Champs Hill Records

Johnson brings to this varied repertoire lyrical beauty, excited squawks and many shades in between. If she makes overall less of an expressive impact than she should, that's partly because... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The British-American cellist’s supple phrasing, variegated tone and sensitivity to harmonic incident draw one directly into the music’s interior drama…LaFollette is admirably meticulous In following... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2017 More…

Interpreters might be tempted to decorate the music with ‘expressive’ deformations, but happily not here, where rhythms are taut (note the smart double-dotting in the second movement of the... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bookended by two chamber works, it is the shorter pieces at the centre of this programme that enchant the most. Sublimely tender performances too. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Brabbins nurtures the orchestra’s proliferating counter-melodies, and the recording renders them all clearly, though without ever making the BBC SO sound like the ‘small orchestra’ Strauss specified — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The four works in this very pleasing collection suggest that some of [these] pieces deserve to be heard far more regularly. There aren't many sextets for pianists and wind players to programme,... — The Guardian, 6th May 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The total effect can be a tad floaty and saccharine, but there is beautiful playing. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The Lendvai Trio once more acquit themselves with flying colours, their infectious enthusiasm consistently communicated. — Gramophone Magazine, November 2014 More…

[Sidorova] plays magnificently here — Gramophone Magazine, September 2013 More…

I was initially surprised by their rather elegant approach to the D minor Trio's opening...In the event, my misgivings proved unfounded. The Goulds build up quite a head of steam...there is... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…