Browse: Poulenc - Violin Sonata, FP 119

Baker brings out each work’s sweet melancholy with expressive phrasing. Through his lightly handled bowing, the opening phrases of the Copland Sonata morph effortlessly into a dance rhythm...Even... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This is a fresh, consistently stimulating account of Ravel’s sonata, all the more effective for its avoidance of special pleading..[in the finale] Tomita and Callaghan hit a groove facilitating... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Invidious as it may seem to pick out just one of these excellent artists, special mention must be made of Ian Brown, who plays in nine of the 13 works included and confirms his standing as one... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

This is an excellent, spirited two-CD set...A facotr that comes across clearly here is that Poulenc had a more or less infallible ear for tapping into the timbre and personality of different... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2012 More…

Hand in hand with the intelligence of the programme go the wondrous playing of the violinist Augustin Hadelich and his like-minded pianist Robert Kulek. These are exceptionally compelling performances,... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2011 More…