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These are excellent performances of exceptionally interesting repertoire...Pletnev's arrangements are fabulously idiomatic and the playing here has all the requisite sparkle and drive. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2010 More…

This engrossing anthology of Schönberg's piano music is like a potted history of the main innovations in classical music from the late-19th century into the beginning of the 20th...It's a fascinating... — The Independent, 24th June 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

...as broodingly monumental as any Wagnerian myth...The libretto is delivered by soprano Sarah Leonard either in monotone individual syllables, or elided up and down the scale. The effect is... — The Independent, 1st July 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Blending percussive pianos with melodic percussion, the Makrokosmos Quartet are perfectly placed to explore the interface of classical and jazz, as on this series of commissions exploring the... — The Independent, 11th August 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

TEXTUREN launches with a hallucination: no room for cosy, linear narratives here. Although her base gestural language sails very close to a post-IRCAM/spectralist palette...that doesn't somehow... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012 More…