Browse: ECM (label)

Fellner achieves all Bach could ask… from a sparkling finger-staccato for the D minor Invention to finely balanced part-playing in the D minor Sinfonia, constantly guiding the ear from one line... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Robert Dowland's Musicall Banquet needs no introduction, except to remark on the irresistible challenge it poses for the singer - mastering four very different adioms, French, Italian, Spanish... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2008 More…

…there is often an expressive intensity about his approach which leaves us in no doubt about the depth of his feelings. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 3 out of 5 stars More…

András Schiff's sharp attention to detail spills over from the first volume in his projected Beethoven cycle into this recital, although he sometimes crosses the thin line separating astute perception... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The disc reflects a remarkably productive recent period in the composer's life...The music's broadly harmonic conception also takes the music occasionally into unexpected areas, including barbershop,... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2013 More…

The 'original' performers Gidon Kremer and Keith Jarrett remain unsurpassed in the violin/piano version of Fratres, as do the Berlin Phil's players in the version for twelve cellos. Whether you... — Classic FM Magazine, February 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The title El último aliento is taken from the final piece by Carlos Moscardini ( b1959) and roughly translates as ‘ the last breath’. With understated intensity it neatly summarises the whole,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…