Déjà Reviews

Very imaginative and enthralling interpretations [JV]

Particularly memorable for their fine recording of Michael Haydn’s astonishing Requiem [RH]

(Déjà Review) Tread carefully, and be warned: if you give this modestly-priced issue a miss, you’ll be depriving yourself of some truly wonderful music, expertly executed [PJL]

(Déjà Review) A real winner and warmly recommended with the secret hope that ASV will next turn to the String Trio and Piano Quintet [HC]

(Déjà Review) This music, simply delightful as it is, could well change your life [GH]

(Déjà Review) Good sound, excellent playing and glorious singing [GF]

(Déjà Review) Hugely entertaining music conducted with incisiveness and flair [JQ]

(Déjà Review) A Chopin player of decided viewpoints [JW]

(Déjà Review) Highly attractive romantic music caught in the web of ley lines between Schumann and early Fauré [RB]

(Déjà Review) Lyrical intensity, seamless affection [JW]

Altogether a pleasurable experience [RB]

(Déjà Review) This disc has given me enormous pleasure and will continue to do so [JQ]

(Déjà Review) You must hear this! One of 2001’s top ten classical discs. Roll on the Naxos/Maggini Third Quartet – a work of symphonic impact and scale [RB]

(Déjà Review) There were times listening to this deeply impressive recording when I wondered whether the Orlando Consort were not, after all, the greatest ensemble of its kind anywhere. It’s that kind of disc [JW]

(Déjà Review) Wonderfully wrought works, full of catchy, instantly memorable melody and magnificently harmonious [TM]

(Déjà Review) Playing of great intelligence, intellectual rigour and keen spontaneity [TH]

(Déjà Review) An outstanding contribution to lieder on record [CH]

(Déjà Review) Each work is well worth hearing, and the Serenata is considerably more than that [CW]

(Déjà Review) Remarkably subtle, giving due weight where required without missing any sense of fun [TH]

(Déjà Review) A dramatic rendition of Ruy Blas completes this most appealing new issue [TB]

A major work by Dupré. Very strongly recommended [JQ]

Much of its freshness of character comes from the fact that so many young people are involved [WH]

(Déjà Review) These dedicated performances by artists enjoying a long association with Lindberg’s music cannot be bettered, and are superbly recorded [HC]

(Déjà Review) One of the greatest instrumentalists of the 20th century in some of its juiciest music – it’s a disc you can’t really afford to miss [GPJ]