9 January 2017

Bach: Goldberg Variations
Studio Master: CDA68146  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Hewitt’s Bach-playing has always been a fine balancing between Baroque style, a strong affinity with dance and a restrained romantic sensibility, and on this 2015 recording there are quite a few instances where she deploys weight and emotionalism, as though she is emphasising the music’s universality’ (Classical Source)» More

9 January 2017

Bach: Goldberg Variations - Vinyl Edition
LPA68146  2LPs 

‘Hewitt’s Bach-playing has always been a fine balancing between Baroque style, a strong affinity with dance and a restrained romantic sensibility, and on this 2015 recording there are quite a few instances where she deploys weight and emotionalism, as though she is emphasising the music’s universality’ (Classical Source)» More

9 January 2017

Elgar: Enigma Variations & other orchestral works
Studio Master: CDA68101  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Brabbins’s spacious conducting of Enigma Variations is altogether special, a devoted accomplishment of the most-beguiling consideration, all placed to perfection and interwoven so that everything belongs’ (Classical Source)» More

9 January 2017
Artamag, France, Jean-Charles Hoffelé
Stojowski & Wieniawski: Violin Concertos
Studio Master: CDA68102  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

«C’est brillant, passionnant, foudroyant parfois» (Artamag, France)» More
8 January 2017
The Observer, Fiona Maddocks
Bach: Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170
Studio Master: CDA68111  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Davies’s singular gifts of open-hearted expression, reined in to perfection and with no excess or indulgence, are expertly balanced by Arcangelo’s prominent solo musicians. Early in the year, a favourite disc already’ (The Observer)» More

8 January 2017

Bach: Goldberg Variations
Studio Master: CDA68146  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

„Auch bei ihrem zweiten Anlauf vermag Angela Hewitt zu überzeugen. Allerdings fällt ihre Interpretation sehr individuell aus, so dass sie die Goldberg-Liebhaber sicher in zwei Lager spalten wird … Spieltechnisch ist Hewitt auf allerhöchstem Niveau“ (Pizzicato, Luxembourg)
8 January 2017

Bach: Goldberg Variations - Vinyl Edition
LPA68146  2LPs 

„Auch bei ihrem zweiten Anlauf vermag Angela Hewitt zu überzeugen. Allerdings fällt ihre Interpretation sehr individuell aus, so dass sie die Goldberg-Liebhaber sicher in zwei Lager spalten wird … Spieltechnisch ist Hewitt auf allerhöchstem Niveau“ (Pizzicato, Luxembourg)
6 January 2017

Kozeluch: Piano Concertos Nos 1, 5 & 6
Studio Master: CDA68154  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

„Die drei Werke dieses Programms sind elegante und sehr verspielte, etwas geschwätzige Konzerte, deren Ecksätze Howard Shelley mit spielerischer Leichtigkeit recht zupackend spielt“ (Pizzicato, Luxembourg)» More

5 January 2017
Concerti, Germany, Christian Lahneck
Rostropovich Encores
Studio Master: CDA68136  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

„Rhythmisch zupackend, mit weit geschwungenen Kantilenen oder aber mit großartiger Agilität spielt Gerhardt. Nie überschreitet er die Grenzen, hinter denen die Musik dann überdreht oder kitschig klingt. Eine schlüssige Aufnahme, eine aufrichtige Würdigung“ (Concerti, Germany)» More
4 January 2017

Bach: Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170
Studio Master: CDA68111  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘The dominant virtue in this fine collaboration between the outstanding Davies and Arcangelo lies in an unsentimental perspicacity, reassuring in its intelligence and deep sensitivity’ (Gramophone)
4 January 2017

Bruch: Violin Concerto No 2 & other works
Studio Master: CDA68055  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘[Jack Liebeck’s] playing is virtually flawless in its technical ease, scintillating articulateness and purity of tone’ (Gramophone)
4 January 2017

Kozeluch: Piano Concertos Nos 1, 5 & 6
Studio Master: CDA68154  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘It’s impossible to imagine more compelling performances of this music—Howard Shelley is truly a rescuer of lost musical souls’ (Gramophone)
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