Champs Hill Records

Rodgers and Williams are equal partners, flitting effortlessly between enchantment and cynicism...Williams's command of these acerbic mini-dramas is superb but the most impressive aspect is... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bridge’s Phantasie in C minor and Ireland’s Phantasie in A minor, were solidly in the latter form — and also decidedly late Romantic. Still, they are played with a rare richness and depth. — Sunday Times, 3rd August 2014 More…

There's a sense that the Schubert Ensemble hold back in the work's outer movements, rather than pushing forward as do their rivals. This pays dividends in the slow movement, played somewhat... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2010 More…

In the Quintet the Schubert Ensemble's sculpting of the music pays dividends, fully embracing Franck's darker side. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2010, 4 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…

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…