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Mozart’s Haydn quartets from the 1780s, part of the composer’s golden period, possess invention, with and touches of tragedy which the Engegards mirror with intimate, soulful, subtle playing.... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Clare Farr does her instrument great service in bringing this programme together. I defy anyone not to find Jan Sandström’s Sång t ill Lotta for trombone and harp incredibly sweet and beautiful.... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Furious crossrhythms and accented repeated notes relent to hymnal lyricism in Olli Mustonen’s First String Quartet...Mustonen is the composer-pianist in the 2014 Piano Quintet, which opens with... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There is much here to admire. Phrasing is unobtrusively persuasive and technically all the artists are well in command of their instruments. In general speeds are close to what Poulenc asks... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Listening closely, one can hear Groven’s imaginative use of harmonic progressions. What sticks in the mind, though, is simply the lyrical beauty of almost all of these songs, along with the... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

What’s in no doubt is the quality of Helseth’s playing, both technically and in the breadth of her phrasing and tonal resource. She’s well partnered by the conductorless Ensemble Allegria, and... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…