Browse: Shostakovich - Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8

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…

Her youthful yet attractively rich-toned voice and beguiling musicianship, with an appropriate touch of skittishness at the start of the Weinberg set, works extremely well through most of these... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) 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…

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…

In terms of ensemble, the Trio Zeliha are impressive, and I’m particularly delighted by their meticulous attention to dynamic markings. The scherzos in both the Arensky and Mendelssohn are as... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2021 More…

...if you are interested in these works, this is a strong recommendation. Without losing control of the music, they dig right into it, prettifying nothing and smoothing out none of the intentionally... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2022 More…