Chamber, Quartets, Oboe Quartets

Maxwell Davies’s intensity of expression is here distilled into chamber music, by turns simple and complex, furious and tender…The disc closes with the composer’s very last work, a brief movement... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This amiable, accomplished selection from a composer of great acumen hails from northern England — as he did — and comprises seven items...Oboe astringency sorts well with Rawsthorne’s expressive... — Sunday Times, 25th March 2018 More…

We’re grabbed by an arresting and self-assured anacrusis, a captivating fullness of tone. But it’s not just a case of beauty, though Alfredo Bernardini’s sound obviously has this in spades. It’s... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2021 More…

Perfect entertainment. — MusicWeb International, October 2019 More…

Being the first-class concertmaster he was, Krebbers’s quiet brand of intensity, relatively quick vibrato and unfailing musicianship could adapt to any number of contrasting maestros, much as... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2024 More…

Contemporary composers sink or swim in a sea of perplexingly diverse memories and stimuli – a condition that has been particularly acute since the 1970s. These chamber works from the 1980s show... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

This highly enjoyable performance is directed from the first-violin chair by Alexander Janiczek, who spins a fine, lithe line, with minimal vibrato, articulating the phrasing with deft bowing.... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…