4 May 2015
Audiophile Audition, USA, Gary Lemco
Mozart: Piano Sonatas‘Nowhere does Hamelin permit a gilded, “rococo” sensibility to detract from the vocalism of the Mozart lyricism or the virile character of his outer movements’ (Audiophile Audition, USA)
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The Telegraph, Geoffrey Norris
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No 2‘The natural sheen of the playing and a true feeling of ensemble are qualities that have long been hallmarks of the Takács’s performances … the Quintet has long been one of Shostakovich’s most popular works, but here it is refreshed with sensitivity and expressive insight’ (The Telegraph)
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1 May 2015
The Oldie, Richard Osborne
Ešenvalds: Northern Lights & other choral works‘The result is a collection that in terms of imagination and aural allure is beyond anything I have heard since the halcyon age of the young Benjamin Britten … full of small gems’ (The Oldie)
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