Chamber, Quartets, Piano Quartets, Strauss, R (composer)

The Vienna Symphony is luxurious in the Concerto, against which Capuçon’s poise and precision contrast beautifully. There’s a mournful simplicity to the Sonata and the Piano Quartet channels... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2025, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Reducing the string size of Strauss's Metamorphosen from 23 to the seven of the composer's short score… might seem to be going light on the tragic force of this great wartime elegy. Not so... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Assuming you don't object to single movement excerpts, this is as fine a cross-section of Gidon Kremer's unique artistry as one could wish for. Exclusive bonuses by Desyatnikov and Piazzolla... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2007, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

The Oculi players’ fastidiousness with dynamics and tonal range held me throughout...Singing tonal nuance and dynamic variety distinguish the two 1940s masterpieces, and it’s amazing how many... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

Blumenthal is adept at switching from Brahmsian sweep to the pre-Till Eulenspiegel sparkle…There’s sufficient unpredictability in the second-movement Presto, and the extra spring of the finale’s... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

this is a very fine performance [of Metamorphosen], too: patient, beautifully woven together and impeccably played, with rich tone and long lines. Perhaps the greatest compliment that can be... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2024More…