Onyx

The programme, which initially looked bitty, adds up to a coherent sequence...All of the performance have energy and imagination, and even though Kodaly's Duo, passionately played by Mullova... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Poètes du Piano is the perfect description for this beautifully sequenced selection of Romantic piano pieces, a series of exquisite miniatures by the likes of Chopin, Ravel, Fauré and Poulenc,... — The Independent, 18th June 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Gomziakov and his pianist, Andrei Korobeinikov, play both works with ardent Romantic expressiveness, well capturing in the First Sonata the second movement’s impetuous and stormy episodes. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…the playing here is predictably impressive. In particular, the outer movements of the two Mendelssohn trios sound refreshingly less frenetic than they often do, and the comparatively relaxed... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Mráček offers a lusty performance of the infrequently performed Mazurek, Op 49 – both violinist and conductor score maximum points here. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2016 More…

A robust performance of Brahms's warm-hearted First Serenade. Beethoven's Romances make a satisfying counterpart, the solo parts lovingly played by Dumay. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Dumay makes a convincing case for the First Symphony and sympathetically supports Gomziakov's lively account of the Cello Concerto, with some delicate poetry in the slow movement. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Kuss's relatively low-key approach works well in the Schnittke but makes the Concertino seem discursive and dull...The Kuss seem more at home in Dubinsky's arrangements of Tchaikovsky...In... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 3 out of 5 stars/4 out of 5 stars More…