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Daniel’s immaculate playing is the main attraction here. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

…an enterprising and useful coupling. Britten's trim and deft little Phantasy Quartet is hardly over-recorded, while Arthur Bliss's Oboe Quintet of 1927, with its delightful Irish-jig finale,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

George Caird is a splendid soloist throughout, and the string group play with a remarkably integrated and raptly communicative ensemble style, consistently conveying their deep feeling for all... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Bates is an accomplished soloist [in the Oboe Quintet]; there is rapport between him and his collaborators…Clarinettist Katherine Spencer brings poise and poignancy to the Quintet, a memorial... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The Maggini Quartet and Peter Donohoe give a commanding performance of the Piano Quartet, locating an underlying toughness of argument and urgency of expression in both outer movements to make... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

There is plenty of individual personality in the music-making here, but how beautifully these fine musicians blend together as a group...the polished elegance and charm of their playing cannot... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…