ECM

A very likeable CD, perfect to accompany a ruminative late night — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Boros, a gifted young Hungarian guitarist, offers a sensitively rendered selection of 20th-century works — New York Times, 11th December 2013 More…

Over the immanent, limpid voices Garbarek improvises equally immaculate counter-melodies. His contributions tend to be somewhat predictable, more decoration than improvisation in the fullest... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A friend of mine told me that this was a perfect ECM disc. It certainly ticks all the boxes, from the exquisite, monochrome sleeve art to Manfred Eicher’s typically sensitive production. And... — The Arts Desk, 21st January 2012 More…

The orchestra shows off its own credentials in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, which starts at a terrific lick, and is incredibly exciting. It takes a little while to settle in rhythmic detail,... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The Bach is beautifully realised, Schiff relishing a serene duetting rapport with Shiokawa in the second Adagio…In the Busoni, Shiokawa’s innate cantabile comes into its own in the shadowy variations…and... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Like his older Estonian contemporary, Arvo Pärt, but much less austerely, Erkki-Sven Tüür seeks to communicate feeling as directly and engulfingly as possible...the elemental force with which... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2011 More…