Browse: Bartók (composer), Quintets

There are...treasures, all led by this charismatic musician with great verve and style in a hugely enjoyable and imaginative programme delivered with all of Hope’s customary panache. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2024 More…

Horsch harnesses no less than nine different instruments, bringing a kaleidoscopic range of colours to the repertoire...The transcriptions, including several by Horsch herself, are an enchanting... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Listeners who relish the stylistic juxtapositions of Radio 3’s Late Junction will enjoy being bombarded with Telemann in Polish idiom one moment, a Falla lullaby the next…but, mostly, clarinettists... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Lane and the Goldner Quartet offer fabulously ‘golden age’-style performances, in keeping with the aesthetics of both works…The prove ideal guides, captivating the ear with their sense of rhythm... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Musically she’s a chameleon, capable of completely changing her colour at the drop of a hat, and that versatility is what makes this new recording such a success...It’s a neat idea, which she... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Roth finds a silvery sweetness for the more lyrical sections of the Stravinsky, an earthy fullness for the Brahms and skitters through the harmonics and left-hand pizzicato passages of the Wieniawski... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

the sustained quality of music-making on display here ensures that the collective result is something much more than a high-powered musical love-in...her approach [to the Chopin] is as fresh... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…