Browse: Tchaikovsky - Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48

[Simovic] encourages a soaring cantabile reminiscent of Herbert von Karajan's early 1980s take [on the Serenade] with the Berlin Phil, but without the German's sheer heft...If the Tchaikovsky... — BBC Music Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bychkov always seems to know where to place the emphasis in emotional climaxes…[Gerstein] shares Bychkov’s balance of big guns and mercurial delicacy…The sound is a beauty, relishing that bloom... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This dazzling debut disc matches airy nimbleness with richness of sound. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2016 More…

Various of these recordings were previously available as part of Philips’s long-defunct The Early Years series but the current collection is superior in all respects, a masterpiece of careful... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2020 More…

Morton keeps the Tchaikovsky rhythmically lithe and buoyant...emphasising the composer's neo-classical sensibility in emulation of his beloved Mozart. The feather-light waltz dances exuberantly,... — BBC Music Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…