SACD, Schumann (composer)

The duo fill their phrasing, rhythm and sense of momentum with bracing fresh air, bringing maximum exhilaration to a work that too often can seem to lack it. Poltéra’s tone leaps and glows –... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

A born Brahmsian, Ax gives full rein to the sheer massiveness of the First Piano Concerto, producing a performance of range and depth, intimately captured in this recording…the estimable Frank... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The sound itself is very natural and the piano is captured with admirable warmth, but the strings, and especially the violin, are just a shade too distant. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

With peerless clarinet tone from Michael Collins, volatile viola phrasing from Isabelle van Keulen and brightfingered pianism from Michael McHale – three founding members of the recently formed... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

eminently satisfying…the Kungsbacka players clearly feel no need to apologise or make excuses for Schumann’s last excursion into piano trio territory. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2023 More…

New arrangements result in gorgeously warm and intimate music making … performed with great ardour and exemplary clarity of texture. — The Strad, April 2020 More…