Onyx

astonishing sophistication — BBC Music Magazine, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

the standout piece here is Borodin's String Quartet No 1...the scherzo, with its blend of agitated, feathery bow-work and stalking pizzicato, is especially impressive. — The Independent, 23rd April 2010, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

it's thrilling to find a recording that shines a light into [the Cello Symphony's] aqueous depths: here is a reading of wonderful precision, colour and vitality...[Wispelwey] brings an innate... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2010, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

These four fine players are consistently musical in their approach and there is nothing outlandish or suspect about their interpretations. And therein perhaps lies their weakness, for it's precisely... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2012More…

Percan is an extremely capable violinist. Playing a modern Baroque-style instrument by Johannes Loescher, he makes a fine, bright, ringing tone, and many of the quicker movements sound brilliant... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2012More…

It is a measure of her gifts that Chen Reiss takes all these composers in her stride. That vocal stride is impressive: sustained lyric tone that is only rarely forced...Charles Spencer is as... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

if you can accept a measure of vocal unevenness, you'll find [Boesch's] Schöne Müllerin an unflinching exploration of emotional extremes, with baritone and pianist in symbiotic partnership...the... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2014More…

[In the Cello Sonata] Elschenbroich and Limonov plot a daringly extreme course, their first movement more tautly conceived, the central scherzo a positive whirlwind. The finale goes to the other... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2017More…

The main interest of this disc lies in the Czerny pieces. Very few of his thousand plus piano works are played today, and the Rode variations do indeed reflect a felicitous talent, with their... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 4 out of 5 starsMore…