Chaplin, C

You don’t have to be a fan of string quartets or the World Cup to love the Quatuor Ebène’s laidback exploration of popular music written in or inspired by Brazil — The Times, 24th May 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Capuçon accordingly produces an elegantly sustained, warm sound, inflected by a mediumpaced, medium-width vibrato, and phrases everything to exquisite perfection…Some may prefer something a... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

What can a cellist achieve alone? A polyphonic, technicolour panorama in Christian-Pierre La Marca’s idiosyncratic tour through the distant and immediate musical past...Stand-out among the performances... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Wagner’s interpretations are elegant and sensitive, betraying no hint of his instrument’s awkward bulk, but there are few faster or energetic pieces to balance a programme of unrelenting lyricism. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Thanks to some canny work by the sound engineers, the potentially lopsided combination of trumpet and string quintet works surprigingly well. Leleu himself brings a charming lilt to these familiar... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Obviously a must for clarinettists; but other performers, and listeners too, will enjoy this demonstration of what can be achieved with impeccable technique, a fertile imagination and a light... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…