Evil Penguin

The present performance [of the Piano Trio] must surely rank amongst the finest. Roth and his regular duo partner José Gallardo, together with the exceptionally eloquent cellist Danjulo Ishizaka,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Whereas the majority of players tend to focus on the pseudocontrapuntal nature of Bach’s solo violin music…Roth positively relishes the harmonic implications of Bach’s structural plan…The other... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Tempos tend to be on the slower side, but the works don’t suffer for it – Roth leans into Bach’s gorgeous spread chords and juicy harmonies with atypical, yet inspired, rubato choices and tonal... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

A breadth of colours and sonorities are executed with marvellous dynamic flexibility while always inhabiting the music’s natural sphere. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2023 More…

With a tangible bloom to the recorded sound, this quartet and their indefatigable cello partner Raphaël Feye are musicians to watch. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2024 More…

Wispelwey inflects the solo cello part with tremendous artistry, sculpting Weinberg’s melodic lines with a wonderful sense of colour and imagination yet without succumbing to indulgent emotion... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Wispelwey’s G major repatriation [of the First Brahms Sonata] has reintroduced all the original’s soft, autumnal intimacy, further offset by the cello’s own more dulcet tones. It’s a winner,... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2019 More…