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Gabriel Castagna gives us the first recording of the Sinfonía Buenos Aires. Composed in 1951, it is far more ambitious in scope than the Sinfonietta – and more daring, as well. The music's tightly... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Albonetti’s scholarly understanding of the nuevo tango informs his latest orchestrations of Piazzolla’s music...The four pieces were originally scored for quintet – the bandoneón parts (the Argentinian... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Lisa Friend gives us an apt whiff of sensuality in the opening ‘Bordello, 1900’, while maintaining the requisite fin de siècle decorum…The remainder of the programme is a pleasantly varied mix... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019 More…

All the pieces are performed with great conviction and receive vibrant recordings full of vim and vigour as befits their lively character. Chandos's sound is typically rich and clear. — Gramophone Magazine, November 2011 More…

Kathryn Stott's enjoyable and warmly recorded recital of dance pieces has a Latin-American bias, an idiom for which she has an evident empathy. Stott shapes the sultry rhythms and sensuous harmonies... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

this is an enjoyable disc of off-the-beaten-track music for string quartet...The Brodsky Quartet clearly relish the chance to do something less heavyweight than their usual repertoire — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…