Brahms - Sonatensatz (Scherzo from the F.A.E. sonata), WoO 2

I get the impression that Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt want to drag the composer out of his book-lined study and seal the door. It’s beautiful playing, tonally and expressively, and very... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Dumay and Lortie bring fresh insights to such well-loved music. Their approach to the G major Sonata is particularly mesmerising...Needless to say, the rest of this beautifully engineered disc... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Gluzman [plays with] heartfelt eloquence and unbridled passion [in the Violin Concerto]…Gaffigan’s unfailingly attentive Lucerne players sound almost chamber-like in their textural detailing…in... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…Rysanov makes out an excellent case for taking up the Franck A major Sonata, his arrangement judiciously steering a middle course between the violin and cello versions, but gaining an extra... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Wispelwey’s G major repatriation [of the First Brahms Sonata] has reintroduced all the original’s soft, autumnal intimacy, further offset by the cello’s own more dulcet tones. It’s a winner,... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2019 More…

Rarely have the ghostly, blues-tinged, half-whispered intimacy of Ravel's exquisite G major Sonata been so eerily voiced, the violin discreetly balanced so as to create the impression of it... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The engineering is sensational. At the price this label sells for, you can't go wrong. — Fanfare More…

The best performance here is an extraordinary rendition of the First Violin Sonata. Transferred to the cello's upper strings, and played with limpid elegance, its musing character is given an... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…