Browse: Schumann - Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47

The Quintet is a brilliant virtuoso vehicle with a symphonic tone but these five musicians don’t turn it into a quasi-piano concerto with string quartet, as sometimes occurs. Rather, they meld... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2024 More…

The playing [in the Quintet and Quartet] has a delightful combination of zest and refinement, and love for the music’s poetry and delight in its unique inventiveness emanates from just about... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

A born Brahmsian, Ax gives full rein to the sheer massiveness of the First Piano Concerto, producing a performance of range and depth, intimately captured in this recording…the estimable Frank... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

What makes [Melnikov's] playing so remarkable is an ability to achieve an ideal balance...Melnikov blends his tone to match exactly that of the strings...Naturally the Jerusalem Quartet is a... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Stirring, nimble performances of two chamber masterpieces. The quartet’s playing is as cool and luminous as the moody cover suggests, achieving a fine blend with the pianist. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is a realistic depiction of the instruments of Schumann's day. The music's warmth and powerful design come through just as readily as with a Steinway and modern violins — CD Review More…