Browse: Fenella Humphreys (violin)

From Emily Howard’s elegant, linear melody to Sally Beamish’s craggy soundscape, Humphreys channels Paganini’s virtuosity. She also displays playfulness and a light touch in pieces such as that... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 5 out of 5 stars (Perfrormance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Humphreys mines the repetitive melodies for subtelties of colour, rather than drama. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019 More…

[The Prophecy] evinces a propulsion and cumulative intensity that speaks very much of youthful uninhibition...At the opposite end of the spectrum are brief pieces for flute, piano quartet, and... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2020 More…

From start to finish Humphreys’s playing is a feast of flawless tuning, beautifully focused and coloured tone and rich characterisation. And there’s no mistaking how Joseph Tong’s accompanying,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Humphreys’s playing is a genuine revelation in the way it brings out the music’s dark and introspective qualities, with no shortage of qualities, with no shortage of technical panache meanwhile…[She]... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

truly worth hearing for Fenella Humphreys's violin playing in its own right, which offers an exceptional blend of engaging personality, bombproof tuning, and sophisticated tonal loveliness without... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

I’ve enjoyed this selection of violin sonatinas more and more with each listen. A winning duo performance by Humphrey and Eimer and a fine recording to boot. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…