‘The performances ooze abundantly with charm, wisdom and warmth…One of the most endearing artistic interpretations of Op 3 in recent years.’

‘The Mahler we know and love resides in the central section, where the harp glissandos to tranquil heights in music that the Bambergers play and feel most affectingly.’

‘This young Danish ensemble throws itself into the music with a vehemence and sense of purpose that go far beyond the pioneering venture of the Kontras.’

‘A factor that comes across clearly here is that Poulenc had a more or less infallible ear for tapping into the timbre and personality of different instruments.’

‘Putting this new recording immediately up against the composer and Fischer-Dieskau is like going from hymns ancient to hymns modern.’

‘Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's performance casts its own spell, sultry and scintillating as required.’

‘Herreweghe allows the music to evolve with a wonderful feeling of spaciousness in which Brahm's textures are beautifully revealed.’

‘Gardiner returns to the Requiem with a root-and-branch rethink of the work's very sound.’

‘Everything is thrown into the melting pot - Debussy, jazz, folk - resulting in a disc that makes me want to hear Murray playing all of them, so coherently has she pulled them together.’

‘The Second Concerto's slow movement... to call this breathtaking would be an understatement.’

‘'Stile Antico's sleek tuning and supple attention to words bring a carefully plotted span (over 120 years) of sacred styles into our living rooms with rare success.'’