Piers Lane

In the First Quintet Lane and the Goldners manage to communicate the urgency and immediacy of Bloch's musical argument… the opening passage projected with a frenzy that generates considerable... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is one of those rare discs that give pleasure and food for thought in equal measure...when [Elgar's chamber music] is played with the kind of understanding shown by these five musicians... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

There’s little doubt that Piers Lane and the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, recorded here with superb immediacy, recognise its evident strengths, delivering a
performance of white-hot intensity that... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Little's style...[is] happily free of any hint of narcisstic self-regard, so that nothing stands in the way of her forthright and superb communication skills...Little's playing has ceaseless... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The performers respond to both aspects of [Bowen's] music with muscular virtuosity and affection. Especially in the high tessitura of the slow movement, Tasmin Little’s tonal variety and rhythmic... — BBC Music Magazine More…

This is a glowing performance of the Quartet No. 2…the quartet’s playing is consistently fine. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Lane and the Goldner Quartet offer fabulously ‘golden age’-style performances, in keeping with the aesthetics of both works…The prove ideal guides, captivating the ear with their sense of rhythm... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This is an absolutely splendid disc, with powerful, committed performances that illuminate Frank Bridge's mastery of chamber music in two major scores, early and late, as well as the famous... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Lane commands the golden tone and effortless, spirited virtuosity needed to make these transcriptions come alive, and makes them sound easy to boot. A honey of a release — BBC Music Magazine More…