'Cleobury thrillingly exploits the dynamics of the magnificent instrument at King’s College, Cambridge. Exemplary liner notes, too' (The Sunday Times)

‘Alina Ibragimova, young and UK-Russian, imposes herself on the sonatas with an authority that is arrestingly quiet … her playing is of unerring and at times unearthly accuracy, yet the effect she projects is totally warm and compassionate; of sympathy for the human condition’ (Sinfini Music)» More

‘Acclaimed Montreal-born pianist Marc-André Hamelin joins forces with Hungary's Takács Quartet in this new release offering two of Shostakovich's chamber works … he muted Waltz showcases the foursome's clean playing as they fly through its anxiety-riddled textures’ (Winnipeg Free Press, Canada)» More

‘The Takács spins out this mysterious music with supreme delicacy and expressive modesty. There is a matte quality to its sound that cuts to the quick. Hamelin plays throughout with virtuosity and idiomatic flair, and his chemistry with the Takács is palpable’ (The Boston Globe, USA)» More

‘This is an original, tightly organised and inventive setting of the Mass. It receives an excellent and very committed reading here; I enjoyed both music and performance very much’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘What a fabulous CD this is! … these are joyful, engaged and engaging performances, as varied in mood and vocabulary as the music itself, and alchemically removing the distance between Mozart’s time and our own’ (The Whole Note, Canada)» More

‘An inspired choice … strong solo turns by the British soloists, soprano Sarah Fox and baritone Christopher Maltman, add to the appeal and the sense of a mixture held together well by the conductor … recommended’ (AllMusic, USA)» More

'The memorable previous release in the series—Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony—received widespread, positive acclaim … Here, the 'authentic' vibrato-less strings combine with weighty brass and woodwinds to produce a performance that shows off the work's grandeur&nsbp;… he LSO are on top form' (Classic FM)» More

‘Coote is in sumptuous voice, Johnson in his element’ (The Sunday Times)» More

‘The beauty of her mezzo-soprano glows with radiance’ (Financial Times)» More

‘The performers seem most at home in the motets with secular words … fluently and sweetly performed’ (BBC Music Magazine)» More

‘This disc reveals a composer whose music, at its best, touches the sublime’ (BBC Music Magazine)» More