Performance ***      Recording ***

“… Carcano offers a strong vision of a thoughtful, deliberate Schumann: his rendition of the opening Humoreske is multi-layered, weighty; it’s perhaps not quite as eccentric as one might hope because of Carcano’s tendency to favour the sustaining pedal…Carcano’s performance left me deeply interested, if not wholly convinced.”

Performance ****      Recording ***

“König and his Solistes Européens bring the Méhul persuasively to life. A similar approach – raw but with just enough subtlety – infuses their performance of the Eroica, which has a winning energy and the odd rough edges.”

“Beethoven would have been surprised by the eclipse of Méhul’s music...Yet Méhul’s First Symphony (1808) wilts beside the Eroica and its irresistible sense of direction, especially in a performance as powerful and rich in detail as this.”