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Arrangements for string orchestra of works originally written for string quartet are not uncommon, especially in the cases of Beethoven and Schubert… But in the amazing scherzo, with its huge... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Schwartz’s warm, silky playing matches Fedorova’s rounded piano touch. The top of the bass range lacks the penetrating quality of its smaller relatives, but Schwartz compensates with gravitas... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The Dutch brass are on dazzling form throughout, with some superb cameo appearances from the principals of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Rimsky Korsakov’s concertos for trombone, clarinet... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, September 2018 More…

This reading of Schubert's cycle is confirmation, as if that were needed, of Jochen Kupfer's beautiful singing, and even more of his gifts as a Lieder interpreter. Kupfer's voice and style is... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

It’s an intriguing selection, and here it’s been beautifully brought off…It perhaps sounds – unintentionally – like a back-handed compliment, but I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed a bassoon chamber... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2022 More…