23 April 2015
The Northern Echo, Gavin Engelbrecht
Mozart: Piano Sonatas‘Hamelin gives dazzling performances of eight of Mozart’s divinely inspired Piano Sonatas. Two Rondos, a Fantasia, and a decidedly quirky Gigue complete this appealing double album’ (The Northern Echo)
23 April 2015
The Northern Echo, Gavin Engelbrecht
Szymański & Mykietyn: Music for string quartet‘Paweł Szymański is represented by short pieces for string quartet with delicate and beguiling textures, while a Paweł Mykietyn quartet draws the listener into captivating soundworld. Well worth the plunge’ (The Northern Echo)
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The Strad, Julian Haylock
Jongen & Lazzari (S): Violin Concertos‘Graffin’s tonal transparency, ear-ringing intonation and phrasal intuitiveness … are a constant source of pleasure, captured in alluringly tangible sound’ (The Strad)
» More20 April 2015
Pianiste, France, Michel Le Naour
Debussy: Images & Préludes II«Le pianiste canadien Marc-André Hamelin … possède sans conteste le sens aigu de l'architecture, de la beauté pure et de la volupté de l'instant. Un disque de référence» (Pianiste, France)
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Sinfini Music, Norman Lebrecht
Grieg: Lyric Pieces‘There is any amount of magic in these miniatures … Hough’s set is a worthy successor to Gilels, and that’s saying a lot’ (Sinfini Music)
» More19 April 2015
Audiophile Audition, USA, Gary Lemco
Liszt: Piano Sonata & other works‘Hewitt brings the requisite combination of flowery ornaments and brilliant cadenza passagework’ (Audiophile Audition, USA)
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The Irish Times, Michael Dervan
Bird: The Oriental Miscellany'It’s a fascinating collection, and Jane Chapman uses the nasality available from her Kirckman harpsichord to suggest the drones of some of the original to great effect' (The Irish Times)
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16 April 2015
Audiophile Audition, USA, Steven Ritter
Brumel: Missa de beata virgine & Motets‘The twelve-member Brabant Ensemble is excellent in all respects in this music, captured at the Church of St. Michael and all Angels at Oxford. This album fills a needed gap in the moderate yet undernourished Brabant discography’ (Audiophile Audition, USA)
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16 April 2015
Sinfini Music, Peter Quantrill
Prokofiev & Shostakovich: Cello Concertos‘Deranged nuns, inveterate gamblers and fairytale princesses are stock-in-trade characters for Prokofiev’s operas, and it doesn’t take a wild imaginative leap to hear such fantastical characters peopling the busy, welcoming sprawl of his Cello Concerto like a comic-book city. It's thanks to Steven Isserlis, who makes a piece with a chequered history and ‘difficult’ reputation sound like a masterpiece completely characteristic of its creator’ (Sinfini Music)
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