Browse: Chamber, Mendelssohn, Fanny (composer)

the Quatuor Ebène matches and in some respects exceeds [its] rivals in the commitment and physical impact of its playing...[and] employs the widest possible range of timbres and articulations... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Takács Quartet has sustained an admiring following through its changes of personnel down the years, and their exceptional precision of tuning and ensemble, especially at full-tilt Mendelssohnian... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Here is clear evidence that Clara and Fanny possessed significantly more talent than many of their male composing contemporaries…These well recorded and beautifully played performances get inside... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

There is much to enjoy in this highly perfumed Schubert disc…Prégardien’s relatively light tenor makes the most of the intimacy to which these brief masterpieces are well suited…At the piano,... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective continue to go from strength to strength. Their explorations of neglected repertoire from marginalised groups are not merely a much-needed contribution to... — David Smith, Presto Music, 29th July 2022 More…

Johannes Moser and Alasdair Beatson offer fine, full-blooded performances of all this repertoire. Beatson uses an Érard piano from 1837…allowing for maximum clarity and lightness in rapid passagework,... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…