Browse: Elgar - Sospiri, Op. 70

Overall, what leaps out is the sheer quality, consistency and stylishness of Janine Jansen’s playing. She conjures up the mood of each piece with seemingly effortless and flawless technique...Pappano... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Thoughtful is how I’d describe Jurowski’s conducting...Perhaps the most moving aspect of this performance – also testimony to Benedetti’s knack of getting under the skin the piece – is the finale’s... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2020 More…

Gražinytė-Tyla brings a fresheared approach to four English masters of orchestral writing…The Fantasia, rapt and mysterious, receives the most successful performance. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Mordkovitch here transformed the elusive Elgar Violin Sonata. In rapt and concentrated playing she gives it new mystery, with the subtlest pointing and shading down to whispered pianissimos. — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

Here's a supremely enjoyable Elgar survey centred around a clutch of works composed during the Great War...Throughout, the BBC Concerto Orchestra respond with bright-eyed conviction and commendable... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2013 More…

as a conductor, he evidently has the ability to make a difference to collective performance-level (the English Chamber Orchestra plays characteristically and vividly at every point) while not... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is almost certainly the very finest recording of English string music...Moreover it might also be considered one of Barbirolli's very finest records — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…