15 October 2015

Bach, Handel & Scarlatti (D): Gamba Sonatas
Studio Master: CDA68045  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘With Steven Isserlis and Richard Egarr’s programme we are provided with a rich feast of excellent music, played with finesse and character and in a partnership of supreme balance in every way’ (MusicWeb International)» More
15 October 2015
Sinfini Music, Andrew Stewart
Brazilian Adventures
Studio Master: CDA68114  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘It makes a refreshing change to hear an anthology of choral compositions untroubled by worldly cares, especially so when performed with such conviction and love’ (Sinfini Music)» More

15 October 2015

Clausen & Paulus: Calm on the listening ear of night & other choral works
Studio Master: CDA68110  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Royal Holloway’s ‘Calm on the Listening Ear of Night’ sets Paulus’s music in dialogue with another Midwestern composer, René Clausen. It’s Clausen whose musical personality emerges most strongly here in these precise performances’ (Gramophone)
15 October 2015

Janáček & Smetana: String Quartets
Studio Master: CDA67997  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘[The Takács Quartet] expertly negotiate the music’s paradoxical demands. On the one hand, there’s the illusion of wild, rasping abandon, a willingness to embrace the rough-grained sound world without inhibition. On the other, not a note seems to be out of place. The musicians handle the harsh gear-shifts with flawless rhythmic control’ (Gramophone)
15 October 2015
The Guardian, Erica Jeal
Mozart: Il re pastore
Studio Master: SIGCD433  2CDs Download only  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

'The whole thing … sounds poised and elegant under Ian Page’s tasteful and slightly anonymous direction, with a neatly expressive orchestra and a strong cast' (The Guardian)» More

15 October 2015
Classical Ear, Andrew Achenbach
Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder
Studio Master: CDA68081/2  2CDs  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Set down in the admirable acoustic of Cologne's Philharmonie, this new version of Schoenberg's titanic 'Gurre-Lieder' certainly earns its spurs. Not only does Markus Stenz secure a marvellously eloquent and superbly coordinated response from his massed choral and orchestral forces, his supple, authoritative conception harnesses impressive long-term rigour to a keen poetic and dramatic instinct’ (Classical Ear)» More

15 October 2015

Schubert: Impromptus, Piano pieces & Variations
Studio Master: CDA68107  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Osborne immediately presents himself as a Schubertian of the utmost seriousness and integrity, and throughout the disc—beautifully recorded at the Wyastone Estate’s Concert Hall—offers finely gauged and beautifully regulated playing’ (Gramophone)
12 October 2015
Kerknet.be, Belgium, Erik de Smet
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 2/2, 10/1, 78 & 110
Studio Master: CDA68086  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

'Beethoven verkent hier alle mogelijkheden van de piano, experimenteert met klanken en toont zich een meester van de fuga, een muzikale figuur die in zijn late werk een voorname plaats inneemt' (Kerknet.be, Belgium)» More
12 October 2015

Fitzenhagen: Cello Concertos
Studio Master: CDA68063  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Enthusiastically recommended’ (Gramophone)
12 October 2015
Kerknet.be, Belgium, Erik de Smet
Herz: Piano Concerto No 2 & other works
Studio Master: CDA68100  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

'Deze cd geeft ons een mooi voorbeeld van werk voor piano en orkest van Henri Herz' (Kerknet.be, Belgium)» More
12 October 2015
Kerknet.be, Belgium, Erik de Smet
Parry: I was glad & other choral works
Studio Master: CDA68089  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

'Het Westminster Abbey Choir brengt de hymne naast andere befaamde koorwerken van Parry' (Kerknet.be, Belgium)» More
11 October 2015

Schubert: Impromptus, Piano pieces & Variations
Studio Master: CDA68107  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Osborne revels in the youthful virtuosity of the fast variations and the songful melodies of the slower ones. The Impromptus benefit from his remarkable clarity, a sure sense of the music’s arching structures and a refusal to make the shifting moods sound either too neurotic or dreamy. Invigorating Schubert by any standards’ (The Sunday Times)» More
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