Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K478

“…the sparkling clarity of Ian Brown at the piano is a constant delight. His phrasing and articulation are a model of sensitivity, with a faithful piano sound. He is partnered by an exceptionally strong trio of string players - violinist Marianne Thorsen, the outstanding viola player Lawrence Power and the long-established cellist Ian Watkins. There have been many fine versions of this favourite coupling but this new offering stands among the finest.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2007

“The selling point here is that Sir Georg Solti is the pianist. He must have spent far more time conducting than playing the piano, but he needs few excuses for he is very able, indeed at times brilliant” Gramophone Magazine

"What a difference when this much-advertised work of art is performed with the highest degree of accuracy by four skilled musicians who have studied it carefully, in a quiet room where the sound of every note cannot escape the listening ear, and in the presence of only two or three attentive persons! But, of course, in this case no éclat, no brilliant modish success is to be thought of, nor is conventional praise to be obtained! Here political ambition can have no part to play, nothing to gain, nothing to bestow, nothing to give and nothing to take – in contrast to public concerts of the modern kind, where such factors exert such an almost constant influence." – Journal des Luxus und der Moden (June 1788)

“The players relish their period instruments' unusual resonances - incisive bowing and charged exchanges abound - and the sound engineers faithfully capture them.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 ****

“A performance which chases along nicely and cheerfully….Benny Goodman’s now classic performance of the Mozart Clarinet Quintet comes up well on reacquaintance, with an engaging simplicity”. Gramophone

" the Budapests in their prime - their playing here is outstanding. " International Piano

'Anyone who has heard the Fauré Quartett will want to hear them again.' - Martha Argerich

"Sir Georg Solti is the pianist. He must have spent far more time conducting than playing the piano, but he needs few excuses for he is very able, indeed at times brilliant." Gramophone (London), 01 October 1986