Challenge Classics

No one undertakes a recording of Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues lightly, and Dutch pianist Hannes Minnaar engages an authoritative objectivity in running the ever-surprising gamut of... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Rowland is a magnetic advocate in a bold interpretation that emphasises the f lighty, bird-like quality of Richter’s looped phrases with a headlong quality of abandon. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

L'Orfeo Barockorchester play with an attractive thrust and graininess, with solos well taken and horns ringing out gloriously...a vivid and dramatic snapshot of this stage in the wunderkind's... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2013 More…

The Pavans are played on virginals, the rest on harpsichord. The right decision, but Demeyere hits a bad snag in a closely miked recording that masks the differences in timbre between the instruments.... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2014 More…

There’s inventiveness and a sense of adventure in these burnished performances – utterly refined, yet warm and tender too. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Everything is scrupulously prepared, finely considered and well dispatched, with no recourse to eccentricities of interpretation or tempo to make transient points. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2024 More…

Like all cycles, it has had ups and downs, but overall it has been as fine as anyone conducting Bruckner at present would be. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…