"This is another very good release in James Brawn's Beethoven Odyssey. The pianist is at ease in the hard feelings of the three Opus 10 sonatas as he is comfortable with the more good-natured Sonata op 14/2." Remy Franck, Pizzicato Magazine, January 2018.

"...it's hard to characterize Brawn's playing with simple adjectives. He just molds each phrase as skillfully as possible, the fast movements sounding every bit as vital and vigorous as any you've heard, and the slow movements as lyrical, as serene, as thoughtful as any around." John J. Puccio,Classical Candor, December 2017.

Two recent comments about Volume 5 in James Brawn's acclaimed Beethoven Odyssey, on MSR Classics, that features -

Piano Sonata 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No.1,

Piano Sonata 6 in F major, Op. 10, No. 2,

Piano Sonata 7 in D major, Op. 10, No. 3

Piano Sonata 10 in G major, Op, 14, No. 2

- works that do not have subtitles, which maybe keeps them to one side as they rarely appear on concert programmes.

As on previous volumes in this Odyssey, Producer Jeremy Hayes and Engineer Ben Connellan remain behind the glass at Potton Hall, giving consistant sound and production values.