Onyx

Rarely do you hear, even in the rarefied world of French melodie and German Lieder, a baritone who sings with such subtlety in shading of dynamic and tone as the Dutch baritone Henk Neven...and... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2013 More…

These four fine players are consistently musical in their approach and there is nothing outlandish or suspect about their interpretations. And therein perhaps lies their weakness, for it's precisely... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2012 More…

The Japanese violinist Midori offers a conservative performance avoiding anything which would be construed as controversial. Her tempos are moderate, her vibrato well controlled and her intonation... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2016, 3 out of 5 stars More…

It's good to hear four quite different tenors responding to the song-cycles written for Peter Pears, and recreating each one in a totally distinctive way. Allan Clayton's feisty tenor takes... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra plays with conviction and virtuosity throughout the Sixth. And it's equally adept in the expanded version of the Fourth, which here seems far less structurally... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Its virtues are by now well-rehearsed: ringing tonal opulence and fastidious balance are at the service of readings manifestly intelligent and often hugely compelling. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

There is much to enjoy in Boesch's dramatic, intensely "lived" performances, and in the imaginative playing of Malcolm Martineau (ultra-sensitive in Schumann's secretive piano postludes). — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009 More…

Everything is beautifully phrased, and Pascal Rogé has a fabulous touch, difficult passagework often pouring out of him like a stream of glittering gemstones. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2007, 3 out of 5 stars More…

ardent, tonally penetrating and skilfully structured. Ferrández is unfailingly elegant in the Schumann Cello Concerto...El cant dels ocells is the most revealing of Ferrández's individual voice,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This entertainment alternatives between relatively unfamiliar short works and famous showstoppers. Petrenko and his Liverpool players make the liveliest possible argument for Kabalevsky’s Colas... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…