Reviews

Essential Recordings of Schütz: 'Paying attention to Schütz's detailed instructions, this sublimely shaped music-making relates to theological implications in each movement.'

'The pedigree of the Tonhalle players shines through in the pointing of the finale's more humorous moods ...'

Choc de Classica: 'As for Pohjola's Daughter, which closes this album with a sound recording of rare power ... it almost seems to crush all competition by its urgency.'

Diapason d'or: 'The duo Dulces Exuviae captures the essence and experience of the night, from dusk to dawn. All the facets of its immensity are represented: solitude, passage of time of time, eroticism, moonlight ...'

Editor's Choice: 'Every phrase [of the Bartók] is sharply characterised – as well as powerfully gestural – and their playing is as volatile as the music itself.'

'Fifteenth-century song recitals are rare enough for this recording to be welcomed with open arms ...'

'Antonini and Il Giardino dispatch it with as much excitement as any version I've heard ... Vol 13 is another undoubted triumph.'

'Mikdad, already a seasoned competition entrant, gives fine accounts of all three works here ....'

Choc de Classica: 'The melancholic character of the Adagio of Sonata VI, the crackling virtuosity of the Gavotte (Sonata XI) and the Gigue (Sonata IX) attest not only to a perfect mastery of the instrument but also to a poetic inspiration at all times.'