Browse: CD, Ernst, H W (composer)

The recording’s playful title, Doppio espressivo, brings to mind the dark intensity of a double espresso and, certainly, the group’s high-octane playing on dusky-hued double basses, cellos and... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Erlkönig Caprice and 'The Last Rose of Summer Variations' (last of the Polyphonic Studies) stretch violin technique to its very limits. Ilya Gringolts surmounts each hurdle with the brilliance... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Lupu, deftly and flamboyantly accompanied by Ian Hobson, astonishes and bewitches in equal measure...This is a hugely entertaining disc. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2011 More…

If I were to sum up the special quality she brings then it would be her purity and directness. Take the Elgar title-piece, which comes without a hint of whimsy, coquettishness or vulnerability... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2019 More…

a fine showcase for an extremely gifted violinist. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2022 More…

every imaginable technical device [in the Rossini paraphrases] is mercilessly exploited, and this performance meets every challenge head-on...[Lupu's] ability to vary the speed and intensity... — International Record Review, January 2012 More…

Attractive if lightweight virtuoso concertos by one of the greatest 19th-century violinists. Lupu and his players rise enthusiastically to their technical demands. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…