Shostakovich - Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67

This recording, co-produced by and starring Simon Trpčeski, makes a lovely shop window for what the composer could do with the piano...Trpčeski and trumpeter Andrei Kavalinski revel in [No.... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It feels as though everything adds up to a completely thought-through and deeply felt interpretation…In every way, then, this is an outstanding achievement, and I only hope the disc gets the... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2022 More…

If you think of Korngold, you’ll be in the right area: lush harmonies, soaring melodies and an expert compositional technique. The Briggs Trio responds to the style with enormous affection,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 4 out of 5 stars/5 out of 5 stars More…

Good recordings of Shostakovich's brilliant, tragic Second Piano Trio are already abundant… but this new… version… is one of the best. The bleak, vertiginously - spaced textures of the opening... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

A very powerful account of Shostakovich’s Second Piano Trio, one which takes nothing in the music for granted. Throughout, there is a keen attention to details often overlooked by other interpreters…the... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Formed in 2006, the DSCH – Shostakovich Ensemble comprises musicians of the younger generation who,. In these works at least, favour a taut and objective though never casual or facile approach…Filipe... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2019 More…

The Smetana's performance of the Ravel is not coolly 'Classical', but fully alive to its poignancy and inventive colouring. Pianist Jitka Cechova starts a touch slower than Ravel's metronome... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…