Browse: Onyx (label)

This entertainment alternatives between relatively unfamiliar short works and famous showstoppers. Petrenko and his Liverpool players make the liveliest possible argument for Kabalevsky’s Colas... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Vigorous playing in these Romantic showpieces, although greater tonal weight and focus is needed, especially in the lyrical moments — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

he maintains a ferociously individual voice...But it is in the Kodaly that Ishizaka seems most at home...this dazzling recital can leave the listener in no doubt of the specialness of Ishizaka's... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2014 More…

The warm sonic ambience and Biss's intelligent annotations make this release all the more worth consideration, even in a catalogue awash with world-class Beethoven sonata recordings. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2014 More…

Wosner's interpretations draw you ineluctably into his own vision...[he] proves himself a Schubertian of real stature. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2015 More…

One impressive Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle seems to follow another these days with great regularity, and Jonathan Biss's seems destined to rank highly among them...So infectious is Biss's love... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Crossover projects like this can be fraught with disaster, but The Peasant Girl succeeds nicely, largely in part to the quality of the collaborators...And you don’t doubt that these five musicians... — The Arts Desk, 14th December 2011 More…