Déjà Reviews

(Déjà Review) A grand success and a major addition to the catalogue [RB]

(Déjà Review) I have been completely re-educated as to the substance and content of these pieces. What more can one ask for! [DC]

(Déjà Review) If you missed the earlier opportunities to acquaint yourself with these towering statements you should do so now, without delay [JW]

(Déjà Review) Makes me want to seek out more music by this composer and these performers. Should definitely be added to your collection [KS]

I cannot remember a record I’ve enjoyed more this year or one I felt compelled to listen to time after time [SA]

A worthy testimony to the art of Frans Brüggen [JV]

(Déjà Review) One of the stronger Warner Apex CDs. By all means buy it to play straight through and enjoy the stimulation of the juxtaposition of the music of these three composers [CC]

(Déjà Review) Thrilling, evocative performances captured in the best Chandos sound. Especially important for presenting the full score of Scott of the Antarctic [IL]

Repeated listening to these Schulhoff scores offers revelatory rewards [MC]

Freire enthusiasts should love the performances, sound deficiencies or not [DS]

(Déjà Review) A well documented, brilliantly recorded, excellently played and broadly sympathetic set of readings [JW]

(Déjà Review) Whatever superlatives you hear about this disc I urge you to believe them [MC]

(Déjà Review) Pure delight, this. Buy it [KS] – Thoroughly enjoyable fare. This is a most approachable coupling. [CC] 

(Déjà Review) Brilliantly orchestrated and balanced – moving forward in a blizzard of detail; the very antithesis of drab [RB]

Be surprised by the restraint and elegance of Hoffmann’s chamber music [DS]

Absolutely first-rate Mozart keyboard playing [PSh]

(Déjà Review) Densely coiled and symphonically argued with the highest of skill … charts a grim and determined course [JW]

A lovely disc of an under-rated British composer’s music, superbly played and recorded [NH]

Another indispensable addition to the Englund discography from Ondine [RB]

This music springs to life as Handel’s operatic music rarely does [CH]

(Déjà Review) Admirers of this great German pianist should certainly snap this up [JQ]

(Déjà Review) Full-blooded, romantic readings of more exotic Bantock [IL]

Arambarri has the charm and freshness of Guridi and Canteloube [RB]

(Déjà Review) A highly recommended collection of works for choir and orchestra by MacMillan, magnificently performed under the direction of the composer [CT]