First Hand

Four scientists met with four composers and four singers to create the works on this excellently-performed, mind-stretching disc…all the composers have brought imagination to their works, and... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The elegance and liveliness of Rabinovich’s keyboard style are, indeed, a joy to listen to, and his unfailing musicality and inventiveness allows him to penetrate to the expressive heart of... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Sound quality isn’t an issue...and the performances are mostly top-notch...Vittorio Gui maximises the charm in Bizet’s Petite Suite and Kletzki whips up the whirling frenzy of Kodály’s Galánta... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

All first stereo CD releases of 1950s Abbey Road recordings, the performances make this more than just worthy sonic archaeology. Beecham brings his customary elegance to Haydn’s 97th Symphony,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales has never been on finer form, assisted by the stunning production from Andrew Walton and Debs Spanton in Cardiff ’s BBC Hoddinott Hall. A special halo may... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Butten offers us an appropriate variety of sounds. His playing of that masterpiece, Lachrimae Pavan, is as sweetly mournful as can be, yet
one notices his delicate use of dynamics, the slight... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…