'Cogent' performances of Beethoven's Symphonies Nos 5 & 7 led by Ashkenazy

'Few discs released during the Weinberg centenary year are likely to make more waves for the composer than this.'

'The Czech players enter into the fray with sophisticated abandon'

'Tenor Michael Fabiano is at his best in those great Verdian oaths of vengeance'

'Jean-Efflam Bavouzet makes the music irresistibly sensuous'

'This is utterly adorable from start to finish'

'The late 16th-century harpsichord honours Frescobaldi’s sound'

'Fine guitar and bass in close-up from Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan'

'Listeners who know Dichterliebe intimately, and think they know the Schumanns pretty well, will discover many fresh delights'