Brahms - Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38

Isserlis here achieves a beauty, finesse and attack with the cello less evident from his playing 20 years ago: his technique is phenomenal, his bowing at once wildly abandoned and absolutely... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

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…

…even if her Schumann Concerto had come out on its own… I'd still strongly recommend it. From her first two forte chords it is clear this is going to be something special. Every single phrase,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

by stretching and releasing phrases without corrupting the basic pulse, lightening or darkening notes without damaging timbres, Collins shares with his colleagues an individual impulse to the... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2014 More…

The recordings…were for a live audience so silent that these could be labelled ‘studio’ events. And the selection here, released for the first time, testify both to his versatility and his excellence... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Hecker and Helmchen] bring to the sonatas a seamless ensemble, producing something truly greater than the sum of its parts…their ability to control energies together creates the natural gusts... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

By far the best performance on the programme...is of Herzogenberg’s First Sonata (1886)...Maslennikov and Weyer reveal it to be richly inventive, finely wrought and emotionally engaging. — Gramophone Magazine, November 2022 More…