Browse: Schumann - Stücke im Volkston (5), Op. 102

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…

The duo fill their phrasing, rhythm and sense of momentum with bracing fresh air, bringing maximum exhilaration to a work that too often can seem to lack it. Poltéra’s tone leaps and glows –... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 5 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…

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

these are fine, clear accounts. The Schubert may lack the dream-like quality Britten and Rostropovich find, but its Adagio is presented with long, elegantly spun phrases, due tenderness and limpid... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

…this recording boasts some of the most beautiful cello playing I have heard in years. The highlight for me is their brilliant account of Märchenbilder, Schumann's 'fairy tale pictures' for... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Schwabe majors on the lyrical character of the Concerto…The chamber dimensions of Lars Vogt’s Northern Sinfonia enable the cello to participate on a more level playing field than larger forces... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2018 More…