'Thomas Allen, Thomas Oliemans, Joshua Ellicott, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ann Murray and Sarah Fox are all secure and idiomatic Poulenc connoisseurs' (The Observer)» More

‘This superb performance crowns Stenz's tenure as Cologne's general music director, with opulent playing from the Gurzenichers and six Cologne and Dutch choirs. Brandon Jovanovich's thrilling Waldemar and Claudia Mahnke's plangent Wood Dove are the pick of a fine team of soloists’ (The Sunday Times)» More

‘The live recording’s Wagnerian cast is swept along with élan by conductor Markus Stenz and his orchestra’ (Financial Times)» More

'Walton makes a good case for [the Glazunov], using a lightish, sweeping tone that means that the long, rhapsodic melodies don’t get too bogged down … Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations are given in the composer’s original version, and Walton’s poised playing suits them well' (The Guardian)» More

‘A perfect marriage of sublime music and pristine artistry, every note executed by the Montreal-born pianist with finesse’ (Winnipeg Free Press, Canada)» More

‘A good resumé of Stenz’s qualities, his confidence in handling massive forces and his affinity with music composed on the cusp of modernism; he’s at his best in passages such as the orchestral interlude that precedes the Song of the Wood Dove … and the Wild Hunt of the Summer Wind’ (The Guardian)

‘This music is clearly exceptionally close to Hewitt’s heart’ (Limelight, Australia)» More

‘Cologne’s Gürzenich Orchestra fits the bill, with glorious lower strings and searing woodwind solos; conductor Markus Stenz keeps the passion simmering, never lets it flag. Brandon Jovanovich sings a wistful king, Barbara Haveman a much-wronged queen; the choirs are tremendous and the concertmaster, Ursula Maria Berg, has a way of shifting the narrative that is rare in a work of this size’ (Sinfini Music)» More

‘Stephen Layton’s Polyphony are an always impressive choir of startling purity and clarity. This collection of 20th-century US material encompasses familiar pieces’ (The Guardian)» More

‘Liebeck's playing soon proves to be clean, tidy and free from undue mannerism … some soulful and evocative landscape painting at the start’ (The Strad)» More

‘This is the musical equivalent of a box of high-end chocolates, though one which you can happily consume without ill-effects’ (TheArtsDesk.com)» More

‘In the Cello Sonata stakes, the Grieg and Mendelssohn are perennials, the latter a masterpiece. Steven Isserlis and Stephen Hough give it a superb outing … Hough’s Sonata is central to a very recommendable release’ (Classical Source)» More