‘The genius of Rameau still inspires and challenges us today. He is certainly lucky that performers like Esfahani have engaged his spirit in well-thought and ultimately, highly communicative readings like this one’ (Audiophile Audition, USA)» More

‘Stephen Layton draws extraordinary and urgent performances from his young singers—finding both the power … and delicacy … performances [are] charged with real emotional intent. The result is arresting in its intensity’ (Sinfini Music)» More

‘The Fantasie in E Major (1898) by Jongen finds an admirable lyricism in this performance by Philippe Graffin, whose 1730 Busano instrument lights up its delicate, relatively uncomplicated colors’ (Audiophile Audition, USA)» More

‘Isserlis seems in his element in this hard-hitting, virtuosic music and he and the orchestra play with great fire, rhythmic energy and passion’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘The 20-strong members of the choral section of Arcangelo sing with a splendid radiance and bold, highly persuasive exuberance that knocks you over with its perspicacity and sheer sonic power … this is easily one of the best B-minors on the market’ (Audiophile Audition, USA)» More

‘Shimmering colors, infinitely pliable phrases, apt character in the Schumann and shivering poignancy in the first book of Janacek’s miniatures’ (The New York Times)» More

'I’m sure Bob Chilcott will have been thrilled to find the first recording of this score done with such evident commitment and skill from all concerned' (MusicWeb International)

‘[Roscoe's] finesse of colouring as well as his strong rhythmic impulse and lyrical astuteness are qualities that fit the music ideally and allow it to bloom … [he] is an eloquently expressive advocate for an unduly neglected master of the keyboard’ (The Telegraph)» More

'Una revelación que se expresa en este disco como un sentido palpable de maravilla, manifestado por la increíble facilitad técnica de Hewitt en el teclado' (El Nuevo Herald, USA)» More

‘Each volume in Hyperion’s series of the complete Liszt songs has a different singer. This third volume deserves a special recommendation—first thanks to Gerald Finley, an inspiring champion of Liszt’s music, and secondly because this volume includes the exalted Three Petrarch Sonnets (in Liszt’s second version), where baritones usually fear to tread. Finley, accompanied by Julius Drake, is eloquent and impassioned in them. He also summons the gravity for 'Weimars Toten' and the majesty for 'Die Vätergruft', two lesser-known songs among a wide-ranging selection’ (Financial Times)

‘Try the kinky-Baroque first movement of the Oboe Sonata, jauntily phrased by Gareth Hulse, or the animato second of the Clarinet Sonata, garbed in rich Mozartian cloth by Richard Hosford. Or, particularly, the Bassoon Sonata, for its fresh and gentle wit and skirting of cliché: Ursula Leveaux does it proud, with especially luscious tone in the opening Allegretto … sheer delight’ (Gramophone)

‘A disc of quite exceptional, at times heart-stopping, beauty. While there may be other Pärt recordings in this, his 80th birthday year, it is difficult to imagine there being a finer one’ (International Record Review)» More