Daniel Tong
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Michael and Tong take on this key repertory in a spirit of fresh, fearless égalité, stylistic certainty and all-round technical brilliance… a thrillingly rewarding contribution to Beethoven’s... —
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The women, too, wrote music of exceptional skill and beauty…Their works inhabit distinctive, highly Romantic soundworlds full of invention and drama, the interweaving of violin, cello and piano... —
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Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano & Schumann: Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102
Robin Michael (cello), Daniel Tong (piano)
This is one of those rewarding recordings that makes you totally reassess music from the mainstream repertoire. Robin Michael’s gut-strung cello is softly sonorous, a perfect match for Daniel... —
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Perhaps the first thing that strikes one on hearing this release is the quality of the pianism. Not its dazzling virtuosity...but the sheer full-blooded refinement of the playing...it's always... —
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Tong deploys fine virtuosity in catching the lightness and wit of these sonatas, and he stresses Beethoven’s seemingly throw-away attitude to his teeming ideas as they tumble out. —
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Written specifically for Sara Trickey, Adonis suits her lightly-worn lyricism, and she and her pianist Daniel Tong play this three movement work with evident affection…Trickey and Tong’s highly... —
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Osostowicz and Tong’s interpretative style – patient, affectionate, warmly conversational, sensitive to harmonic detail – reminds me of Schneiderhan and Kempff’s classic mid-50’s set…They may... —
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Beethoven Plus Volume II
plus companion pieces by K. Schwertsik, M. Taylor, P. Ashworth, D. Matthews
Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Daniel Tong (piano)
Some of the new works play their part better than others…The Beethoven recordings sound very much ‘as live’, with the odd passing blemish left as it is – but I’d certainly put up with that for... —
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