individual numbers than Piers Lane in his... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2004, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The sound can be beautiful, especially when the muting devices are used, and Lubimov's playing is admirably expressive throughout. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This CD offers a gentle introduction, for the Op.15 Piano Quartet and Verlaine song-cycle, which are among his most charming works. The quartet’s dappled fluency emerges here with unforced eloquence,... — Financial Times, 16th July 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Without doubt, Guy is a superbly accomplished pianist, and these are mainly impressive performances, characterised by warmth and expressive insight as well as technical brilliance; and yet, for... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Guy evidently believes in taking Beethoven by storm, something to which the composer could hardly object...Some of Beethoven's most hackneyed movements, such as the first movement of the Moonlight... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Seiler and von Immerseel create a sense of freshness and youth in all these sonatas that is seldom heard in recordings of them but which is nevertheless a chamber-music feeling that always seems... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2012 More…

The Hammerklavier...has been something of a lifetime preoccupation for Francois-Frederic Guy...the set as a whole is an impressive achievement, more than worth acquiring for the splendid performances... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

these pieces gain most from the transparent textures, woody woodwinds and natural, alfresco-sounding brass. — Sunday Times, 18th November 2012 More…