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…

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…

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…

It was the second of the sonatas which Elena Urioste and Tom Poster really made me fall in love with, its enigmatic dolorous introduction soon banished by typical Norwegian, grace-noted delight…Grieg... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) 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…

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