Browse: Sibelius - Five Pieces, Op. 81

From start to finish Humphreys’s playing is a feast of flawless tuning, beautifully focused and coloured tone and rich characterisation. And there’s no mistaking how Joseph Tong’s accompanying,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

No one listening to this music would doubt that Sibelius had a special feeling for the violin.
Whether he's composing lighter music such as the captivating 'Rondino' from the Op 81 set or the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Waley-Cohen is much more than professional. The Elgar and Debussy in particular give plenty of evidence that she and her equally impressive partner, Huw Watkins, have thought hard about these... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Dautricourt] brings rare stylistic nous to the Five Pieces, Op. 81 - a true salon feeling in the Mazurka, and he adapts his tone with skill in the Waltz's tiny development section — Gramophone Magazine, December 2015 More…