‘Unmitigated joy … I haven't enjoyed a concerto record more all year’ (The Sunday Times)

‘Scintillating performances’ (Piano, Germany)

‘Brilliant performances’ (Classic CD)

‘Superlative performances’ (The Scotsman)

„The excellent Israeli violinist Hagai Shaham and his accompanist of many years Arnon Erez (together they won the 1990 ARD Competition) have recorded Leo Weiner’s two magnificent early violin sonatas … with such devotion and such a feeling for the sensual glow of this music that, from the very first bar, one is totally transfixed by the art of their musical seduction … Hagai Shaham links a perfect technique with the mesmerizing beauty of his fiery sound; he embodies the ideal Hungarian gipsy-violinist, the highly cultivated Prince Charming who will give it 'his all' to cast a spell on his listeners … nowadays, violinists with such charisma have become very rare and should therefore be especially cherished … the old-fashioned magic of Shaham’s sound“ (Stereoplay, Germany)

‘Hagai Shaham plays with a large, richly Romantic tone and a feeling for the grand gestures in which the music delivers its message and the ethnic matrix from which it emerged. But he also has the virtuosic flair to put across the most flamboyant numbers’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Shaham's pungent, occasionally acidic string tone is perfect for Weiner's mixture of extravagance and cool … great elegance and flamboyant ease’ (The Guardian)

‘Highly enjoyable … full of charm and wit … the playing is exemplary … Shaham and Erez make the best possible case for these pieces, duly wearing hearts on sleeve where appropriate’ (International Record Review)

'Judith Weir writes in an attractive idiom which will please those who enjoy the choral music of Holst and Britten. I fancy I also hear a touch of her predecessor as Master of the Queen’s Music, Peter Maxwell Davies … the performances are as expert as you would expect, with the BBC Singers under their very experienced choral director David Hill' (MusicWeb International)» More

'These works were recorded … before Weir took up her role as Associate Composer for the BBC Singers; the high quality of their interpretations of these five works bode well for their working relationship and promises much for the new works to come' (Gramophone)

'Exquisite new release by that sublime subset of Stephen Cleobury's Kings College Cambridge Chapel Choir, Collegium Regale&nsbp;… De Wert is most definitely worth it' (The Scotsman)» More

‘The best and most comprehensive treatments the Wesley anthems are likely to have in commercial issue for some time to come’ (American Record Guide)