Accentus Music

When Bach is in extrovert Brandenburg mode…the vigour and directness of these performances are often exhilarating. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2019 More…

His Schumann programme is a model of preternatural clarity, though he can be relentless in some of the composer’s more obsessive rhythmic patterns. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2019 More…

For all his scrupulous attention to the music’s murmurings, the more outgoing rhythmic cross-currents are handled stunningly; and because of his control of balances there’s a marvelous glow... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

The singing and playing are uniformly excellent, and the recording has exemplary balance and clarity. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2020 More…

Apart from the extensive range of technique that Michael Barenboim effortlessly realises, the confidence and maturity of the musical language [in the Boulez] is stunning, and often harmonically... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Of these two performances by the Stuttgart-based Gaechinger Cantorey, the CPE Bach comes over more vividly, with sharply articulated detail under the energetic direction of Hans-Christoph Rademann. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Beautifully performed by the Ælbgut ensemble and Capella Jenensis, this recording allows us to compare the three candidates’ submissions. Telemann’s cantata has the expected smooth eff iciency... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…