‘As the Royal String Quartet’s new recording of his three numbered string quartets reminds us, though, MacMillan is a formidable composer in in pretty much every genre in which he works … all receive performances that, for fervor and notational accuracy, may as well be described as definitive … for sheer intensity and presence, the Royals hold the crown in this repertoire’ (The Arts Fuse, USA)» More

‘The 1980 recording that not only made The Tallis Scholars a household name, but effectively led the way to today’s great wave of exceptional mixed-voice choirs. Alison Stamp is faultless in the exceptionally testing soprano solo—top Cs and all—while, with the choir and solo quartet placed some distance apart, the perfect acoustic of Merton College Chapel is captured to perfection by Gimell’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘This one is special … much better baroque music-making is hard to imagine. A dead cert candidate for my Recordings of the Year!’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘Don’t overlook this gem of a recording … the Strauss Duet-Concertino, a seldom-recorded and hitherto misunderstood work, is worth the cover price alone … the solo performances are first-rate and the strings and harp of the SNO under Sian Edwards’ direction offer an excellent accompaniment, never forcing the pace’ (MusicWeb International)

‘A superlative album in all ways, lusciously played and recorded … Suk spins gloriously harmonised late-Romantic melodies that soar one moment to sink into lingering Bohemian legend and dream the next. The reverie of it all is extraordinary’ (Classical Source)» More

‘I found these eminently likeable performances and am sure Plowright will bring a new audience to Suk’ (MusicWeb International)

‘What has characterised everything the Nash Ensemble has done since their very earliest days is a sense of absolute joy in music making and a passion which glows out of every single note they play. If we might reasonably expect a certain predictability to have crept into their performances after half-a-century at the very top of their game, nothing could be further from the truth with this invigorating and gloriously immersive journey through three very different chamber works by Ernö Dohnányi’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘This new recording is very welcome. Even though some of the music is available on other collections, the new performances more than hold their own and there is much new material’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘Inveterate news junkies of the world, your way out has come. For at least one good hour of your otherwise doom-laden day, you have a reason to turn off Fox or CNN and drift on feathery clouds to a far sweeter place. Your exit has been most graciously supplied by pianist Stephen Hough … whose latest recorded achievement may well be hailed as the most engaging, charming, and delightful recording of the year … or even the decade’ (Stereophile)

‘The music is sheer delight. I could listen to it for hours on end in performances of this quality … those who know The Binchois Consort’s other recordings will need no urging to go for this latest release’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘It epitomises the qualities of this flexible group and their indefatigable director Jonathan Cohen: interesting and under-appreciated repertoire, wonderfully elegant, stylishly executed playing, and adroitly chosen soloists … I would argue these sensitively played and truthfully engineered performances demand to be heard. Indeed I found the whole disc both spiritually fulfilling and artistically rewarding’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘The Binchois Consort performs with stylishness and a real feeling for this period, mostly adopting broad tempos that underline the music’s natural ebb and flow, melodic invention and austere grandeur, and also encompasses jubilation, warmth and touching intimacy … included in the handsome booklet is an erudite note, texts and enticing images’ (Classical Source)» More