Bridge

no one with even passing interest in Crumb should be without the present release – which, with its spaciously immediate sound and detailed notes by Crumb authority Steven Bruns, fittingly rounds... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2024 More…

Textures are pared down to their essence, a quality exemplified in the abundance of perfectly turned little miniatures for one or two instruments...All these things, whether tiny and serene... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Beck’s performances do them proud, bringing together all five pieces in one recording for the first time. Spanning much of the composer’s creative life, from 1953 to 2003, the sonatas offer... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Arnold has that rare versatility, switching from pulsating drama to chilling detachment whilst making coherent sense of the whole. Her performance captures the underlying themes of birth, death... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This invigorating disc of chamber works for violin is framed by music of the mid-1960s, when Wolpe had achieved his most liberated atonal style...The first such sonata (1949) is a rigorous four-movement... — Sunday Times, 13th September 2015 More…