Onyx

A celebration of the love affair enjoyed between composers and America, this is a winning collection of works which demands repeated listening. Craig Urquhart’s Lamentation for Flute and Orchestra... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

One of the most enjoyable aspects is that the pair are not above sometimes letting the music’s emotions run away with them...Overall, these are taut, intelligent performances from two artists... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Ehnes’ urgent and energetic finale [of the Khachaturian] is full of gypsy spirit and freshness without feeling too sweet-toothed...This rather unusual mix of concerto and chamber music only... — MusicWeb International, 3rd June 2014 More…

Joseph Moog and Kai Adomeit are fully attuned to the more percussive aspects of Rachmaninov’s writing. In the outer sections of the f inal dance, they batter the listener with high voltage dynamically... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Karabits and Ehnes share a powerful idea of [the Britten's] narrative, and each scene is vividly realised...Karabits draws searing clarity, balance and detail from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra...his... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

To devise a programme encompassing multiple achivement aspects of the Liszt phenomenon is one thing. To deliver it with the kind of wide-ranging musicianship that's required is another, and... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Sensitive cello playing throughout. The recording could be a little cleaner. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Into his sequence of Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales and Miroirs, Tan interpolates choice instances of influence. The Valses are preceded by Weber’s Invitation to the Dance, dispatched... — Sunday Times, 5th May 2019 More…

Ehnes is brilliant and incisive in the faster music, but his consistently intense vibrato seems at odds with Copland's moments of plain-speaking simplicity; pianist Orion Weiss is a model of... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…