Daniel-Ben Pienaar

There’s no doubting the technical prowess of these two crack performers, and it’s hard not to share their guilty delight in this stolen booty: intonation and ensemble are spot-on, rhythms pulse,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 4 out of 5 stars/3 out of 5 stars More…

Purists look away now. Having already viewed various Baroque and Romantic works through the prism of trumpet and piano, Jonathan Freeman-Attwood and Daniel-Ben Pienaar now reimagine composers'... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2015 More…

These six charming sonatas for violin and piano were written in a single summer by the then 22-year-old Mozart and showcase, in their colourful drama, an impressive maturity. Sheppard Skærved... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…

these vignettes are far from dry exercises: they embody the deceptively easygoing lyricism of Faur'e songs, making this an unexpected treasure-trove of his melodic invention. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Apart from his nimble dexterity, Freeman-Attwood's playing is just as striking for the beauty of his lyrical phrasing and his richness of colour, so well demonstrated by Saint-Saëns's "Romanza",... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2007 More…

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood's playing is notable for the beauty and freedom of line of his lyrical phrasing, while the bravura is exhilarating. Daniel-Ben Pienaar's accompaniments are boldly supportive... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2008 More…

one rather sits up at the opening Praeludium of Grieg's Holberg Suite, flutter-tonguing and all...Throughout, the trumpet-playing of Freeman-Attwood is first class. But what makes this collection... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2011 More…