Stravinsky - Divertimento (transcription for violin & piano by Stravinsky & Samuel Dushkin from Le Baiser de la Fée)

This is an intriguing sequence where each work benefits from illumination by its programme neighbours. Most definitely recommended. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2024 More…

The performances are perfectly poised, the recording faultless. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars/5 out of 5 stars More…

Stylistically, Strauss's lyrical Op 18 (1887) sits poised somewhere between Brahms's chivalrous song cycle Die schöne Magelone and Strauss's own Don Juan of the following year.
The finale is... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Bringing lesser-known Stravinsky into the spotlight, it offers a sterling service to the repertoire. The recording is excellent, beautifully present and with just the right distance between... — Fanfare More…

Best of all is Bartók’s Rhapsody No. 1, robust and earthy. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

It's not just Ray Chen's superb technique, but his sense of pacing in the music that's so striking: there's always time for the music to unfold, even at speed...Both he and Timothy Young are... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…