Browse: Zigzag (label)

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…

In the first book of Images, Nelson Goerner responds infallibly to the composer's demands. His technically secure playing displays a real feeling for the pieces' ever-changing colours and for... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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…

Bruges's finest have made a stunning attempt to create the 1930s Parisian sound. As well as the orchestral poster-colours, they employ Erard pianos to give the Double Concerto an entrancing mix... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This wonderful recording is unusual in that (with two important exceptions) it presents Bach's second thoughts...Under the direction of Benoît Haller, the drama unfolds with breathtaking vigour.... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2010 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…