28 October 2015

Parry: I was glad & other choral works
Studio Master: CDA68089  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘The choir performs as if born to this music and an excellent solo quartet for the Magnificat emerges from its ranks, including a treble solo of great clarity by the young Alexander Kyle’ (The Whole Note, Canada)» More
26 October 2015
SFGate, USA, Joshua Kosman
Ornstein: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No 2
Studio Master: CDA68084  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Marc-André Hamelin, who has long been an eloquent champion of the composer’s keyboard work, joins forces with the Pacifica Quartet to give both pieces’ (SFGate, USA)» More
26 October 2015

Ornstein: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No 2
Studio Master: CDA68084  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Well-shaped melodic gestures and sensitive playing of accompanying parts’ (The Whole Note, Canada)» More
26 October 2015
Sinfini Music, Norman Lebrecht
Scriabin & Janáček: Sonatas & Poems
Studio Master: CDA67895  A Stephen Hough Celebration!  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘The Janáček interpretations are right as raindrops on a loft window in autumn and the Scriabin has about it a hint of the young Horowitz on the verge of breakdown. Each performance is wonderful in its own right’ (Sinfini Music)» More

26 October 2015
The Daily Telegraph, Ivan Hewett
Taverner: Missa Corona spinea and Dum transisset Sabbatum I & II
Studio Master: CDGIM046  Download only  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

'As this fabulous recording shows, Taverner's music lives on, praising God in its own way.The music floats rapturously, as it should, but even so you can feel the pulse underneath' (The Daily Telegraph)» More

23 October 2015
Crescendo Magazine, Belgium, Jean-Marie André
Herz: Piano Concerto No 2 & other works
Studio Master: CDA68100  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

«Howard Shelley est à l’aise dans ces pièces tant comme chef que comme soliste. Il en transmet l’exubérance et la spontanéité. L’éditeur Hyperion qualifie ces oeuvres de pop music de son temps; il n’a pas tort» (Crescendo Magazine, Belgium)» More
23 October 2015
Audiophile, Rob Pennock
Schubert: Impromptus, Piano pieces & Variations
Studio Master: CDA68107  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Despite the richness of Osborne’s tonal palette, clarity and definition are excellent, which means you can clearly delineate the degree of pedal pressure, variety and strength of touch (not the same as loudness) and no register dominates’ (Audiophile)» More

22 October 2015

Arias for Benucci
Studio Master: CDA68078  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘[Matthew Rose's] artistry, informed alike by musical and dramatic flair, is every bit the programme's equal, and the playing by Arcangelo is unfailingly fresh, lively and stylish’ (BBC Music Magazine)» More
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22 October 2015

Bach: Violin Concertos
Studio Master: CDA68068  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Alina Ibragimova makes a strikingly distinctive contribution, albeit subtle and restrained … outstanding’ (BBC Music Magazine)» More
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22 October 2015
Classical Ear, Andrew Achenbach
Schubert: Impromptus, Piano pieces & Variations
Studio Master: CDA68107  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Osborne rises magnificently to the challenge of the Three Piano Pieces, which enjoy enviably lucid and consistently nourishing advocacy … a Schubert anthology that can be enthusiastically recommended’ (Classical Ear)» More

22 October 2015

Taverner: Missa Corona spinea and Dum transisset Sabbatum I & II
Studio Master: CDGIM046  Download only  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘This is a spectacular disc from The Tallis Scholars’ (MusicWeb International)» More
22 October 2015

Taverner: Missa Corona spinea and Dum transisset Sabbatum I & II
Studio Master: CDGIM046  Download only  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Many times in the past I’ve thought that the Tallis Scholars had reached their peak but yet again, as when I recently reported on their 200th concert, they have proved that they are still on top form, perhaps even surpassing their previous best’ (MusicWeb International)» More
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