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The Bartók No. 5… is almost hysterically passionate, a brilliant and exciting performance that grips from first bar to last. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Debussy's use of pianistic colour is absolutely central to this tremendous set from Alexi Lubimov. He uses the characterful sonorities of two pianos from close to Debussy's time...not claiming... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Technically, this music works only if its simplicity is expressed on the most complex and wide-ranging spectrum of tone, colour and dynamics, and that is what Gidon Kremer and his wonderful... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

after decades of conducting the world's greatest orchestras, it's particularly touching that [Chung] should turn here to music of such prevailing intimacy. Though most of the repertoire is well-known,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

While both performers have strong musical personalities, they achieve an apt democratic balance between the violin and piano parts...Both musicians give impeccable technical performances and,... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Few vocalists if any could match this group for their tuning. In works such as Dolcissima mia vita) with its chromatic ending and its flickering lines at the word 'fire'), the effect is superbly... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Both Kaljuste's orchestra and his instinct are good ones; the insistent suspensions of Gesualdo's vocal writing - not so much sliding as grinding over one another - translate beautifully for... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2015 More…