Challenge Classics

The essence of folk song is outward simplicity: this disc is a wide-ranging selection of arrangements and originals, performed with artful directness. — Sunday Times, 3rd February 2013 More…

The three concertos featured here and written between 1778 and 1779 exhibit a great deal of melodic charm, character and good humour, if not perhaps the greatest originality...Krigovský dazzles... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Angela Brownridge has moments that could provide a masterclass with careful control of nuance, the chords in ‘Canope’ seemingly emerging without attack. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 2 out of 5 stars More…

...this disc juxtaposes what are probably the most characterful string trios from the entire 20th century...Webern comes off best in these hyper-intense, rather over-resonant recordings, with... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010 More…

The enchanting opening theme of Symphony No. 5 sets what will be the preponderant tone, vigorous and elegant, and that agreeably bracing idiom is maintained throughout both symphonies. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

For all that Buxtehude's vocal writing is pre-eminently singable, it's nonetheless his instrumental palette that grabs the ear...And it's the sheer effortless sparkle and freshness of the playing... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…