CD, Glazunov (composer)

With playing that’s never less than well-considered, gleaming and enjoyable, Lane is an excellent guide to these impassioned worlds – although at times, particularly in the Rachmaninov, there’s... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

If you hesitated at full price then make a beeline for this budget reissue. The music looks back to Chopin, forwards to Rachmaninov (and beyond), Coombs makes light work of the cascades. Pity... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bringing these hugely talented musicians together results in some exceptionally insightful playing. Furthermore, the way this enormously eclectic recital is arranged has an immediacy that replicates... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Conducted by Gavin Sutherland, the English National Ballet Philharmonic – which probably knows it better than anyone else – plays mostly well, though the string sound does not have the kind... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, 3 out of 5 stars More…

This attractive disc of string quintets from the Gringolts Quartet and (real luxury-casting, this) cellist Christian Poltéra finds Taneyev at his most melodically engaging and Glazunov at his... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2016 More…