CD, Hahn, R (composer)

Youn’s playing throughout is accomplished and stylish, with a full-value orchestral contribution to match. But his brilliant-edged, very modern keyboard tone is some distance away from the mellower... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Spanning four centuries, this gorgeous recital from a couple who were brought together through a mutual love of French Baroque is absolutely hypnotic stuff...Desandre's limpid, flexible mezzo... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, October 2023 More…

There’s much rewarding playing; Bartlett is a highly expressive musician. If his Romantic Rameau remains rather earthbound, his Couperin flickers with a cosy firelight warmth...La valse is all... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The familiar here appears in unusual contexts and alongside a scattering of rarities. The performers are at one in their fluency, delicate rubato and avoidance of Anglo-Saxon archness, within... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This well-rounded set argues for a more prominent position among 20th-century pianists than Tagliaferro has generally been accorded in the anglophone literature. It also affords the pleasure... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2020 More…

The beauty of Alice Coote’s mezzo-soprano glows with radiance. — Financial Times, 9th May 2015 More…