Browse: Schumann - Fantasiestücke, Op. 73

All in all, an ideal introduction to the world of late Schumann — BBC Music Magazine, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The first movement of Widmann’s piece has fragments in Schumannesque style floating in and out of focus…It’s an altogether impressive work, and Widmann is joined in this premiere recording by... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2018 More…

Capuçon provides the best of both worlds, creating a profound sense of a lone figure lost in his thoughts during the first two movements, before suggesting an emotional rejuvenation in the finale…Bernard... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

She makes a remarkable case for her re-viewing of the Cello Concerto, which emerges as nervous, mercurial, more brilliantly lateral in its thinking than in any other recording I can remember.... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 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 overriding impression is of a watertight musical partnership, one’s attention divided equally between cellist and pianist….[Soltani] has all the qualities needed to win consistent critical... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2018 More…

Fauré’s Après une rêve, Bruch’s Kol Nidrei and Brahm’s Vier ernste Gesänge performed on the trombone? Really? Well emphatically yes, when played with such intuitive phrasal sensitivity, intonational... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The really exciting performance here is Steven Isserlis's transcription of Schumann's valedictory Third Sonata: it's as if he's been preparing all his life to launch into its dark storm. This... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…