“Ehnes is a very fine violinist and there is barely a moment here when his playing is anything but silken in tone and sinuously refined...Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra make cultured colleagues but there is not much danger in their ostinato rhythms or edge to their attack.” --Gramophone Magazine, August 2013
“Ehnes is brilliantly supported by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, with Kirill Karabits totally at one with the soloist. This superb performance is coupled with one of the finest modern performances of Shostakovich’s glorious A minor Concerto that I have ever heard.” --International Record Review, September 2013
“Ehnes is brilliantly supported by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, with Kirill Karabits totally at one with the soloist. This superb performance is coupled with one of the finest modern performances of Shostakovich’s glorious A minor Concerto that I have ever heard.” --International Record Review, September 2013
“it's the way that James Ehnes closes the opening movement [of the Britten] that most impresses, essaying a gossamer thread of such subtlety it becomes almost transparent.” --The Independent, 10th May 2013 ***
“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 treatment of the Shostakovich Concerto is riveting” --BBC Music Magazine, July 2013 ****
“The partnership between Ehnes, Karabits and the BSO comes across as a true meeting of minds, and these outstanding performances cannot be recommended highly enough.” --The Telegraph, 14th June 2013
“Everything hits the mark here...The Britten has never opened with such cool poise...the stuff of record critics’ dreams...Possibly the greatest recording that this concerto has received...Ehnes’s Shostakovich is just as good...Essential listening.” --The Arts Desk, 22nd June 2013
“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 treatment of the Shostakovich Concerto is riveting” --BBC Music Magazine, July 2013 ****
“The partnership between Ehnes, Karabits and the BSO comes across as a true meeting of minds, and these outstanding performances cannot be recommended highly enough.” --The Telegraph, 14th June 2013
“Everything hits the mark here...The Britten has never opened with such cool poise...the stuff of record critics’ dreams...Possibly the greatest recording that this concerto has received...Ehnes’s Shostakovich is just as good...Essential listening.” --The Arts Desk, 22nd June 2013
