Analekta

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…

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…

[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... — Fanfare, July/August 2022 More…

Both works merit attention, the more so in performances, led by the pianist Alain Lefèvre, that are so eloquently expressive, so sure in ensemble and so alert to the music's arresting fluxes... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2011 More…

From the very first bars of Saint-Saens's First Cello Concerto you sense that this disc is going to be exhilarating and rewarding. The performers launch the concerto with terrific passion and... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2013 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…