Déjà Reviews

A well-balanced recital, beautifully sung, mixing old and new [RH]

(Déjà Review) Anyone who loves the symphonies will find these works as satisfying as the larger pieces. They are easy to listen to, once the Holmboe idiom has been assimilated, and will repay the listener ten times over [JP]

(Déjà Review) This set wins hands down [JP]

(Déjà Review) In playing and interpretation it takes its place among the finest [TD]

(Déjà Review) Scorchingly committed performances and recording of these monuments of twentieth century music-making [RB]

Anyone contemplating purchase of this set will be buying it for Maria Callas, and it is worthwhile for this alone [JP]

(Déjà Review) This disc in excellent sound is a worthy alternative to the composer’s own [JW]

(Déjà Review) No Arrau admirer would want to be without it [JW]

(Déjà Review) There’s something for everybody in this excellently played between-the-wars anthology of music [JL]

(Déjà Review) An excellently planned programme [NHo]

(Déjà Review) Magnificent accounts to cherish [MC]

(Déjà Review) This is a truly awe-inspiring offering from Pires which acts as a reminder of what a truly unique and inspiring musician she is [CC]

(Déjà Review) An absolute winner – a delightful sense of collegial give and take [KS]

(Déjà Review) One of the most enjoyable discs I have heard for a long while [CF]

(Déjà Review) A perceptive coupling of thoughtful and scintillating performances recorded with warmth and clarity [PSe]

(Déjà Review) I can’t think of any better disc at budget price with which to get to know these marvellous works [TH]

(Déjà Review) This disc represents the flowering of talent of an ensemble that, if they continue on their present well-chosen path, will achieve great things [CC]

(Déjà Review) One of the crowning glories of John Eliot Gardiner’s early recordings [PB]

(Déjà Review) One of the finest recordings of the Goldberg Variations on piano currently available [KM]

(Déjà Review) A tonic for the winter months [IL]

The contemporary pieces featured here would have been unthinkable without Bach’s innovative thinking [HC]

(Déjà Review) These symphonies are examples of Bentzon’s metamorphic style in which the voices of Bartok, Simpson and Shostakovich nudge and jostle [RB]

(Déjà Review) A natural next step for anyone who loves Vaughan Williams, Rózsa or Moeran [RB]

(Déjà Review) An outstanding issue in all regards [TB]