Channel Classics

a player of jaw-dropping agility and effortlessly suave tone...Núñez's performance [of the Gubaidulina], and that of the Concertgebouw cellos and basses, is impressively vivid. — The Guardian, 23rd May 2013, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

His performances of all [the works] unveil his artistry and musical thought in a way more redolent of his live performance persona than the evidence we have hitherto had on disc, exposing him... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013More…

The album’s opener, Bach’s Sonata in G, BWV1027, is lovely. Marie Stockmarr Becker and Ilaria Macedonio perform the Adagio with daydreaming slowness. There’s an introspection to how the phrases... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2021More…

Baar’s debut album for Channel Classics oozes class. Coaxing a silvery, seductively pure sound from his 1729 Bergonzi violin, Baar places his distinctive interpretative stamp on a series of... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

the rising young Dutch violinist/ director Rosanne Philppens draws an exquisitely chill sweetness of expression from her 1727 ‘Barrere’ Strad [in the Stravinsky]. The Haydn performances are... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Cooper and Podger provide some spirited playing… with repeats imaginatively decorated, and they are admirably expressive in the slow movements. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Pure quality. This is a thoughtful, balanced and beautiful recording...the brothers play with care and confidence, with expressive intonation, letting Bach’s wisdom shine through. — MusicWeb International, January 2015More…

…Rachel Podger…silvery-toned, subtly nuanced 1739 Pesarinius violin and intent direction of the strings of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment find a genuine eloquence in the Adagio of... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009, 4 out of 5 starsMore…