Browse: Wigmore Hall Live (label)

The superbly modulated range of expression, the grasp of the work as a whole organism and the sense of lively musical partnership gives this performance [of Op. 96] a special authority — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

of course it’s soprano Carolyn Sampson’s peerless Purcell that steals the show – whether inhabiting tortured madness, or the airborne, caressing grace of an opening set from The Fairy Queen.... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This sixth and final volume of the Elias String Quartet’s admirable Beethoven cycle comfortably matches the exulted qualities of earlier releases…There is painstaking attention to detail, yet... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Trpceski brings a cheerful nonchalance to the ingratiating first Novelette, while the relaxed, slightly louche first Improvisation conjures up a chic cocktail lounge. He clearly revels in the... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016 More…

I’ve been trying to put my finger on what it is about the Elias Quartet’s interpretative style that’s so powerfully affecting, and I think I’ve distilled the answer to a single quality: fearlessness…All... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2018 More…