Brahms - Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11

Martin offers melting loveliness…in the Adagio, a beautifully balanced wind chorale glides across a sea of bass pizzicatos and Martin gives its Quasi menuetto character a loose, lolloping swing — BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The performances are attractive enough, and the Linos Ensemble is clearly an experienced band, but it ’s all a little sedate. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Ticciati has [the Serenade's] measure, finding more light and shade in the work than some other conductors..The Haydn Variations is beautifully done, most of the variations nicely characterised,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

So far as the Serenade is concerned I do not feel that there is any point in paying more than the super-budget price of this disc. — Gramophone Magazine More…

A robust performance of Brahms's warm-hearted First Serenade. Beethoven's Romances make a satisfying counterpart, the solo parts lovingly played by Dumay. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Thanks to the Tapiola Sinfonietta’s superbly responsive playing [the Serenades] really sparkle…But perhaps the most subtle chamber-music intimacy is achieved in the delicately played and spell-bindingly... — BBC Music Magazine, 3 out of 5 stars More…