Browse: Grieg - Violin Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 8

Youthful passion occasionally pushes him to stylistic excess...but for most of the time he’s beauty incarnate and in perfect step with his composers’ various voices. He’s also blessed with a... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Vilde Frang's micro-sensitive responses to dynamic, articulation and phrasing...prove a revelation in the heady opulence of the Strauss, which has never sounded so urgently seductive or expressively... — Classic FM Magazine, May 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Isabelle van Keulen and Ronald Brautigam are artists of keen insight, immaculate musicianship and culture… Moreover they are accorded first-rate sound… — BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Hemsing’s elegant taking-flight is signalled beautifully just after the opening piano chords of Op. 8…Trpčescki twinkles and scintillates…the finales are still relatively weak spots in the three... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The present recording certainly drives the works hard, with Pietsch's violin enjoying what moment of virtuosity there are — Gramophone Magazine, October 2015 More…

The key to a satisfactory performance of Grieg’s Violin Sonatas is an ability to synthesise the folk music passages with the broader elements of romantic musical language. There also needs to... — MusicWeb International, May 2023 More…