Orchid Classics

Ravel's tantalising stylistic confluence of ancient and modern comes bubbling to the surface in the Tesla Quartet's captivating account of his only String Quartet. An outstanding recording debut. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…worthy to stand with the best. Gilchrist's light tenor, with its springing rhythmic life, makes us feel that the young lad is living very much in a wide-eyed emotional present, as elusive... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

What in other recordings is somewhat predictable here becomes an exciting journey. Where we were once content simply to marvel at the pyrotechnics, now, because of Gringolts's acute sense of... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2013 More…

Faster movements bubble along neatly, propelled forward by Itamar Golan’s fluid piano playing. Everything has an easy, unruffled flow. There’s nothing not to like about the playing, but as a... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The premise behind this album conjures up manifold possibilities, but the Navarra Quartet have devised an illuminating programme...An absorbing collection, then, on a par with the Navarra’s... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2020 More…

Intelligent programming and exceptional playing—particularly in the inner works by Janáček and Fujikura—along with excellent sound and well-written program notes by the performer, all add up... — Fanfare, Sep/Oct 2022 More…

there is much to enjoy here: the grave beauty of the first Impromptu, the eager warmth of the third, the charm of the fourth Moment Musicaux, and the understated but poignant regret of the final... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…