Analekta

the Cecilia prove to be compelling advocates. They find a fine balance between the composer’s skittish qualities and his tenderer side, resulting in notably open-hearted readings. Their tremolos…seem... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016 More…

MacLaine’s performance of these Canadian works is powerful and expressive. The instrument seems to be an extension of her personality in these pieces, each of which offers new and rather interesting... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2022 More…

There’s more than a whiff of Brahms in Bruch’s wistful, Romantic pieces for clarinet trio, also written late in the composer’s life. Its lyricism is gracefully expressed by the Philon Trio. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…a devilishly fun programme of music inspired by Lord Beelzebub himself. Most of the usual suspects are here (Tartini, Liszt, Paganini, whose 24th Caprice is presented with Szymanowski's spicy... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 More…

[Ginastera] Wan rises to the occasion in this performance, bringing the same smoothness we hear in the Serenade. His poise in the opening solo cadenza (which lasts for 6:29) stresses its musicality... — Fanfare, May/June 2021 More…