Browse: Bloch, E (composer), Duos

He delivers Bloch’s epic Schelomo with magnificent command, tracing its ark from lamentation to shrill anger back to resignation. Michael Sanderling and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra bring out... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022 More…

As one might expect, Clein delivers a powerfully committed performance, but also manages to avoid over-indulgence, negotiating the peaks and troughs of the music's volatile emotional language... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

He takes the view that a noble reticence suits Elgar’s emotional world just as well as the huge intensity of Jacqueline du Pré, whose early recording he cites as an inspiration. Often this approach... — The Telegraph, 10th January 2020 More…

Gaillard’s glorious cello playing keeps the emotion raw and immediate throughout the programme, grabbing us by the scruff of the neck with a red-hot interpretation of Schelomo. Her tone is vivid,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…