Onyx

Ehnes’s breathtaking virtuosity is subsumed entirely into the musicality of these performances, bubbling to the surface only for passages such as the swashbuckling defiance that concludes the... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

You come away surer in the certainty not just of Bartók’s orchestral mastery but more importantly his big-heartedness. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2024 More…

In terms of their dramatic rethinking of texture, balance, articulation and expression, these performances form a vital part of the bracingly fresh interpretative emphasis on this music evinced... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[No. 10] seems especially apt to the contained luminosity of James Ehnes’s violin playing, the pristine pianism of Andrew Armstrong and their remarkable rapport, playing as if one…Recorded in... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Grynyuk handles his part with delicacy and flexibility, and his articulation throughout this recording is pellucid even at top speed. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2019 More…

Mythes is all heightened sensuality and warmth, its heady atmosphere evoked through playing of extraordinary colour, detail and dexterity. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2023 More…

Ehnes’s playing  [is] a feast of likeably gloss-free tone, magisterial technical command and flawless tuning…Ehnes responds to [the Spring Sonata] as the soul-warming masterpiece it is: the... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Kreutzer Sonata is placed first, so we hear James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong presenting their credentials in turn – Ehnes with effortless accurate double stops, and Armstrong picking up... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…