Browse: Quartz (label)

Tong’s interpretations are on the swiftish side, in the Allegro first movement of the first Sonatina, I find his choice of tempo here, and indeed throughout- the most natural. The Sonatinas are... — International Piano, November/December 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Petite suite coruscates, and the Epigraphes exude a warm and mysterious resonance in these perfectly balanced performances by Tong and Hasegawa. The miking is a bit too close, but otherwise... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Kobrin's beauty of tone is apparent throughout, seemingly incapable of an ugly forced sonority even amidst the densest of writing. There are passages of cantabile which I have rarely heard rendered... — International Record Review, December 2010 More…

Saxel's delicately nuanced playing, captured in a warm but clear sound, certainly conveys both the intimacy and longing that epitomise his chosen character pieces...in On an Overgrown Path Saxel... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…

It takes remarkable powers of concentration for a performer to sustain nearly an hour of solo cello music without any support from an accompanying instrument. In this formidable sequence of works... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2011 More…

Jeffers catches each mood with poise and grace; solid accompaniments from de Pledge. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

She plays feelingly and brilliantly, and it’s a renewed challenge to decide if you favour a recension of classicism (the Brahms) or the romantic avant-garde. This disc made me feel the Liszt... — Sunday Times, 17th September 2017 More…

The Brno Philharmonic, conducted by Philipp Chizhevsky, plays with tremendous zest and well captures the suite’s often disorientating mix of clowning and poetic reflection, finding a coherent... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…