Analekta

He shapes and phrases the music with a keen eye (or ear) on its dialogic potential, driving forwards energetically without bullying or indulging in display for its own sake. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2023 More…

the Cecilia prove to be compelling advocates. They find a fine balance between the composer’s skittish qualities and his tenderer side, resulting in notably open-hearted readings. Their tremolos…seem... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016 More…

The performances are quite excellent, as I’ve come to expect from this source, and the sound is very good. — MusicWeb International, February 2024 More…

Wan brings to the table a poetic litheness, precision, silvery purity and tonal clarity, inf lecting Schumann’s limpid phrases with a gentle ease, complementing RichardHamelin’s velvet-gloved... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Kreutzer] From the very beginning the grand nobility of the opening gestures for each instrument are gorgeously captured by both players, and one therefore knows immediately that this will be... — Fanfare, July/August 2022 More…

If there are plenty of recordings of both symphonies to choose from, these performances are a worthwhile listen. Shelley fires up playing of vigorous energy and spirit which, if not always ideally... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…