Tchaikovsky - The Seasons, Op. 37b: October ('Autumn Song')

APR’s is the most comprehensive single collection and has, by a country mile, the best annotation, booklet (Jonathan Summers) and transfers (Seth B Winner)...evidence, if it were needed, of a... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2023 More…

after decades of conducting the world's greatest orchestras, it's particularly touching that [Chung] should turn here to music of such prevailing intimacy. Though most of the repertoire is well-known,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Behind the flowers, butterflies and soulful photos there lies some very classy piano-playing...Buniatishvili's playing is eloquent indeed: her voicing is expertly balanced in the opening Bach... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

He has an innate affinity with the three composers presented here. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2022 More…

Insightful and affectionate performances of the rarely-heard Norwegian Folk Song arrangements of Grieg are a particular delight here. Grainger's Tchaikovsky is equally discerning. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The 19-strong string ensemble makes a big-boned sound, closely miked...It launches into the Souvenir de Florence with bold confidence...In the shorter numbers, Schmidt leads a wistful Valse sentimentale,... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2017 More…

Helen Callus, a viola-player with exceptionally warm tone and perfect intonation, here offers a miscellany of transcriptions. A fine collection, superbly performed, very well recorded and sensitively... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2007 More…