CD, Sgambati (composer)

In his selection of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, Freire, like Gilels before him, explores a whole world of intimate feeling and a melancholy at the heart of Grieg’s indelibly northern nature (‘At your... — International Piano, January 2020 More…

Gerhardt has a honeyed, liquid tone all his own. He has created a well-contrasted programme that clearly took a long time to research and hone...This is cello playing of exquisite sophistication... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

There is frequent evidence of a big personality, of an exciting expressive impetuosity and of fabulously fluent fingers (even if clarity is sometimes compromised by the acoustic process)…In... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2018 More…

Whatever charms and sparkles is here in super-abundance. Nothing is set in stone and it is easy to imagine the spell such playing exerted in the wealthier American salons...This is a box of... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2010 More…

It was impossible for Casals to play anything as if it weren't great music, and even the shortest items on this disc have a depth and warmth which easily overcome the gritty sound of the early... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…