1 January 1900
The Observer
Wiklund: Piano Concertos
CDA67828 

‘Really deserves this reappraisal: [Wiklund] has Rachmaninov's talent for big, sweeping statements and Grieg's way with a sweet melody. It's a winning combination, beautifully captured here by Martin Sturfält and the Helsingborg players under the sure direction of increasingly interesting violinist-turned-conductor Andrew Manze’ (The Observer)
1 January 1900

Wiklund: Piano Concertos
CDA67828 

‘Wiklund's concertos … stand up to the finest of competition. Whilst they are rooted in a late-Romantic style, there are also shades of Rachmaninov and Medtner, the exuberant virtuosity of York Bowen in his concertos, something of the bleakness of Sibelius and Stenhammar … throughout all three works, it's Wiklund's melodic gifts that never wane … there is a huge amount to enjoy, with moments of real beauty and sophistication in every aspect of the music-making … Sturfält is certainly hard to fault: he has the measure of these concertos, and the refinement and good taste to ensure they never become overblown … this is a fabulous and very worthy addition to a series that shows no signs yet of diminishing returns: long may it continue’ (International Record Review)
1 January 1900
The Observer
Willaert: Missa Mente tota & Motets
Studio Master: CDA67749  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘A dissonant motet on drunkenness and a hymn to the Holy Shroud … are among the treasures here, sung by the accomplished ensemble Cinquecento … a stimulating disc’ (The Observer)
1 January 1900
The Guardian
Willaert: Missa Mente tota & Motets
Studio Master: CDA67749  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘A beautifully conceived and immaculately realised sequence, sung with simple directness by the six male voices of Cinquecento’ (The Guardian)
1 January 1900
Early Music Review
Willaert: Missa Mente tota & Motets
Studio Master: CDA67749  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘A disc which combines one of the finest vocal ensembles in Europe currently at the height of its power with the richly scored and constantly inventive music of Adrian Willaert promises to be a revelation … the singing throughout is superbly blended, nuanced, tuned and expressive’ (Early Music Review)
1 January 1900

Willaert: Missa Mente tota & Motets
Studio Master: CDA67749  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘The magnificent Missa Mente tota … a tour de force … the fluidity and flexibilty of Cinquecento's sound means that every melodic line of the work is audible … their placement of chords, too, is absolutely precise, but the precision and suavity never come at the cost of passion—these singers know how to make abstruse polyphony sound genuinely exciting … this is a very fine disc indeed; I suspect that if Willaert could hear it he might think that he'd found his ideal performers’ (International Record Review)
1 January 1900

Williamson: The Complete Piano Concertos
Studio Master: CDA68011/2  2CDs  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

„With their virtuoso rhythmic fast movements and beautiful Largos or Andantes Malcolm Williamson’s Piano Concertos are quite enjoyable. The music is well served by the very active Piers Lane and the Tasmanian Symphony under Howard Shelley“ (Pizzicato, Luxembourg)

1 January 1900

Wolf & Brahms: Lieder
Studio Master: SIGCD369  Download only  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

'Miles, here as throughout, uses his powerful, truly bass voice to magnificent effect' (BBC Music Magazine)» More
PERFORMANCE
RECORDING
1 January 1900

Wolf: Goethe & Mörike Songs
CDA66590 

‘This is the most satisfying solo disc Auger has made’ (Gramophone)
1 January 1900

Wolf: Goethe Lieder
CDA67130  Download only 

‘The single most welcome element in this recital is Johnson's setting of a pace for each song which perfectly reconciles the demands of Wolf's minutely specific instructions with the character of McGreevy’s soprano … revelatory’ (BBC Music Magazine)
1 January 1900

Wolf: Goethe Lieder
CDA67130  Download only 

‘Hyperion's exemplary devotion to the art of the German Lied continues with this fine recording’ (The Sunday Times)
1 January 1900
Fanfare, USA
Wolf: Goethe Lieder
CDA67130  Download only 

‘I wept for joy, I wept with grief, I laughed until the tears fell down – a significant proportion of Wolf's greatest work has been radiantly re-created for the age of digital. Highest recommendation, or hochbeglückt in diese Schallplatte!’ (Fanfare, USA)
More