Beethoven - Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 30 No. 1

The Kreutzer Sonata is placed first, so we hear James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong presenting their credentials in turn – Ehnes with effortless accurate double stops, and Armstrong picking up the... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Beatson plays on a copy of an 1805 fortepiano that’s capable of a range of colour from harpsichord-like jangle to mellow pianistic smoothness, which he exploits to the full. Buoyed on the top... — The Guardian, 9th May 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

So far as these sonatas are concerned, Weithaas and Várjon allow you to learn, listen and love as never before. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2024 More…

Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vog t make a formidable team: technically right at the top of their game (Tetzlaff’s bow control is phenomenal), and yet at the same time always managing to convey... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars(Recording) More…

It can easily be tempting for performers to emphasise the lyrical character of the first movement of the Spring Sonata at the expense of its more dramatic side. That’s not a charge which can... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

this new cycle is unfailingly musical, and it can hold its own with the best of its predecessors. In particular the French players' performance of the last and greatest sonata, Op. 96...is as... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

From the moment she put bow to strings, I was immediately taken by the simplicity, directness, responsiveness, and communicativeness of Kang’s playing. It was like a breath of fresh air...for... — Fanfare, March/April 2022 More…