Browse: Brahms (composer), Cello Sonatas

Isserlis here achieves a beauty, finesse and attack with the cello less evident from his playing 20 years ago: his technique is phenomenal, his bowing at once wildly abandoned and absolutely... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The duo fill their phrasing, rhythm and sense of momentum with bracing fresh air, bringing maximum exhilaration to a work that too often can seem to lack it. Poltéra’s tone leaps and glows –... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

‘Hommage’, in which he is joined by the six most significant musicians in his life, is a triumph on at least two levels: the performances themselves, and the kind of mixed-genre programme I wish... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2023 More…

…even if her Schumann Concerto had come out on its own… I'd still strongly recommend it. From her first two forte chords it is clear this is going to be something special. Every single phrase,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The recordings…were for a live audience so silent that these could be labelled ‘studio’ events. And the selection here, released for the first time, testify both to his versatility and his excellence... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

These first-rate chamber musicians play these three late works with a rare sensitivity of understanding and delicacy of nuance. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…