Ehnes is brilliant and incisive in the faster music, but his consistently intense vibrato seems at odds with Copland's moments of plain-speaking simplicity; pianist Orion Weiss is a model of clarity...These are accomplished performances on a disc that's imaginatively planned and ultimately rewarding.

The Copland Sonata gets a thoroughly efficient and rewarding performance from Ehnes and Orion Weiss, and Carter's early - and uncomplicated - Elegy highlights Richard O'Neill's mellifluous viola sound...the Barber Quartet confirms the excellence of the Seattle musicians in every way.

On this showing it comes as no surprise that James Ehnes’ star is in the ascendant; his colleagues are equally impressive. This is a disc of great music and is extremely well recorded and played by all concerned.

An outstanding performance by violinist James Ehnes and pianist Orion Weiss of Copland's rarely-heard Violin Sonata. Both performers find a tender simplicity in the central slow movement, and a light, sprightly approach in the jolly final Allegretto.

[an] eminently refreshing programme … with violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti employing an unadorned tone that ideally captures the often naïve simplicity of Ives … Elliot Carter’s Elegy for viola and piano…[is] given a tender and lyrical reading by violinist Richard O’Neil … This is an excellently recorded anthology that can be strongly recommended.

Ehnes and Orion Weiss give a healthy, characterful, rhythmically buoyant account of Copland’s Violin Sonata...an outstandingly played disc that offers a fascinating snapshot of what American composers were doing in realms of chamber music during the Thirties and Forties.

an unmissable, beautifully recorded collection.